DotA Trash-Talking Results in Real-Life Beatdown

[cobrausn]

Is it bad that I don't really feel that bad? I mean, I should, considering someone got their fingers broken over what essentially amounts to nothing.

But a little 'ha I kicked ur ass' doesn't send people into this kind of rage. This kid must have been running his mouth with the kind of shit that would get you thrown out a window in real life. It's shit like that that makes me pretty much never play an online game.

 

[Cousin_IT]

If we had the California Assembly Bill 1179, this wouldn't have happened.

 

[Scrythe]

I was bracing myself for the "It's the videogames fault/they're bad for our youth" line and was genuinely shocked that it didn't come.

Having said that, I'd like to hunt these guys down and give them a medal. They've done what almost all of us wish we'd had the balls to admit that we'd like to do: track down smug little shit-talking 12 year olds and break their goddamned fingers.

Real talk.

 

[ZehGeek]

"I guess some people take these things exceptionally seriously," said Constable Lindsey Houghton of the Vancouver Police. "It's something that is exceptionally rare, given the number of people who play videogames. Most people can separate reality from online fiction."

Wow, someone in a officer position actualy makes a good point, and not blaming everyone. There's hope. ._.

Oh yeah. Maybe he's being mind controlled by evil or something.

You never know. Something's going on though if she's saying something like that.

 

[Canid117]

If you are not willing to take a punch to the face for what you say then is it worth saying?

We shall call it the DOTa test from now on.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

In all seriouness, if you are someone who can't fight or lacks the skill of diplomacy you shouldn't talk shit, also, if you are the type of person who becomes filled with violent rage when some one makes fun of you, you probably shouldn't play multiplayer games. And if you even get the hint your child may track down a random stranger and assualt him with a pack of idiots you should probably have them sectioned.

 

[Malmatik]

Well, Karma is b.

 

[TitanAtlas]

Them nerds are so funny these days -__-

Jk jk, i think they over reacted, but the professor guy is right. I guess some people cant differ the real world to the game/ fake world...

 

[rembrandtqeinstein]

For the record, I don't condone violence, especially not over something as insignificant as winning or losing a videogame. That said, I think maybe it's time to review one of the easy-to-remember yet ever-so-useful rules for good living, both online and off: If you're about to say something to someone online that would get you punched in the mouth if you said it to their face, don't say it.

For the record, this statement explicitly condones and encourages violence. You are justifying face punching(violence) by claiming that some words are so powerful that their utterance it the same level of threat as physical force. And that people should cower in fear and censor themselves on the offchance some violent thug might be listening.

Wouldn't it be better to say "No matter what someone says it doesn't justify violence" Or the how about "The thugs that jumped the kid are chickenshits who couldn't handle losing a game, this act has proven that their penises are extremely tiny"?

 

[Woodsey]

Some people deserve a beating, because it's the only way they'll stop being arse holes; he didn't deserve to have his fingers broken though.

And kudos to the police for not blaming the games.

 

[Brotherofwill]

On one hand I think he deserved it on the other hand I'm just laughing.

The 'kissing the feet' bit is a bit creepy though. I mean either make him kiss the feet and get away with his loss of dignity or beat him without saying anything. Doing both is just weak. I normally woudln't approve of this, especially since they went too far and ganged up on him, but I guess he sort of deserved it in this case.

 

[Moriarty70]

When reached for comment the victim said the attackers were "a group of spawn camping noobs" and speculated that they may have used "hacks".

 

[cefm]

Hey Blizzard, still think that "real-ID" for account holders is a good idea?

 

[samsonguy920]

For the record, I don't condone violence, especially not over something as insignificant as winning or losing a videogame. That said, I think maybe it's time to review one of the easy-to-remember yet ever-so-useful rules for good living, both online and off: If you're about to say something to someone online that would get you punched in the mouth if you said it to their face, don't say it.

And that is something to Grow On.

 

[Vhite]

BACKTRACED!

Sorry, someone had to say it.

 

[MomoHime64]

For the record, I don't condone violence, especially not over something as insignificant as winning or losing a videogame. That said, I think maybe it's time to review one of the easy-to-remember yet ever-so-useful rules for good living, both online and off: If you're about to say something to someone online that would get you punched in the mouth if you said it to their face, don't say it.

For the record, this statement explicitly condones and encourages violence. You are justifying face punching(violence) by claiming that some words are so powerful that their utterance it the same level of threat as physical force. And that people should cower in fear and censor themselves on the offchance some violent thug might be listening.

He's not justifying it. He's stating a pretty clear fact that words have power and there are things you don't say without expecting some sort of repercussion - you don't scream "Fire" in a crowded theater. I'm not saying what this kid said had the same magnitude of wrong, but the kid shouldn't be surprised and we shouldn't be morally outraged either, if he said anything like what I hear from preteens on game chats these days.

 

[Crimsane]

For the record, this statement explicitly condones and encourages violence. You are justifying face punching(violence) by claiming that some words are so powerful that their utterance it the same level of threat as physical force. And that people should cower in fear and censor themselves on the offchance some violent thug might be listening.

Isn't really justifying violence so much as telling the truth. "Some people will punch you in the face if you spout off like a douchebag, so don't spout off like a douchebag." Seems fair enough. If what you have to say is truly that offensive, maybe you shouldn't say it. Self-censorship isn't such a bad thing sometimes, especially if it saves you a trip to the hospital.

 

[Beryl77]

Yes, he shouldn't have behaved himself like that but that could never justify behavior like that. These people make me sick, so what if he acted like a prick? Are they so pathetic that they have to do that? If you're mentally so weak that you can't cope with that you shouldn't play any online games at all.

 

[rembrandtqeinstein]

Self-censorship isn't such a bad thing sometimes, especially if it saves you a trip to the hospital.

"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen"

-Samuel Adams

 

[Enkidu88]

For the record, I don't condone violence, especially not over something as insignificant as winning or losing a videogame. That said, I think maybe it's time to review one of the easy-to-remember yet ever-so-useful rules for good living, both online and off: If you're about to say something to someone online that would get you punched in the mouth if you said it to their face, don't say it.

Seriously Andy? Trash talking on a video game justifies a violent assault? This wasn't a simple pop in the mouth that resulted in a bit lip, they broke his fingers . With batons. That could easily have evolved into an even bloodier assault if adrenaline had driven one of the attackers to further violence.

I think the better lesson to take from this is that if you get worked up enough over a game to break someone's fingers over it, maybe you need to seek both counseling and another hobby.