Florida News Station Warns Of Pedophiles Offering Game Points For Photos

[SteinFaust]

"They might be in contact with THOUSANDS of people.. some of which are looking for more than gaming. Some of them might be chatting with your child, or even talking directly to them!"

Just like real life.

How many games use webcams anyway?

um... EyeToy. and i think that's local play only.
and yeah, at least online they can't drive up in a van and abduct kids.
but watever, i'm sure any gamer knows that "game points" are a complete rock o' bullsh1t, and wouldn't take that lure.

 

[Andy Chalk]

On the very same site is this recent news article: http://www.local6.com/news/17025064/detail.html

Of course, the events theoretically occurred in the early-90s. Since games are obviously the source of the problem, what game from that time period was responsible for this atrocity?

 

[Cyclomega]

"They might be in contact with THOUSANDS of people.. some of which are looking for more than gaming. Some of them might be chatting with your child, or even talking directly to them!"

Just like real life.

How many games use webcams anyway?

um... EyeToy. and i think that's local play only.
and yeah, at least online they can't drive up in a van and abduct kids.
but watever, i'm sure any gamer knows that "game points" are a complete rock o' bullsh1t, and wouldn't take that lure.

There is also Eye of Judgment on PS3, but I think it's only 1-to-1 card playing, although online, somebody to correct me ?

 

[Treblaine]

This "Call To Duty" thing gets me thinking about what other ridiculously wrong tiles and descriptions Faux News could come up with.

Laura Corft; The adventures of Tom Braider - this has been described as a "sex game for kids" as they take control of a scantily clad woman as she kills endangered species and robs graves. Experts have even stated there is a "nude code" that will force a woman in the game to STRIP NAKED for children playing the game.

Bioswatch - This game may present itself as a light-hearted adventure under-the-sea for kids of all ages; but is in fact a sick pedophile game where predator's can kill children for fun.

Resent Evil - civil rights groups are up in arms about this controversial game where a white cop has to kill an entire village of black people in Africa for no reason what so ever. When the creators of the game were asked about the blatant racism they responded that their previous game had a white cop killing thousands of Hispanics with no problem. Well Faux News was ACTUALLY reporting a far more important story at the time of a little white girl who had fallen down a well so we had no time for mass Latin murder. Oh, and don't worry, that Little girl was just fine.

[Please, if this offends anyone I am sorry as I only intend to offend the news corporations. I am only making a straw man argument by presenting how racist and superficial the news studio's seem to be.]

That's all I can think of but what other bullshit could they come up with.

 

[Jumplion]

This "Call To Duty" thing gets me thinking about what other ridiculously wrong tiles and descriptions Faux News could come up with.

Laura Corft; The adventures of Tom Braider - this has been described as a "sex game for kids" as they take control of a scantily clad woman as she kills endangered species and robs graves. Experts have even stated there is a "nude code" that will force a woman in the game to STRIP NAKED for children playing the game.

Bioswatch - This game may present itself as a light-hearted adventure under-the-sea for kids of all ages; but is in fact a sick pedophile game where predator's can kill children for fun.

Resent Evil - civil rights groups are up in arms about this controversial game where a white cop has to kill an entire village of black people in Africa for no reason what so ever. When the creators of the game were asked about the blatant racism they responded that their previous game had a white cop killing thousands of Hispanics with no problem. Well Faux News was ACTUALLY reporting a far more important story at the time of a little white girl who had fallen down a well so we had no time for mass Latin murder. Oh, and don't worry, that Little girl was just fine.

[Please, if this offends anyone I am sorry as I only intend to offend the news corporations. I am only making a straw man argument by presenting how racist and superficial the news studio's seem to be.]

That's all I can think of but what other bullshit could they come up with.

Porkenmon: A seemingly innocent game but actually teaches you kids of animal fighting!

Halves Life: A puzzle platformer that teaches kids to kill defenseless crabs and other sea creatures!

 

[Andy Chalk]

Regarding Fox News:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_somatotropin
under section "Lawsuit against Fox television":

'The appeals court's decision on the verdict was on the basis that FCC policies on news agencies reporting the truth did not legally require the station to report the truth in a news story, as FCC policies are not law'

Fox News is an entertainment show, not a source of actual news

Of course, the finding is also carte-blanche for other cable 'news' shows/networks to follow suit. As time consuming as it may be, it's probably best to try and find multiple independent sources of information and try and find something truthful out of the mix. Sad, no?

 

[SteinFaust]

This "Call To Duty" thing gets me thinking about what other ridiculously wrong tiles and descriptions Faux News could come up with.

Laura Corft; The adventures of Tom Braider - this has been described as a "sex game for kids" as they take control of a scantily clad woman as she kills endangered species and robs graves. Experts have even stated there is a "nude code" that will force a woman in the game to STRIP NAKED for children playing the game.

Bioswatch - This game may present itself as a light-hearted adventure under-the-sea for kids of all ages; but is in fact a sick pedophile game where predator's can kill children for fun.

Resent Evil - civil rights groups are up in arms about this controversial game where a white cop has to kill an entire village of black people in Africa for no reason what so ever. When the creators of the game were asked about the blatant racism they responded that their previous game had a white cop killing thousands of Hispanics with no problem. Well Faux News was ACTUALLY reporting a far more important story at the time of a little white girl who had fallen down a well so we had no time for mass Latin murder. Oh, and don't worry, that Little girl was just fine.

[Please, if this offends anyone I am sorry as I only intend to offend the news corporations. I am only making a straw man argument by presenting how racist and superficial the news studio's seem to be.]

That's all I can think of but what other bullshit could they come up with.

the worst real-life cock-up i've heard of was "The Resident Of Evil Creek". i would've read on to see what else they messed up, but by then i was standing over the burning newspaper, homemade flamethrower smoking.

 

[Jumplion]

This "Call To Duty" thing gets me thinking about what other ridiculously wrong tiles and descriptions Faux News could come up with.

Laura Corft; The adventures of Tom Braider - this has been described as a "sex game for kids" as they take control of a scantily clad woman as she kills endangered species and robs graves. Experts have even stated there is a "nude code" that will force a woman in the game to STRIP NAKED for children playing the game.

Bioswatch - This game may present itself as a light-hearted adventure under-the-sea for kids of all ages; but is in fact a sick pedophile game where predator's can kill children for fun.

Resent Evil - civil rights groups are up in arms about this controversial game where a white cop has to kill an entire village of black people in Africa for no reason what so ever. When the creators of the game were asked about the blatant racism they responded that their previous game had a white cop killing thousands of Hispanics with no problem. Well Faux News was ACTUALLY reporting a far more important story at the time of a little white girl who had fallen down a well so we had no time for mass Latin murder. Oh, and don't worry, that Little girl was just fine.

[Please, if this offends anyone I am sorry as I only intend to offend the news corporations. I am only making a straw man argument by presenting how racist and superficial the news studio's seem to be.]

That's all I can think of but what other bullshit could they come up with.

the worst real-life cock-up i've heard of was "The Resident Of Evil Creek". i would've read on to see what else they messed up, but by then i was standing over the burning newspaper, homemade flamethrower smoking.

Oh you think that's bad?

One time when I was youtubing Jack Thompson video's (you know, for lulz) I stumbled accross another one of those "GTA4 is coming out! hide the children!" news media.

this is what the news reporter said:

"The Game is available on Sony's Xbox360 and Microsoft's Playstation 3"

....................*face palm*..................wow..................it was Faux News

wow, I can try and find the link to it if you want.

 

[SteinFaust]

Oh you think that's bad?

One time when I was youtubing Jack Thompson video's (you know, for lulz) I stumbled accross another one of those "GTA4 is coming out! hide the children!" news media.

this is what the news reporter said:

"The Game is available on Sony's Xbox360 and Microsoft's Playstation 3"

....................*face palm*..................wow..................it was Faux News

wow, I can try and find the link to it if you want.

hah, nah i'll take your word for it just because that sounds like something they would mess up as inevitably as the cocking up of the word "annie may", and parents referring to all electronic entertainment as "playing nintendo"

 

[Anton P. Nym]

I didn't mention any console ties, I just said this issue didn't affect the Ps3 in any way, shape or form, and so is even more groundless.

You truly don't see that you have not only drunk the Sony koolade but have indeed power-chugged it and asked for seconds? Because that is clear to me and many others, from the way you hop on every excuse to praise the PS and crap all over the Xbox... even when, as I stated above, this case is an issue that affects gamers on all platforms.

Dude. You like Sony, fine. I don't have a problem with Sony, myself, even though I personally decided to go with a 360 this time. Just stop pimping your favourite platform long enough to deal with this issue as a problem for ALL GAMERS... or you'll find titles thinning out for your console too because of politicians "thinking of the poor, innocent children" being corrupted by evil vid-ya games.

(Besides, do you really think these media bozos can tell the difference between a 360 and a PS3?)

-- Steve

 

[BlazeTheVampire]

I really don't think he was "pimping his favorite platform," and I'm not sure where that accusation even came from. I happen to own a Wii, but I'm not being a fan-girl by saying that the pedophile-child connection on the Wii is not quite impossible, but rather difficult to do (Keeping in mind that you can always send photos to friends after they've been uploaded to the system, which is too difficult for most of the adult population around here, let alone teenagers or younger). However, I don't limit myself to just the Wii (I'd go insane if I did for lack of real games that don't involve Disney or Nickelodeon), and recognize that media making baseless accusations such as this can be detrimental to all of gaming. Indigo's just doing that same thing: saying yeah, it's a problem, but it's less of a problem in these areas, as it's more difficult to do.

In another article on here, it's been noted that Microsoft really pushes their downloadable content, which makes it most vulnerable to this situation because if mommy doesn't want to drop $20 to buy them Microsoft points, kids will turn to other means of obtaining them because they need to be on the bandwagon. And I'm saying this even as an avid 360 fan. As far as I'm aware, the downloadable content on the Wii is mainly classic games and a few random fun things. I'm not sure about the PS3's online community because I haven't managed to scrape enough money together for one yet.

What we realize on here is that the risk of this happening is no greater than the risk of a child meeting a pedophile over regular PC-Internet. However, since parents have been looking to blame video games for everything they fail to do as parents for years, we can expect this media bullcrap to spread. And now we at least are armed with the arguments to defend ourselves and our beloved internet communities in the impending media attack.

EDIT: I failed at rearranging my thoughts and left a capital W dangling around where it used to be, not where it needed to be, lol

 

[SAccharing10]

This is just mainly bullshit. But he does sort of have a point even it's trying to give off a warning that's not needed - WoW only has a 12 rating in england, or 13 I can't remember how it works and tbh while I'm playing there are alot of young people about always asking for gold etc, I'm sure somebody could convince somebody to do something like this.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

This just in

KOREAN WEBSITE SELL GAME POINTS FOR REAL MONEY.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

This just in

KOREAN WEBSITE SELL GAME POINTS FOR REAL MONEY.

Oo arr, we be nuttin' but simple Gold Farmers.

 

[BlazeTheVampire]

I really don't think he was "pimping his favorite platform," and I'm not sure where that accusation even came from. I happen to own a Wii, but I'm not being a fan-girl by saying that the pedophile-child connection on the Wii is not quite impossible, but rather difficult to do (Keeping in mind that you can always send photos to friends after they've been uploaded to the system, which is too difficult for most of the adult population around here, let alone teenagers or younger). However, I don't limit myself to just the Wii (I'd go insane if I did for lack of real games that don't involve Disney or Nickelodeon), and recognize that media making baseless accusations such as this can be detrimental to all of gaming. Indigo's just doing that same thing: saying yeah, it's a problem, but it's less of a problem in these areas, as it's more difficult to do.

In another article on here, it's been noted that Microsoft really pushes their downloadable content, which makes it most vulnerable to this situation because if mommy doesn't want to drop $20 to buy them Microsoft points, kids will turn to other means of obtaining them because they need to be on the bandwagon. And I'm saying this even as an avid 360 fan. As far as I'm aware, the downloadable content on the Wii is mainly classic games and a few random fun things. I'm not sure about the PS3's online community because I haven't managed to scrape enough money together for one yet.

What we realize on here is that the risk of this happening is no greater than the risk of a child meeting a pedophile over regular PC-Internet. However, since parents have been looking to blame video games for everything they fail to do as parents for years, we can expect this media bullcrap to spread. And now we at least are armed with the arguments to defend ourselves and our beloved internet communities in the impending media attack.

EDIT: I failed at rearranging my thoughts and left a capital W dangling around where it used to be, not where it needed to be, lol

Just playing Devils Advocate here...
Theres also the fact that the police have wised up now - they're patrolling the internet and pretending to be children to lure sex offenders into arrest. However, parents see gaming as an unpatrolled area, and thus likely to have the same problem yet again. Worse, because companies make us pay extra for necessary content (not just Microsoft, Konami made me pay $20 for the Gene expansion pack to get into Survival mode. And there isn't even anyone on it, since the MGO is region locked) kids need the money these guys are offering.

I was just trying to stop this from becoming a "my system is better than yours" conversation.
I know it's not just Microsoft, I was just saying that they're not exactly making it more difficult for such things to happen. And I may sound like a mom when I say "they don't need the extra content, they want it," but it's true, and I know that's how most parents view it, so what? They're supposed to shell out a bunch of cash to prevent their child from doing anything dumb? Back in the day, my mother would've just taken the game system away, or I'd refrain from doing something with the idea that she'd beat me senseless if I did, lol.

What scares me the most are the parents who don't understand what they're buying for their child in the first place. The one mother in the article admitted that she had no idea there was an online community. The parents need to understand what exactly each system is before they buy it, and if they're young with access to the internet community, then they need to take responsibility and set the parental controls instead of blaming the company for issues with internet predators.

And as far as the cops parading as children go, I agree with their purging, but I still maintain that it's entrapment and that it shouldn't hold up in court. Please, somebody persuade me otherwise, because I'm halfway siding with the creatures when they make me sick to think about.

 

[Jumplion]

Yeah, realy, the smart thing would be for parents to actually talk to their children about it. And then maybe they can talk to their children about religion and not stop the schools from talking about evolution, and maybe talk to them about sex and not requiring the school to do it (those lessons were really horrifying. Its worse when the teacher whose doing it is a very physical closeted homosexual)

Ugh, those kids that scream "PENIS!" and "VAGINA!" are the worst.