Yeah, how could news this shocking involving GAMERS playing GAMES while a murder has been committed ever be considered GAMING news. I mean, really.Sam17 said:
Man Stabbed in Internet Cafe, Gamer Plays On
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If the coffee was so good that the coffee drinkers would just continue sipping their lattes undisturbed, then yes, kind of.Sam17 said:
You see, it's not the fact that this murder took place in an internet cafe full of gamers, but about the reaction of said gamers to this grizzly event. That's why I think this is valid news for a gaming community. And I scoff at your opinion that Escapist is becoming like Kotaku.
Now, what games could possibly be so good that you'd ignore a guy getting shanked right next to you?
I'd say, having checked the vid on youku, that it happened very quickly and it was not clear what was going on for those on the other side of the room especially if fixated on their screens.
The killer may have been involved in local crime, and this could have been known and discouraged action. He comes in, grabs his target, cuts the throat and gets out of there before the victim even falls down properly. If you were not watching closely, that might seem like a minor scuffle, until a person checks and see's that yep, he is dying.
In summation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl9ZMfj6aE
The killer may have been involved in local crime, and this could have been known and discouraged action. He comes in, grabs his target, cuts the throat and gets out of there before the victim even falls down properly. If you were not watching closely, that might seem like a minor scuffle, until a person checks and see's that yep, he is dying.
In summation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl9ZMfj6aE
This... doesn't really have much to do with gaming or whatever else the other people in the cafe were doing.
Anywhere with high population density like that... makes the Bystander Effect very strong.
The Bystander Effect is essentially...
Alice asks for help from anyone nearby.
Bob keeps doing whatever because he assumes the next person will take care of it.
Carly keeps doing whatever she's doing because she assumes the next person will take care of it...
and so on...
the more people you have in an area... the stronger the Bystander Effect gets.
Anywhere with high population density like that... makes the Bystander Effect very strong.
The Bystander Effect is essentially...
Alice asks for help from anyone nearby.
Bob keeps doing whatever because he assumes the next person will take care of it.
Carly keeps doing whatever she's doing because she assumes the next person will take care of it...
and so on...
the more people you have in an area... the stronger the Bystander Effect gets.
I find the aghast reactions more comical than the actual event.
Sorry but if the people in proximity to the event could not even be compelled to care, then why should anyone else? Or is that a thing now? Proactively seeking things to be offended and upset over.
Sorry but if the people in proximity to the event could not even be compelled to care, then why should anyone else? Or is that a thing now? Proactively seeking things to be offended and upset over.
I wanna say I'm not surprised by this, but the world always finds a way to make me sigh somehow. I hope the value of human life doesn't plummet to the point where we're disposable in each others eyes.
Well, this is not new. Didn't a man suffer a heart attack at a place like that and they only found out he died a couple of hours later when they had to close the place for the night? And the place was also packed with people playing games and stuff?
Still, this might sound grim but it would be pretty hilarious to see what happened to the people he was playing with before he got stabbed:
Narutard223: hey man u ther?
SoulxCrushx: hes not moving
Narutard223: fuk him he ditch again lets bail
SoulxCrushx: lol n00b
Still, this might sound grim but it would be pretty hilarious to see what happened to the people he was playing with before he got stabbed:
Narutard223: hey man u ther?
SoulxCrushx: hes not moving
Narutard223: fuk him he ditch again lets bail
SoulxCrushx: lol n00b