ModDB Shuts Down School Shooter Mod
- Thread starter Greg Tito
- Start date
Recommended Videos
this is truly great news, now we need to stop it being hosted anywhere else!
also to all of you treating it like the game being banned is unfair, this is not like the controversy over GTA or manhunt, this is extremely serious and needs to be delt with quickly and efficiently, if this game is released it WILL and I mean WILL cause school shootings, especialy after what he said about the intended audience
also to all of you treating it like the game being banned is unfair, this is not like the controversy over GTA or manhunt, this is extremely serious and needs to be delt with quickly and efficiently, if this game is released it WILL and I mean WILL cause school shootings, especialy after what he said about the intended audience
They had every right to remove the mod, it would have a huge impact on all the other modders on the site, Pawnstick has every right to make his mod, but it doesnt mean that it will be ditributed.
Also his comment "Anyone who wants to be a school shooter, but is too big of a pussy to actually do anything." makes him sound like a sociopath, which looking at his comments, he may just be
Also his comment "Anyone who wants to be a school shooter, but is too big of a pussy to actually do anything." makes him sound like a sociopath, which looking at his comments, he may just be
Really ? And there I thought Thompsonkind hollier-than-thous did. Oh, could be I still thought right. Nevermind.Greg Tito said:
On an... unrelated? note, I used to say I'd rather have writers express their opinion in articles so it'd make the ever-underlying intent clear, but this made me wish the journalistic principle of "sticking to the facts" had been respected. Funny how disagreeing with someone's opinion can make one temporarily change their mind on honesty and freedom of speech, eh ? Eh ? Eeeeh ?
Mods are cool, people should take their desire to create up on mod making... how ever, this mod is meant to go "bye-bye"... there are lots of games out here that goes for "Shock Value", but this game took it differently, see... In Modern Warfare 2, you were supposed to be "shocked" by the Gun down the surveillance, feel bad after words, or at lease think a bit...AND it had a plot (kinda)... but school shooter mod here, just put you on a killing spree with nothing else but a point system attached... IN A SCHOOL YARD BACK DROP?! and what's worse... in terms of "delivery" it was a very simple mod, that didn't took a lot of work, it feels like a custom map with "hostages" in it! The entire thing (I've only watched a few vids) looked "primitive" as a full convergence mod... I believe (theory) that the Dev of this game wanted to sell this by the shear "shock value"... as an Evolved First-Gen Gamer, this game to me... is just a bad taste, not even worth the ranking next to "Postal 2". At lease Postal 2 had humor, and SOME SORT of plot in it... (parodies)
yeh... I agreed... Jack(ass) should be ignored, We as players should all stood up to bad taste game Dev like School Shooter, and DUMP them as we call it "Degraded Art", and Mod-DB(and other Mod hosts) should reply the matter to us the consumers, and not Jack(ass), and his bitching... his words shouldn't matter. it's US who decides what games are good, and what games are BAD(and we'd all agreed that Jack(Ass)Tom is the Ugly~ Right?).TwitchyGamer101 said:
Yet more proof that when pushed people will prove themselves to be massive pussie.
He has a right to release this mod.
People have a right to hate this mod and him for making it.
That site's owners have the right to simply not host the mod.
But they didn't, they hosted it, they obviously thought he had the right to release it, but they buckled under pressure thus reinforcing the idea that there's some magical line that should not be crossed.
There's a problem with that line gentlemen, it's in a different place for every person.
He has a right to release this mod.
People have a right to hate this mod and him for making it.
That site's owners have the right to simply not host the mod.
But they didn't, they hosted it, they obviously thought he had the right to release it, but they buckled under pressure thus reinforcing the idea that there's some magical line that should not be crossed.
There's a problem with that line gentlemen, it's in a different place for every person.
Unfortunately it wasn't us gamers that were able to get ModDB to dump this mod but Jack Thompson and his media fans. What does that say about where our moral compass points?punipunipyo said:
that guy is such an evil bastard.
All though im kind of worried he's going to go on a spree now in his rage.
All though im kind of worried he's going to go on a spree now in his rage.
Im gona get a lot of shit for this but anyways here it goes.
Videogames are nothing more than mathematical systems.Pure mathematical computer systems.
I love how we all dumbed on American School Shooter because it touched our sensitive side but we all dont give a shit when we do it with big budget release games like Modern Warfare or Bad Company.As if those games at heart are any different.
What this guy does is essentially cutting all the bullshit down.Most modern "Hardcore games" we play are essentially based on one thing:Killing.
No matter how much better the technology gets or how better the guns are or how better they are based on the human insetive to take away human lives.Nothing less, nothin more.
We hide behind fancy realistic graphics and plots to justify why we kill in those games.
This mod simply chose not to hide what it is.It is essentially human hate, fear and prejustice.Arent most shooter like that.Isnt that what 90% of Xbox live is fueled off?
Now im not gona whine about certain things, like Moddb taking the mod down.Honestly its their site and its their Terms of Service so im not complaining about that.
Also i dont think this makes the mod expemt of critisism.If you honestly oppose something than i engourage that you do show your opposition.Just dont cry that it sets the medium back because the medium its essentially the truth about most modern games.
Videogames are nothing more than mathematical systems.Pure mathematical computer systems.
I love how we all dumbed on American School Shooter because it touched our sensitive side but we all dont give a shit when we do it with big budget release games like Modern Warfare or Bad Company.As if those games at heart are any different.
What this guy does is essentially cutting all the bullshit down.Most modern "Hardcore games" we play are essentially based on one thing:Killing.
No matter how much better the technology gets or how better the guns are or how better they are based on the human insetive to take away human lives.Nothing less, nothin more.
We hide behind fancy realistic graphics and plots to justify why we kill in those games.
This mod simply chose not to hide what it is.It is essentially human hate, fear and prejustice.Arent most shooter like that.Isnt that what 90% of Xbox live is fueled off?
Now im not gona whine about certain things, like Moddb taking the mod down.Honestly its their site and its their Terms of Service so im not complaining about that.
Also i dont think this makes the mod expemt of critisism.If you honestly oppose something than i engourage that you do show your opposition.Just dont cry that it sets the medium back because the medium its essentially the truth about most modern games.
finaly some good news, i dont really care about the mod as people who get offended about a game are to be quite frank, worthless and ignorent (no offence if you happen to be one of them but it IS true) but in the interview the guy made it quite clear that he had no respect for games and thought that the game law the high court is hearing was ACTUALY OK!!!! he is clearly doing whatever he can to get that law passed including making a game that writes off all games and gamers as evil jerks a fact i cannot suport so i think this is for the best.
i wish administrators of ModDB hadnt done this however becuse it makes the industry seem like it will cave on any issue if enough people ***** about it, but in this case it is for the best
i wish administrators of ModDB hadnt done this however becuse it makes the industry seem like it will cave on any issue if enough people ***** about it, but in this case it is for the best
I wouldn't say offending is a limit. South Park is offending yet its considered one of the most creative and intelligent shows on TV in a lot of countries.AndyFromMonday said:
This is culturally !@#$ed and twisted.
More like: "He has the right to make it, and we similarly have the right to not support it."ThatDaveDude1 said:
It's not like it's banned. The guy can still distribute it if he wants, that in no way means ModDB should be required to host it. The fact that they put up, and left up for as long as they did, something they don't agree with actually speaks quite loudly about their perspective on free speech.