Modern Warfare 3 Nutcase Threatens to Blow Up Best Buy

[Dfskelleton]

Where is that damn official Escapist "Sign of a Bad Idea"?
OT: What type of idiot... I mean, if someone screwed up my preorder, yeah, I'd be pissed, but I wouldn't threaten to shoot anyone. The worst I would do is say "I'll take my business elsewhere next time", and only if the employee I was talking to was a douchebag.
The silliest things bring out the worst in people, don't they?

 

[JasonBurnout16]

This type of behaviour is only being brought forth from video games such as MW3.

No, this type of behavior is not being brought forth by the video game. It's a popular game that a lot of people want to play, but it's not the game's fault that people act like that. Call of Duty doesn't make people act like that, that guy already acted like that as you can read in the article. It's not Call of Duty's fault that a few of the people that want to play it are fucking nutjobs.

I respectfully disagree. I highly doubt you would find people kicking off in such a dramatic fashion about games such as Kirbys Epic Yarn.

The fact is COD attracts a lot of people and with this come older gamers. Many of these gamers cannot handle themselves in bad situations having grown up in bad ones themselves or whatever excuse is offered. Call of Duty did not make them act like that - nor did I say the game did personally - however by being marketeed to such a wide range of people you are bound to come across people who can not handle the game.

Call of Duty is the mega beast of video games and being the most popular game it is going to attract the most problemed people to it. The more people your game appeals to, the more problemed people you are going to attract grows.

Lastly the reason I stated that "This type of behaviour is only being brought forth from video games such as MW3" is simply because of their popularity. The more popular games are going to attract the most problems.

I love the way the Escapist community is completely against the idea that violence, and bad behaviour is caused by video games.....

except for MW3, just as long as it gives people another petty excuse to whine about how they hate the game so much.

If this customer had been buying any other game, and did this it would have been the persons fault. But because it was MW3, it is MW3's fault. the logic is outstanding, isn't it.

I would like to say I have not "whined about how they hate this game so much". I am a fan of MW3 as I am with many FPS games. As for what else you say, I would like to direct you to to what I have said above, as I believe I have shown what I believe there.

Lastly I'm going to say these are MY views. If you don't agree with them fair enough and I am happy to hear your opinion, but I would ask you to refrain from generalising me as a MW3 hater.

 

[RaikuFA]

Big deal, I deal with this type of crap weekly at my work. Suprised the police got involved though.

 

[ZehMadScientist]

Its because of people like these that I am embarrassed to admit that I play Call of Duty. What a douche.

 

[Loud Hawk]

"CoD or death, and we are out of CoD"
"So my choices are 'or death?'

 

[Burn2Feel]

Why cant the CoD fanbase be like regular fanbases?

Because for every decent fan, there is two who would rather die than see their precious game go down under flames and another two who would kill over said flames. God bless the internet so we can vent all these emotions away.

 

[Sewer Rat]

And people wonder why the gaming community in general scoffs at the MW fanbase... Honestly, playing video games does not cause violence, TRYING to play a video game on the other hand... Well, it's been less then a day since the game was released and already we have at least 2 stories floating around about nutbags going crazy over the game... Seriously people? It's a damned game.

 

[RaikuFA]

And people wonder why the gaming community in general scoffs at the MW fanbase... Honestly, playing video games does not cause violence, TRYING to play a video game on the other hand... Well, it's been less then a day since the game was released and already we have at least 2 stories floating around about nutbags going crazy over the game... Seriously people? It's a damned game.

Three...

There was a hijacking of a truck carrying copies of the game

 

[Pyramid Head]

That's why you pre-order through devoted game stores and not Best Buy. This moron deserved the anguish he got.

 

[The-Epicly-Named-Man]

Oh god, here comes another video game rant.

You don't see stuff like this happening because of Assassin's Creed or Skyrim do you?

It's just Modern Warfare that seems to attract the total nut jobs.

I specifically remember a case in London where a Russian man stabbed someone while waiting in the queue at the release of GTA IV. The chances are this is less to do with a sociopathic mentality inherent to COD fans, and more to do with the broad audience the game has. Both GTA IV and MW3 are probably some of the biggest game releases of the past few years, out of their massive fanbase there is inevitably going to be some nutjobs. The similar probably happened at the release of, say, the first of the Star Wars prequels, but it wouldn't be widely publicised because it would have been hard for the press to insinuate that Star Wars, or films in general, were the direct causes of these incidents. Games are an easy target for Conservative propaganda to p*ss all over, because of they're relatively new and still not recognised by many to be an art-form. I've digressed by quite a bit, but my general point is that accusing COD of somehow being some form of nutter bait is a bit out of order.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

What's the big deal? People do this kind of shit when they're angry and frustrated. It's nothing new.

 

[MammothBlade]

So, a few psychopaths get angry, try to kill/blow a few places up. CoD has become a must-have item for some people. The pressure to buy is immense, even more so for people who are addicted. The sheer size of CoD's fanbase also says something. There are more likely to be desperate/dangerously addicted people who will do anything to get their hands on the game. I wouldn't be so quick to tar an entire fanbase with the same brush over the actions of a few lowly scuzzbags.

 

[JasonBurnout16]

I specifically remember a case in London where a Russian man stabbed someone while waiting in the queue at the release of GTA IV. The chances are this is less to do with a sociopathic mentality inherent to COD fans, and more to do with the broad audience the game has. Both GTA IV and MW3 are probably some of the biggest game releases of the past few years, out of their massive fanbase there is inevitably going to be some nutjobs. The similar probably happened at the release of, say, the first of the Star Wars prequels, but it wouldn't be widely publicised because it would have been hard for the press to insinuate that Star Wars, or films in general, were the direct causes of these incidents. Games are an easy target for Conservative propaganda to p*ss all over, because of they're relatively new and still not recognised by many to be an art-form. I've digressed by quite a bit, but my general point is that accusing COD of somehow being some form of nutter bait is a bit out of order.

As I've said to others already, I've made the point that the reason is because of the broad audience MW3 has - as your argument states.

However I pointed directly to MW for two main reasons.
1) This article is on MW and so that is where my blame will point.
2) MW is a realistic game (or tries to be realistic).

I would therefore like to argue that this realism is what gets the people, who already have problems, to act in such a violent manner. This view also applies to GTA IV, as people who already have issues cannot handle video games of this nature. Out of these massive fanbases of adults, you are going to have the odd nutter who becomes violent. Therefore yes, I am going to argue that however strange it may sound and through no fault of its own, COD is some form of "nutter bait".

However this is just my opinion.

 

[Charli]

Y'know it's a good thing England doesn't allow guns because we had 'that guy' in our store yesterday and he very nearly went for my manager. (Banging the counter, swearing, generally being a dick when we were doing our best to compensate for the mis-pre-order)

 

[Nannernade]

This is why you don't go to Best Buy for pre-orders or repairs, they end up losing it or fucking it up. At least that's what always happens to me which is why I no longer go to Best Buy. >_>

 

[Hiroshi Mishima]

This is nowhere near as ridiculous as the news article.. but when I went with my cousin to the midnight release (I went for something to do), he found out that his copy of Hardened was preordered incorrectly. He'd put down the 10 bucks, but they'd only listed it as the normal edition.

I thought he was gonna be in tears (he's 17), and you could see he was really upset about it. I can't recall the last time I saw him get so emotional about something. The people at GameStop all knew him, though, cause he's a regular customer who is always coming in for preorders and such. So in the end, after he threw a minor tantrum, the guy in charge said he'd give him a copy of Hardened at 10 bucks off. The guy didn't feel that everyone was gonna show up at the midnight release (school night and all), so they'd just get another copy for whoever didn't get theirs later.

I felt a bit embarrassed being there to be honest. It was quite a scene.

 

[thethird0611]

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As I've said to others already, I've made the point that the reason is because of the broad audience MW3 has - as your argument states.

However I pointed directly to MW for two main reasons.
1) This article is on MW and so that is where my blame will point.
2) MW is a realistic game (or tries to be realistic).

I would therefore like to argue that this realism is what gets the people, who already have problems, to act in such a violent manner. This view also applies to GTA IV, as people who already have issues cannot handle video games of this nature. Out of these massive fanbases of adults, you are going to have the odd nutter who becomes violent. Therefore yes, I am going to argue that however strange it may sound and through no fault of its own, COD is some form of "nutter bait".

However this is just my opinion.

Ok, I saw a few of your post, and just had to put this out here real quick.

1. So if someone replaced MW3 with 'Skyrim', you would blame Skyrim?
2. Realism? Hahahaha. No. MW tried to be a shooter, BF3 tries to be real. (Not sayin either one is better). MW tries to make a fast paced, adrenaline powered game focus on twitch reaction. They try to have some realism in it like locations and guns, but thats mainly it.

Out of the three incidents, we only know that the most recent two were doing it to PLAY the game. The truck jackers could of just wanted the money, like a person would rob a jewelry store for(As in, their not addicted to jewelry, it just sells for a high price).

The reason for this is that there are MILLIONS of people playing this game, and MANY people who have something not firing right in their head. (Like this guy who had a police record already... hm...)

So, please, dont try to put blame on MW just because of some fanboy bias.

 

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A company fails to deliver something as promised and if the only recourse a person has against this breach of contract is to threaten the staff with death then so be it. You've got to stick up for the little guy in these david & goliath battles against large faceless corporations.