Caffeine_Bombed said:
Just finished a long session of Borderlands 2. Who's it being disrespectful to? The guy who decided that Ceasefire friday would be a Thing? Sure, I'm fine with that.
So, will you be participating in "Ceasefire friday"?
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Just finished a long session of Borderlands 2. Who's it being disrespectful to? The guy who decided that Ceasefire friday would be a Thing? Sure, I'm fine with that.
Nope. I'll be playing Painkiller and Serious Sam just to piss people off.
Seriously, why stop playing shooters when we know that video games don't cause mass shootings? I'm not giving credence to people who put the blame on video games. Last time I check video games are played across the world but only in America do mass shootings happen the most.
Seriously, why stop playing shooters when we know that video games don't cause mass shootings? I'm not giving credence to people who put the blame on video games. Last time I check video games are played across the world but only in America do mass shootings happen the most.
That is partly true, but this event states that it doesn't actually blame games, it is sort of a "Remembrance day" thing, in which we have a ceasefire, or a day of peace in respect of those passed away by not playing games, and have a minute of silence.ResonanceSD said:
Personally, I think the capthca knows who you are, you're "the cat lady"!
While I think the entire idea of no shooter friday was a poor idea which, as others have already said, just gives another excuse for the ignorant to connect gaming to this tragedy, I can respect those gamers who took part. However its taken by anyone else, any gamer who intentionally made the decision not to play them did do so out of a sign of respect, and I salute you all.
I just hope thats how it's seen by those in the community who would point the finger at us
I just hope thats how it's seen by those in the community who would point the finger at us
I may explode a Prussian eyeball in Sniper Elite V2 on Friday just to defy the stupidity of this particular movement, but beyond that, I doubt I'll bother playing any FPS games. I have XCOM to get hopelessly addicted to, after all.
I can have a safe full of AR15's and not shoot up a bunch of little kids.
I can listen to Eminem all day and still conduct myself as a southern gentleman when dealing with the ladies.
I think I can continue to play violent video games without any ill effects, because I'm not a fucking psycho.
I can listen to Eminem all day and still conduct myself as a southern gentleman when dealing with the ladies.
I think I can continue to play violent video games without any ill effects, because I'm not a fucking psycho.
If you would take the time to look at even just the first page of this topic you'll read comments from people saying they are DELIBERATELY choosing a violent game to play to spite this "ceasefire."ResonanceSD said:
I'm not saying people should take this guy's side and lay down their gamepads for a day - I'm saying I think it's a disgusting attitude to basically give a middle finger to someone who wants a day of respect for the lives lost in this horrific incident, regardless of their views on violence in video games.
I myself am likely to be playing Hitman as I'm going to be buying it on Thursday and that's IF I get the chance. But like Hell am I going to go out of my way to play something just to rub it in someone's face. If nothing else it's just showing the gaming community is full of assholes and will do NO favours for the argument that violence in video games is not a problem.
Wrong middle finger. It's a middle finger to the idea that violent videogames have anything to do with real life violence, not to the victims of any real life shooting. I have to say, it's a middle finger I'm sorely tempted to raise myself.Caffeine_Bombed said:
I never said a middle finger to the victims, I meant it's a middle finger to someone paying respects TO the victims (even if the day is to also voice an opinion on the argument).Owyn_Merrilin said:
I just think that if people want to argue FOR violence in video games there are more 'grown-up' ways to do it instead of acting like a teenager rebelling against their parents.
To reiterate: I am NOT participating in the ceasefire. I am FOR violent video games. I just have my own personal views as to how both sides could deal with this most recent clash. Two sides of the same coin and all that. Peace.
Once upon a time, there was a kid.
This kid was of the more difficult, twisted kind. Experts called this kid's condition "Assburgers". It's the illness du jour, it's the thing to have, it's a big huge drawer where there is room for anything and everyone.
There are a lot of kids that might or might not have "Assburgers". Most of them are, sadly, quite antisocial and a royal pain in the butt.
This one kid was loved by his mother, who took him down to the range to shoot things. She also decided to home-school him, to better get a grip on society not being compatible with her offspring, and maybe just a tiny little bit herself. So, instead of integrating the odd one out into society, she totally removed him from it... and it from him.
How to create an alien, a monster... something different.
One day, he shot her in her face with her own rifle, not once, not twice, not thrice, but four times. She was still wearing her pajamas.
Assburger kid went on a killing spree, killing many. His victims were mostly little kids aged six or seven, and most of the adults he shot dead were believed to have been in some sort of altercation with him the day before.
One six-year old kid got shot eleven times.
But Assburgers is not a mental illness, they say. Autists are not violent. There is no causal or any other link to any facts whatsoever. It was because of dem nasty games. Bun dem, bun dem nasty games.
We just wiped out a small army on some random tropical island. And we had a splendid christmas, even though death is hand-picking loved ones and pets at his own leisure. Life is short, and it's made up mostly of facts, and a little sprinkle of dreams. When your kid shoots my kid in the face with one of your guns, we have something to discuss. But you don't - ever - tell me what to watch, what to read, what to play or what to think.
Asperges means Asparagus in French. Maybe Assburger kids are a limited edition run of the Cabbage Patch kids?
This kid was of the more difficult, twisted kind. Experts called this kid's condition "Assburgers". It's the illness du jour, it's the thing to have, it's a big huge drawer where there is room for anything and everyone.
There are a lot of kids that might or might not have "Assburgers". Most of them are, sadly, quite antisocial and a royal pain in the butt.
This one kid was loved by his mother, who took him down to the range to shoot things. She also decided to home-school him, to better get a grip on society not being compatible with her offspring, and maybe just a tiny little bit herself. So, instead of integrating the odd one out into society, she totally removed him from it... and it from him.
How to create an alien, a monster... something different.
One day, he shot her in her face with her own rifle, not once, not twice, not thrice, but four times. She was still wearing her pajamas.
Assburger kid went on a killing spree, killing many. His victims were mostly little kids aged six or seven, and most of the adults he shot dead were believed to have been in some sort of altercation with him the day before.
One six-year old kid got shot eleven times.
But Assburgers is not a mental illness, they say. Autists are not violent. There is no causal or any other link to any facts whatsoever. It was because of dem nasty games. Bun dem, bun dem nasty games.
We just wiped out a small army on some random tropical island. And we had a splendid christmas, even though death is hand-picking loved ones and pets at his own leisure. Life is short, and it's made up mostly of facts, and a little sprinkle of dreams. When your kid shoots my kid in the face with one of your guns, we have something to discuss. But you don't - ever - tell me what to watch, what to read, what to play or what to think.
Asperges means Asparagus in French. Maybe Assburger kids are a limited edition run of the Cabbage Patch kids?
Okay, I see what you're saying now. I still think it's a well deserved middle finger, though. This "ceasefire" is effectively sending the message that violent videogames are a problem and a contributor to real world violence, and that's very much a bad message. It's being spread with the best intentions possible, but it's still a bad message. I mean, extreme example, but the Westboro Baptist Church has great intentions behind their protests -- they want everyone to repent so they can go to heaven. But that doesn't stop them from being both crazy and absurdly offensive.Caffeine_Bombed said: