Short version:
There wsa supposed to be a LAN at a school near where I live (stundent ages: 16 - 20) where I live and this "school LAN" has been held for the past 5-6 years. This year it seems as though it might not be.
The school authorities decided this year that it's bad for you, their reasons being:
1: The games that we play are considered to violent to be connected to the school (the games that are played are mostly: Call of Duty 2, Warcraft III Frozen Throne, League of Legends, Modern Warfare (1 & 2), Left 4 Dead and Killing Floor). They consider this to be to real, to graphic and can't see past that.
2: The main reason for freshmen (males) drop out of the school do so because of their gaming problems. Not being responsible enough to study instead of play. It's a small number, but big enough to be considered it seems.
Nr. 1 I'm really opposed to. Yes it's violence, but this violence (killing others is what bothers them the most) is not connected to as real violence. That is, we do not associate killing in game with killing in reality so the killing in-game is just a score system.
Nr. 2 I do get. On the one hand their trying to get these kids to play less and study more and on the other they allow a LAN to be held. Personally, I think if people don't wont to study they would just find another way to not study, but they can't seem to get that.
So, here's where you guys come in.
I would really like it if those of you with good reasoning powers came with counter arguments to what they think, generally and specifically to this case. I have an appointment with the administration on thursday to defend this.
(Note: All the games meet, in our system, the age requirement of those playing)
The reason the school is getting involved in the first place is the space. If this goes through it's free to be there so the LAN would be free to join plus they have fiber optic connection.
There wsa supposed to be a LAN at a school near where I live (stundent ages: 16 - 20) where I live and this "school LAN" has been held for the past 5-6 years. This year it seems as though it might not be.
The school authorities decided this year that it's bad for you, their reasons being:
1: The games that we play are considered to violent to be connected to the school (the games that are played are mostly: Call of Duty 2, Warcraft III Frozen Throne, League of Legends, Modern Warfare (1 & 2), Left 4 Dead and Killing Floor). They consider this to be to real, to graphic and can't see past that.
2: The main reason for freshmen (males) drop out of the school do so because of their gaming problems. Not being responsible enough to study instead of play. It's a small number, but big enough to be considered it seems.
Nr. 1 I'm really opposed to. Yes it's violence, but this violence (killing others is what bothers them the most) is not connected to as real violence. That is, we do not associate killing in game with killing in reality so the killing in-game is just a score system.
Nr. 2 I do get. On the one hand their trying to get these kids to play less and study more and on the other they allow a LAN to be held. Personally, I think if people don't wont to study they would just find another way to not study, but they can't seem to get that.
So, here's where you guys come in.
I would really like it if those of you with good reasoning powers came with counter arguments to what they think, generally and specifically to this case. I have an appointment with the administration on thursday to defend this.
(Note: All the games meet, in our system, the age requirement of those playing)
The reason the school is getting involved in the first place is the space. If this goes through it's free to be there so the LAN would be free to join plus they have fiber optic connection.
