So, will you be participating in "Ceasefire friday"?

[pat34us]

No No No a thousand a million a billion times NO!

Out of spite, I will be playing as many violent video games as I possibly can. This is one of the worst ideas that I have ever heard of and am completely baffled that anyone would possibly think that this is a good idea.

That's 1,000 1,000,000 and 1,000,000,000 times no for those playing at home.

Also, yeah, kneejerk reactions from the community are pretty much the least helpful responses to anything, ever.

I am going to play an extra few hours of Borderlands 2 to celebrate this event.

 

[Extra-Ordinary]

I'm doing it.
I might finally be able to pick up that achievement in Mirror's Edge for not shooting anybody.

And by the way, it's not about blaming games, they're not blaming anybody.
It's just a show of respect, you know, like the traditional "moment of silence"
Yeah, it doesn't actually do anything but it's still a nice little notion.

How does it show respect? We're not doing something we enjoy because some guy killed a bunch of people?

Because it's me saying that for one solid day I will not derive pleasure from shooting people.
Digital, though they may be.

 

[pat34us]

I'm doing it.
I might finally be able to pick up that achievement in Mirror's Edge for not shooting anybody.

And by the way, it's not about blaming games, they're not blaming anybody.
It's just a show of respect, you know, like the traditional "moment of silence"
Yeah, it doesn't actually do anything but it's still a nice little notion.

How does it show respect? We're not doing something we enjoy because some guy killed a bunch of people?

Because it's me saying that for one solid day I will not derive pleasure from shooting people.
Digital, though they may be.

That is a fair point and I give you respect. Sadly I am not willing to give up a Friday night of gaming, maybe I will play Gran Turismo instead of Borderlands.

 

[Rawne1980]

I would join in but i've just got into Planetside 2 so i'm afraid people must be shot at.

Well, technically I will be joining in because i'm shit and rarely hit anything.

 

[Nouw]

Err source? I haven't heard of 'no shooter Friday' anywhere. In fact, I did a google search and it comes back to this thread. Regardless, I'll be continuing on with my life as usual. I'll play Halo 4 for a bit, there's a month-long challenge you see.

 

[Savagezion]

I don't really play shooters much. I may or may not end up playing BlOps2 on Friday as per request of a friend.

Yes, but WHY? -_-

Not sure if I understand the question. Because I like my friends and BlOps2 is alright. Whatever I do won't have anything to do with this event - neither in spite or for support. Whatever I do on Friday will be whatever I would do even if this event weren't going on. I find playing shooters in spite of this event is just as silly as the event itself. Saturday, nobody will have "shown" anybody, anything.

 

[Extra-Ordinary]

I'm doing it.
I might finally be able to pick up that achievement in Mirror's Edge for not shooting anybody.

And by the way, it's not about blaming games, they're not blaming anybody.
It's just a show of respect, you know, like the traditional "moment of silence"
Yeah, it doesn't actually do anything but it's still a nice little notion.

How does it show respect? We're not doing something we enjoy because some guy killed a bunch of people?

Because it's me saying that for one solid day I will not derive pleasure from shooting people.
Digital, though they may be.

That is a fair point and I give you respect. Sadly I am not willing to give up a Friday night of gaming, maybe I will play Gran Turismo instead of Borderlands.

Oh, there not asking to give up all games for the entire day.
Hell, I'm just going to play a whole bunch of Mortal Kombat, no guns in there.
Well, there's Stryker but I don't like playing as him anyway.

 

[Erttheking]

Why should I? Do you think that will prove something to these wackjobs? Pretty sure that they don't care.

 

[Windcaler]

Not a chance Ill be participating. I decide what games to play and when to play them because I want to play them. I can see that most people think it could be a way to honor those that died in these shootings and if an individual wants to do that its fine IMO. When it becomes an organized thing then it takes on an uglier meaning where "gamers" are admiting that there is a problem with violent and "dark" media and I dont think there is. That kind of media is just another kind of art

 

[ResonanceSD]

Err source? I haven't heard of 'no shooter Friday' anywhere. In fact, I did a google search and it comes back to this thread. Regardless, I'll be continuing on with my life as usual. I'll play Halo 4 for a bit, there's a month-long challenge you see.

It's these guys

http://gamerfitnation.com/

I'd never even heard of them before.

however, have a look on any mainstream news network you care to mention and find them running stories about it.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

What I don't understand is why so many people are openly hostile against this thing! We all know there isn't any correlation between the shooting and video games. There are just some people among the gaming community who chose to show respect to the victims, survivors, etc by not playing shooting games that day. Why should that incur so much wrath from the people who chose to play shooters that day anyway?! It's obvious that the no-fire day or whatever it's called isn't going to DO anything, it's not MEANT to do anything! It's just a sign of respect and it's one that I will be participating in.

 

[Nouw]

It's these guys

http://gamerfitnation.com/

I'd never even heard of them before.

however, have a look on any mainstream news network you care to mention and find them running stories about it.

Huh, so it is. Could have mentioned the term 'cease fire' since that's what they're calling it . As I said before, I'll be playing Halo 4. Whatever makes them happy, at the cost of more fuel to the media, they can do.

 

[Derlwyn]

Err source? I haven't heard of 'no shooter Friday' anywhere. In fact, I did a google search and it comes back to this thread. Regardless, I'll be continuing on with my life as usual. I'll play Halo 4 for a bit, there's a month-long challenge you see.

Here's a link to the forum post I made yesterday about this:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.396459-OSCeaseFire

It's using #OSCeaseFire as the tagline, and OP is being pretty disingenuous by claiming that this is in response to games being blamed for the shooting. This is a proactive response to the incident, not a reactive response to a media claim.
The link to my post includes a couple of articles and the Facebook fan page.

As others have already stated, this is just a show of respect, not an acknowledgement of guilt.

I'm doing it.
I might finally be able to pick up that achievement in Mirror's Edge for not shooting anybody.

And by the way, it's not about blaming games, they're not blaming anybody.
It's just a show of respect, you know, like the traditional "moment of silence"
Yeah, it doesn't actually do anything but it's still a nice little notion.

How does it show respect? We're not doing something we enjoy because some guy killed a bunch of people?

Because it's me saying that for one solid day I will not derive pleasure from shooting people.
Digital, though they may be.

Pretty awesome way to put it actually.

 

[Nouw]

Here's a link to the forum post I made yesterday about this:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.396459-OSCeaseFire

It's using #OSCeaseFire as the tagline, and OP is being pretty disingenuous by claiming that this is in response to games being blamed for the shooting. This is a proactive response to the incident, not a reactive response to a media claim.
The link to my post includes a couple of articles and the Facebook fan page.

As others have already stated, this is just a show of respect, not an acknowledgement of guilt.

You were beat to the punch but thanks anyway. However they want to express respect, they can do.

 

[Tohuvabohu]

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You should include a link in the OP just in case not everyone knows what you're talking about.

As for the 'ceasefire', pffffffft no.

I don't think much for empty gestures that give participants a pointless "feel-good" sensation for doing nothing.

In my mind, it's not even a case of equating videogames with violence. But it's a matter of, realistically, you're not lifting a finger to do anything for the victims of the shooting - yet claim to "Be helping." or "Showing respect."
Yeah, okay. If you want to take part in this, if you believe this shows an adequate amount of respect to the victims and is thus worth your time, be my guest.

But forgive me for thinking the entire thing is pointless, and not worth acknowledging.

for the record, I have not been playing any shooting games recently.

 

[ResonanceSD]

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You should include a link in the OP just in case not everyone knows what you're talking about.

As for the 'ceasefire', pffffffft no.

I don't think much for empty gestures that give participants a pointless "feel-good" sensation for doing nothing.

In my mind, it's not even a case of equating videogames with violence. But it's a matter of, realistically, you're not lifting a finger to do anything for the victims of the shooting - yet claim to "Be helping." or "Showing respect."
Yeah, okay. If you want to take part in this, if you believe this shows an adequate amount of respect to the victims and is thus worth your time, be my guest.

But forgive me for thinking the entire thing is pointless, and not worth acknowledging.

for the record, I have not been playing any shooting games recently.

I'm not linking to the site in the OP because I think it's a bloody stupid idea.

 

[Tohuvabohu]

I'm not linking to the site in the OP because I think it's a bloody stupid idea.

WELL THEN.

I agree. ;D

 

[The_Lost_King]

Well, I am deffinately going to be playing Saints Row 3 and PlanetSide 2. Saints Row 3 just to kill a bunch of people to be like Fuck You and say killing tons of innocents in a videogame doesn't mean I will kill people in real life.

edit: Plus I am goignt o start training for [link =http://www.planetside2.com/ultimate-empire-showdown]ultimate empire showdown[/link] in Planet Side 2 and I am not going to give up a night of training for this. I've only got a month to start pulling my own weight so I can help TB.

 

[Nieroshai]

So the rationale is this.

Games were blamed for the Newtown massacre.

Therefore, I won't play any shooters on Friday because of the obvious rule that correlation = causation that we all know is correct.

Many gamers are doing this. That's fine, I can't stop them.


However, why would you do this? isn't it a tacit admission that we think games are a problem?

This Friday, I'll be playing the goriest game I can find, and then continuing my life as a perfectly well adjusted human being with no intent to murder.

I'm gonna marathon the Doom trilogy myself. SUPER TURBO TURKEY PUNCHER! 3!

 

[tippy2k2]

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How many reasons do you want? I've got a whole list of em (or at least two)

1. You're not doing anything. I can't stand these types of events because you're (literally in this case) not doing anything at all. This is in no way, shape, or form going to affect anything for those victims. Now for something like this, it's not so bad since there's really nothing practical you can do for the victims anyway but everyone knows at least one of "that guy". You know "that guy"...the one who talks about how horrible it is in Africa and preaches about how we should be doing everything we can to help, which is why he joined the Facebook group Help Africa!. With that done, he has the sense of satisfaction of doing something without having to do some actual work.

For further info on this: Source [http://www.forbes.com/2011/01/12/cause-marketing-backfire-leadership-cmo-network-strategies.html]:

Spoiler: The important bit from that article

And there is also behavioral economics research indicating that people who buy a ?good? product feel licensed to cut back on doing good in other ways. These effects can include anything from giving less to charity or mentally justifying doing things that one shouldn?t.

2. Like it or not, you are demonstrating causation here. What is the correlation between the shootings and shooting video games? Both use guns I suppose. However, the killer also drank milk. Should we give that up for a day to show our support? The killer drove a car to the crime scene. Should we give up driving for a day to show our support? The killer played video games? Should we give up video games for the day to show our support? Get the point? There is absolutely no connection between what you're giving up and what took place; by taking this action, you are creating a connection that gaming culture just doesn't need. Frankly, this is my big problem with the entire event.

Now I certainly can't stop anyone from doing this but think about what kind of message you're sending before you act here. Maybe I'm wrong and others won't see this the same way but gaming is already in the cross-fire [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.396175-Mass-Effect-being-blamed-for-Connecticut-shooting] due to this sad and pathetic excuse of a human (the shooter that is); at best this action does nothing and at worst, it gives another bullet to those who are putting games on the chopping block. THAT's why I am so openly hostile toward this idea. Their intention means nothing for those who are willing to twist it against gaming and gaming culture.

EDIT: As a last point to this, if they were doing what Comocat suggested in post 117 (I'll put it in a spoiler right below if you don't want to look for it), then I'd be all for it. However, they're not. They are singling out one specific gaming genre and I can't see any reason why they would possibly do that except for the tedious link of "Those games use guns!!!!". So if I play God of War instead and rip the arms off of a bad guy and beat them to death with it, THAT's paying respect to the victims? No...just...no.

I watched that video and unless he blinked it in Morse code or something, he never stated why he is singling out a genre like this. Singling out the genre is the entire basis of my problem with this movement.

Spoiler

Or maybe 1 night out of hundreds of gaming you can say, maybe I'll spend some time with my wife or with friends, things that actually matter when they are gone. Of course a night of gaming celibacy isnt going to bring those kids back, but how often do we cherish the things we have? Maybe some of the parents of those kids wish they had watched less TV and played a board game with their kid before they never saw them again. We all lead busy lives, and having occasions that allow us to reflect on what we have is nice. Maybe you reflect on the loved in your lives often, and props to you, I certainly know that I have a wife that loves the hell out of me and I certainly dont do enough to show her that I appreciate every minute of it.

I generally play Rift from 9p - 12 on friday, I'm going to pass this time and spend the evening with my wife.

/EDIT

I hope that clears up your question.