So, will you be participating in "Ceasefire friday"?
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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:
I'd say the moment where he asks for a ceasefire. I just watched it, and yeah, he keeps going on about how it's not about blaming games, but then why on earth does he single out gaming? He says it's to show gamers give a damn. Personally I think that would be done better, and with far fewer unfortunate implications, if we all did what he suggested immediately before mentioning the ceasefire and, you know, donated to the families of the victims. This is clicktivism at it's absolute worst. Not only is it an empty gesture, but it's one that moves the public face of a historically persecuted group backwards, at a time when they've almost completely gotten past the time of persecution. Now I'm not the type to talk about "advancing the medium," but I find this distasteful because of the implication. Now if he were saying "avoid violent media, period for one day" (so no war movies, no shooters, no rap or metal with violent lyrics, etc. etc.) it would still be an empty and mildly offensive gesture (it still implies that the media we consume has something to do with this, and not, say, mental illness and the availability of guns), but at least it wouldn't be singling out videogames as somehowMeaning of Karma said:
the stupid notion of the connection with gaming or "game violence" was so dumb that i didn't give it the time of day, non the less i took part of the 21-12-12 "Ceasefire friday" as a form of showing my emphaty to those whom were affected by that tragedy, and im not even live in the U.S. i though that it was a good form of showing the good side of the gaming community.
bu i see why people didn't participate, about "would prove is guilty" posture, wich i must say i agree to a degree
to be honest i was to concern about my studies and the "end of the world" to even sit down and play but when i did, i played skyrim.
bu i see why people didn't participate, about "would prove is guilty" posture, wich i must say i agree to a degree
to be honest i was to concern about my studies and the "end of the world" to even sit down and play but when i did, i played skyrim.
I will be in RO2 all day, killing nazis. Go F yourself CNN. Even if I did stop playing, I would never watch your network. Nice try.
I'm starting a new lethal run of Dishonoured on Friday because it's the next time I'll have access to my computer. Other than that, I'll probably watch Reservoir Dogs or 300.
No I will not, I will play RE6 from AM to PM. Video games dont cause violence deranged psychopaths do