Topic: Warning: incoming media hype about gamers

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According to stuff a NZ Guildwars player murdered another Guildwars player shortly after they were playing Guildwars:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8344250/Accused-killer-first-lost-cyber-battle

Expect massive overblown hype about potential evils of gaming as this unfolds....

Posted: February 24, 2013, 08:29:28 am


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Oddball and chillipepper?

Reply #1 Posted: February 24, 2013, 09:01:46 am
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The stuff article downplays the link between gaming and violence, well at least the psychologist does.

 there is a link in this case, wonder if they frequented this haven?

Reply #2 Posted: February 24, 2013, 09:16:08 am

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The key thing here is the anger. Über rage. As opposed to general "fucked in the head I want to kill people" emotion.

Reply #3 Posted: February 24, 2013, 01:42:19 pm

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Slobr and chillipepper?

I thought the media wasn't allowed to report on suicide?

Reply #4 Posted: February 24, 2013, 04:32:09 pm
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Guild Wars is hardly a violent game.

Reply #5 Posted: February 24, 2013, 09:12:27 pm

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Guild Wars is hardly a violent game.

A week or so ago I would have agreed with you, now I'm not so sure...!

Reply #6 Posted: February 25, 2013, 07:34:25 pm

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Guild Wars is hardly a violent game.

It is no StarCraft

Reply #7 Posted: February 25, 2013, 07:57:56 pm
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Guild Wars is hardly a violent game.

Of course it is. You fight with swords and axes and bows and guns and there's magic flying around everywhere and there's giants and zombies and a bunch of lion people that like fire and every 3 hours dragons fall from the sky in exactly the same spot to go through a protracted battle split into the same phases each time.

Reply #8 Posted: February 26, 2013, 11:07:32 am

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This article is both hilarious and kind of funny, but mostly sad.

http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/25/harris-poll-58-percent-of-adults-believe-in-a-correlation-between-video-games-and-violence/

Get this 58% of american adults think there is a correlation between video games and violence, so fucking what?

Cant wait to see the rest of the data on this one....especially the subject selection (missing at least some portion of the frontal lobe?)

Reply #9 Posted: February 26, 2013, 08:23:33 pm
"We are the majority we arent the tards, the people we pick on are." -Luse_K

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Yea but 50% of americans are completely retarded

Reply #10 Posted: February 26, 2013, 08:45:06 pm

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85% of Americans have an invisible friend who they think created the universe, yet still has the time to help them find a parking space.

Reply #11 Posted: February 27, 2013, 07:35:39 am

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Reply #12 Posted: February 27, 2013, 07:35:23 am

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Oddball and chillipepper?

Wouldn't that be suicide?

Reply #13 Posted: February 27, 2013, 07:51:35 am

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50% of BerG is double posts.

Reply #14 Posted: February 27, 2013, 08:10:44 am
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50% of BerG is double posts.

actually closer to 200%...

Reply #15 Posted: February 27, 2013, 09:47:22 am
"We are the majority we arent the tards, the people we pick on are." -Luse_K

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Reply #16 Posted: February 28, 2013, 07:38:34 am

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See them twice.

Reply #17 Posted: February 28, 2013, 07:39:28 am

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Reply #18 Posted: February 28, 2013, 07:39:59 am

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Reply #19 Posted: February 28, 2013, 07:40:39 am

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^ weird

Ahh did anyone else notice that this whole media hype thing didnt really happen? did we have another earthquake or something?

Reply #20 Posted: February 28, 2013, 08:07:16 am
"We are the majority we arent the tards, the people we pick on are." -Luse_K

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^ weird

Ahh did anyone else notice that this whole media hype thing didnt really happen? did we have another earthquake or something?


This guy got killed by a shark.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8361388/Sharks-won-t-return-to-attack-beach


Expect massive overblown hype about potential evils of sharks as this unfolds....

Reply #21 Posted: February 28, 2013, 08:18:59 am

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This guy got killed by a shark.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8361388/Sharks-won-t-return-to-attack-beach


Expect massive overblown hype about potential evils of sharks as this unfolds....


I hear he watched shark week.....Not dangerous they said, rarely attack humans they said....

Honestly finding nemo has ruined shark attacks for me, I bet the other sharks were like "INTERVENTION!"

Reply #22 Posted: February 28, 2013, 10:20:32 am
"We are the majority we arent the tards, the people we pick on are." -Luse_K

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This article is both hilarious and kind of funny, but mostly sad.

http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/25/harris-poll-58-percent-of-adults-believe-in-a-correlation-between-video-games-and-violence/

Get this 58% of american adults think there is a correlation between video games and violence, so fucking what?

Cant wait to see the rest of the data on this one....especially the subject selection (missing at least some portion of the frontal lobe?)


If studies were done between video games and violent moods... that would be interesting. Especially to see how long it would take for someone to come out of it after they stop playing.
But just because someone is mad doesn't mean they're going to massacre their friends. Same reasons adults don't get physical when someone cuts them off at the stop sign... oh wait.

Reply #23 Posted: March 07, 2013, 08:14:03 pm
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If studies were done between video games and violent moods... that would be interesting. Especially to see how long it would take for someone to come out of it after they stop playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssz3kc-IoaE

Reply #24 Posted: March 07, 2013, 09:01:14 pm
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