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After Newtown, Gamer Calls for Online Shooter 'Ceasefire'
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CrunchyFrog
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Agreed, it's a nice showing of solidarity, and it proves to the mainstream media that not all people who play (violent) videogames are mindless peons slowly being converted into ticking time bombs. It's not an implication of guilt, it's a showing of compassion and a recognition of the potentialities of violent games in the media no matter how minor/causal.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Maybe if the person who started this wasn't a nobody it might gain some traction. Do people in other countries even care about American tragedies? This was poorly thought out.
YoYo Switch
Banned
i dont even play shooters online
dark_prinny
Banned
WUT?
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
I'd rather somebody(or a group) organize a gaming marathon via stream. Like what Speed Demos Archive does occasionally. There would be several days of people playing through various games, and the proceeds that are raised could go towards the victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy(or some related charity).
Are you shitting me?
It's just like a minute of silence, no one is forcing you to do anything, it'd just be nice if people could get together and concede the victims a moment of respect. If you have a better way of doing it suit yourself, I think his idea is kind of clever.
No argument against that, I personally think hunting for sport should be banned entirely, since killing for pleasure, no matter what you kill, is a sick thing to do, but I don't see how there's a connection to this.
Angry Fork
Member
I think it's nice if it could work but it won't because there are a lot of people that will use that moment to troll and ruin it.
Remember when those world of warcraft people held a virtual funeral for a friend that died and some group came and raided the entire thing and killed everyone. It was funny but still fucked up.
Remember when those world of warcraft people held a virtual funeral for a friend that died and some group came and raided the entire thing and killed everyone. It was funny but still fucked up.
metareferential
Member
Well, I'm glad I'm not living in the US.
Alcoholikaust
Member
exactly why I will advocate "gamers" DONT put controllers down and prepare for the end if the world with their favorite games, be it Journey or Call of Duty.
videogames were never the problem here, and people who claim they were in the slightest: are wrong.
Hot Coldman
Banned
escapism is dead
XxSlasherMcGirkxX
Member
This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. America takes this stuff way too far. It's a sad tragedy, but people die everyday. Doing shit like this just mean the terrorist win because it shows how there actions effect everybody's day to day life. Let the family members mourn and move on. It's not like we do this shit for the hundreds of people who die everyday all around the world.
dark_prinny
Banned
I Don't either but I was SHOCKED when this shit hit me up on the radio the other day.
flyinpiranha
Member
I see this just as a universal "moment of silence" from a particular community. No harm in this.
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
It doesn't have to represent everything in the world, but this is an ill advised move and , as a gamer, i don't think a virtual ceasefire does anything to help us.
You take a look from the outside, as a non gamer, and tell me how that looks. Other than being absolutely crazy and borderline meaningless, what message does it send? A -virtual ceasefire- ?
I'm all for doing something - but not this. Personally , as a father, i haven't been able to stop running this thing through my head over and over again since the news broke and i don't need a virtual ceasefire to sit down and have some deep thoughts about this.
So yeah - i think it's others that need to grow up - if this is the gaming communities idea of showing solidarity and respect then.... fuck me. And yes, i understand this is to draw attention and get people to reflect. As a group we need a reminder for that? :/
The intent behind it is admirable, but it only reinforces the sentiment of having violent video games as a scapegoat for shooter tragedies.
entremet
Member
Yep.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Sorry, I mean, more power to someone wanting to hold a moment of silence in their own way, but this just rubs me the wrong way, the banner especially. It seems less like making a statement and more like apologizing for who you are when you've done nothing wrong.
It kind of makes me wonder if mental illness being grossly misunderstood in a society must also mean sanity is as well.
It kind of makes me wonder if mental illness being grossly misunderstood in a society must also mean sanity is as well.
dr3upmushroom
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It's not the sentiment of the message I think is stupid, it's the idea that "gamers" are a group of people that need to band together and convey a unified message. I play quite a bit of games. It's still a small aspect of my life that I feel doesn't define me in any way.
This call makes games seem ridiculous too. If you want to improve public perception of gamers, do it by explaining that the fun of an fps is competing in a game that challenges motor skill, special awareness, the ability to make decisions quickly, etc. This, to me, makes it seem as though the violence is the main appeal, that it is somehow linked to the shooting, and that people who play games need to be apologetic. There has NEVER been a study linking violent media with an increased proclivity to act violently. This is the same as asking people not to read or listen to music for a day in order to "help the cause" (the "I won't just ignore it" line is offensive to me, if this isn't nothing it's a hair away).
Really though if this guy is so worried about gamers' public image he should play games and live a normal life. Not be afraid to talk about gaming, bring it up on conversation, ask friends and coworkers if they game. There's no need for the defensive "Look at me! I game AND work out! I'm normal! Even though I game!" routine.
Amory
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Calling it a "ceasefire" is so goddamn stupid. You're not actually out there fighting a war every day when you play call of duty. Just call it taking a day off from playing a shooter to show your respect, or whatever. Using the word "ceasefire" just implies you take the game way too seriously in the first place.
Gamers do the Extra Life charity 24hr gaming marathon drive every year. In 2012 it earned over $2 million.
I understand the reasoning behind this cease-fire and it's a nice gesture, but it doesn't serve a purpose in the grand-scheme of things. At the end of this cease-fire day what was accomplished?
Sho_Nuff82
Member
I'm literally asking if Japanese 360 owners will stop playing Lost Planet because of a violent act thousands of miles away. I'm going to guess that the answer is no. It's grotesquely arrogant to ask this of the entire Xbox live community (I say this as an American citizen), and it's borderline insulting the way people have been deflecting the very real discussions we need to be having about (mental) health care and gun ownership. This is one of the shallowest, laziest things you can do in the wake of a tragedy in which actual real people were murdered in cold blood. You want to make a difference? Donate to the families. Write your congressman. Don't say "I'm gonna play Minecraft and NSMB tonight, finish up my CoD domination this weekend."
By not playing a game?
Ok ,I can get this.
Just seems very superficial. But that is what "moment of silence" are anyway. I hope people use this incident to educate about how we create violence around the world and time comes when you cant just leave what you do outside of US and think it has no effect inside.
dark_prinny
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This has nothing to do with frontiers. And I Agree with you, like I said before that this has nothing to do with games, but why you keep questioning that someone will not care about a tragedy like this because he lives in Japan, Spain or Tombuctu?
If you keep a whisper of humanity, YOU CARE. No matter your passport.
Yes. Every dead people who was killed in the matter in which you're killing on that game is being blatantly disrespected.
Eh. moment of silence is pretty much useless, meaningless thing to do according to your standard.
Different people have different way of expressing respect, dude.
I think this is flawed in that it draws a connection between the shooting and the image of a "ceasefire", which to me is more of a symbol representing international peace; which is albeit a very serious and powerful message by its own right, but not the appropriate imagery to be exploited for this specific tragedy.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Ummmm Im about to prestige, so that aint happenen.
What kind of journalistic integrity are you expecting from a tabloid?
dark_prinny
Banned
None. So?
NoirVisage
Banned
i'm glad folks like the two of you are on gaf. this type of positivity shouldn't be as rare as it is, especially among gamers..i've already accepted how cold gaming can be when not allowing the ability to kill kids in a game with violent deaths is seen as a reason for EXTREME OUTRAGE!!
HiredN00bs
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On Friday, let's all play Goldeneye, Slappers Only.
And to all the people saying that gun legislation needs attention, I'm going to assume you mean changing the law so that more upstanding, law-abiding, responsible, trained citizens can legally carry their firearms, especially in these non-sensical "safe zones" that are giant, vulnerable targets for mass murderers.
And to all the people saying that gun legislation needs attention, I'm going to assume you mean changing the law so that more upstanding, law-abiding, responsible, trained citizens can legally carry their firearms, especially in these non-sensical "safe zones" that are giant, vulnerable targets for mass murderers.
out0v0rder
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knives only
Visualante2
Member
Let's all play JFK Reloaded
Resistance100
Member
So play Chivalry instead? Back to swords and other medieval weaponry!
Seriously though, I think the INTENT is to take the time to reflect period, but I think everyone has their own ways of doing that, and the ones who'd probably need to do that most probably aren't even seeing that message.
Seriously though, I think the INTENT is to take the time to reflect period, but I think everyone has their own ways of doing that, and the ones who'd probably need to do that most probably aren't even seeing that message.
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