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Norwegian Massacre Guy Played WoW 16 hrs/day !!

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#21 - 2012-04-20 07:30:48 UTC
Since the 80s I played violent video games (Pacman involved chasing down, killing, and eating poor little ghost things) and they made me join the Marines and do horrible things to my fellow man which I enjoyed greatly because of violent video games.

I was blowing people away in BF1942 when I got the call that said I had to report my first deployment Twisted

"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff 

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Darius Brinn
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2012-04-20 11:09:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Darius Brinn
What they don't like or understand, they quickly label.

Nevermind the fact that millions of people watch violent or directly gore movies every day, for instance. Everything comes down to videogames and metal music. And nobody vouches for acting against Hollywood studios.

Anders Breivik is a murderous bastard, but linking his acts to one of his hobbies is random and unjustified.

For instance, the Virginia Tech massacre dude (Seung-Hui Cho) liked country music, among others.

Where are all the hysterical journalists linking listening to Garth Brooks and shooting 32 people to death?

The Führer seemed to like painting and tried to get into an art academy. Should we burn the Louvre, lest it turns our children into fascist warmongers?

Some people would do anything for a controversial headline, but this is getting old, and anybody with two working braincells can see the stupidity of this discussion.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#23 - 2012-04-20 11:26:49 UTC
Whether it's Country Music, "The Catcher in the Rye", or "Call of Duty", or 16 hours a day of WoW, the point is OBSESSION is obsession, no matter what the form.

That's what needs to be looked at, not the specific focus of the obsession which the major media does.

The obsessive behavior tells all.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Lord Dravius
Doomheim
#24 - 2012-04-20 15:33:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Lord Dravius
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
And I see a LOT of this attitude in EVE. I think everyone knows what I mean.

"Most troubling of all is Breivik's obsession with the multiplayer role-playing World of Warcraft, a violent online game that he played "full-time" between 2006 and 2007. Indeed, one of the few times that he smiled this week was when the image of his World of Warcraft character was displayed in court."

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/19/opinion/keen-breivik-internet/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Sorry if this belongs in 'Out of Pod', but the relevance remains that the narcissism angle does indeed play in to 'certain behaviors' at Fanfest and after. Things CAN and DO go too far.

Yeah it's totally the game's fault even though million of other people played and didn't kill anyone. Wish everybody would stop looking for scapegoats and trying to sensationalize everything.

Nirnias Stirrum wrote:
If i played such a shite game for so long id go crazy and kill a load of people too.

LOL
Copine Callmeknau
Dirty Vagrants
Intergalactic Space Hobos
#25 - 2012-04-20 16:00:16 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Whether it's Country Music, "The Catcher in the Rye", or "Call of Duty", or 16 hours a day of WoW, the point is OBSESSION is obsession, no matter what the form.

That's what needs to be looked at, not the specific focus of the obsession which the major media does.

The obsessive behavior tells all.

Even that is a fallacy, I'm known to be quite obsessive with my hobbies, regularly putting 12h+ a day into whatever I happen to find interesting that month

I sure have no intention of decapitating my prime minister and murdering a small village though ^^

There should be a rather awesome pic here
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#26 - 2012-04-20 16:02:44 UTC
Copine Callmeknau wrote:


I sure have no intention of decapitating my prime minister and murdering a small village though ^^


I was not aware this thread was all about YOU.

Nice hi-jack.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Copine Callmeknau
Dirty Vagrants
Intergalactic Space Hobos
#27 - 2012-04-20 16:22:10 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Copine Callmeknau wrote:


I sure have no intention of decapitating my prime minister and murdering a small village though ^^


I was not aware this thread was all about YOU.

Nice hi-jack.

I'd prefer masterful, but sure I'll take it

There should be a rather awesome pic here
Whitehound
#28 - 2012-04-20 16:25:07 UTC
Before there was the Internet did people read a lot of books and we did not blame Alfred Hitchcock or Agatha Christie for murders either. People are only searching for answers in hope to find an easy solution to a problem, which I believe is "caused" by an over-growing population. People have always murdered others and with populations growing denser should one expect to see more mass murder than less. There are only two solutions that I can see. Either have a better weapon control or allow for everyone to carry weapons and to defend themselves.

Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling.
Copine Callmeknau
Dirty Vagrants
Intergalactic Space Hobos
#29 - 2012-04-20 16:50:25 UTC
Whitehound wrote:
Either have a better weapon control or allow for everyone to carry weapons and to defend themselves.

nooooo
Either ban all firearms entirely, with incredibly harsh penalties as disincentive (I'm talking like, 25 years minimum, no parole), or enforce compulsory concealed carry laws, with similarly harsh penalties.

This craziness where some are armed and some aren't just gets people killed

There should be a rather awesome pic here
AlleyKat
The Unwanted.
#30 - 2012-04-20 18:03:42 UTC
Whitehound wrote:
Before there was the Internet did people read a lot of books and we did not blame Alfred Hitchcock or Agatha Christie for murders either. People are only searching for answers in hope to find an easy solution to a problem, which I believe is "caused" by an over-growing population. People have always murdered others and with populations growing denser should one expect to see more mass murder than less. There are only two solutions that I can see. Either have a better weapon control or allow for everyone to carry weapons and to defend themselves.


The primary reason for murder/violent crime is unemployment, after that you got people with psychological problems that need help. That are sick. Ill.

Weapon control...hmm...yeah, I'll go with that, de-weaponize everyone. No guns, no gun crime. Instead we'll get knife crime and baseball bat crime and perhaps, chainsaw crime.

Openly admitting I got the following information from Wikipedia; gun crime in the USA costs $100 billion a year - I nearly wasted a mouthful of good coffee when I read that.

AK

This space for rent.
Whitehound
#31 - 2012-04-20 21:03:09 UTC
AlleyKat wrote:
The primary reason for murder/violent crime is unemployment, after that you got people with psychological problems that need help. That are sick. Ill.

Weapon control...hmm...yeah, I'll go with that, de-weaponize everyone. No guns, no gun crime. Instead we'll get knife crime and baseball bat crime and perhaps, chainsaw crime.

Openly admitting I got the following information from Wikipedia; gun crime in the USA costs $100 billion a year - I nearly wasted a mouthful of good coffee when I read that.

AK

No. The only reason why people murder is because they want to and because they can, not because they are unemployment. There are millions of unemployed people and you do not see them committing crimes, do you? And there are many people with psychological problems and neither do they kill people. Most of the psychological problems people have are caused by others and not even by themselves. They can be caused by violence within families to abuse during childhood. A murderer simply chooses to pick up a weapon and to kill someone. There is no smart explanation to why they do it.

Why do you then bring money into the discussion? Do you want to put price tags on bodies? I suggest you put your coffee down the next time you read. You will learn more efficiently through reading when your brain is focused and does not get distracted with juggling a coffee mug.

Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling.
Starance
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#32 - 2012-04-21 00:35:22 UTC
Whitehound wrote:
AlleyKat wrote:
The primary reason for murder/violent crime is unemployment, after that you got people with psychological problems that need help. That are sick. Ill.

Weapon control...hmm...yeah, I'll go with that, de-weaponize everyone. No guns, no gun crime. Instead we'll get knife crime and baseball bat crime and perhaps, chainsaw crime.

Openly admitting I got the following information from Wikipedia; gun crime in the USA costs $100 billion a year - I nearly wasted a mouthful of good coffee when I read that.

AK

No. The only reason why people murder is because they want to and because they can, not because they are unemployment. There are millions of unemployed people and you do not see them committing crimes, do you? And there are many people with psychological problems and neither do they kill people. Most of the psychological problems people have are caused by others and not even by themselves. They can be caused by violence within families to abuse during childhood. A murderer simply chooses to pick up a weapon and to kill someone. There is no smart explanation to why they do it.

Why do you then bring money into the discussion? Do you want to put price tags on bodies? I suggest you put your coffee down the next time you read. You will learn more efficiently through reading when your brain is focused and does not get distracted with juggling a coffee mug.


If only they thought like you... If only.
Jon Engel
Machete Carbide
#33 - 2012-04-21 03:39:59 UTC
This why us Americans have brass knucles, knives and firearms. Some of us even have swords, spears and bows and arrows for when the ammo runs out.

Come get some China!!!
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