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If WoW makes you a mass murderer, what would EVE do?
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Irisa Selenia
Doomheim
#21 - 2012-04-20 05:51:25 UTC
Eve could not turn anyone into a Breivik.

Maddof yes, Leeson yes, but Breivik, no.
Destiny Corrupted
Deadly Viper Kitten Mitten Sewing Company
Senpai's Afterschool Anime and Gaming Club
#22 - 2012-04-20 05:52:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Destiny Corrupted
Boy, I simply can't wait until I'm an aging, out-of-touch conservative scaremonger who decries everything enjoyed by the younger generations as a menace to society.

Irisa Selenia wrote:
Eve could not turn anyone into a Breivik.

Maddof yes, Leeson yes, but Breivik, no.

Nah man, every Hulk/CNR/shuttle with a BPO in it is essentially a kid picking berries in the forest. We should just round up all the griefers and execute them, before they decide to apply their video game combat training for its intended purpose.

I wrote some true EVE stories! And no, they're not of the generic "my 0.0 alliance had lots of 0.0 fleets and took a lot of 0.0 space" sort. Check them out here:

https://truestories.eveonline.com/users/2074-destiny-corrupted
Danica Kaliinen
Kronos TEchnologies
#23 - 2012-04-20 06:12:46 UTC
11 million people play WoW... Statistically, one of them was bound to be a mass murderer.
Graic Gabtar
The Lemon Party
#24 - 2012-04-20 06:19:36 UTC
Danica Kaliinen wrote:
11 million people play WoW... Statistically, one of them was bound to be a mass murderer.

It's saved lives. Statistically you could show WoW prevents murderous rampages.

The right winger Bolt who blogged that drool has a history of picking on gamers.

Not that you expect much better from a convicted racist.
wiskyjack
New Eden Mining Organisation
The Craftsmen
#25 - 2012-04-20 06:22:59 UTC  |  Edited by: wiskyjack
He also played modern warfare but for some unknown ******** reason the press zeroed in on WoW.

The worst fail of this computer game makes mass killers theory is one of the survivors of that sicko also plays WoW. Computer games dont make killers, twisted f@%ks make killers.
Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#26 - 2012-04-20 06:29:52 UTC
Andreus Ixiris wrote:
If WoW makes you a mass murderer, EVE would make you a psychotic chartered accountant with some sick sexual fetishes.

Luckily enough, ~certain people~ are working to help you with the latter part (we already have more than enough spreadsheet material).

Triggered by: Wars of Sovless Agression, Bending the Knee, Twisting the Knife, Eating Sov Wheaties, Bombless Bombers, Fizzlesov, Interceptor Fleets, Running Away, GhostTime Vuln, Renters, Bombs, Bubbles ?
Destiny Corrupted
Deadly Viper Kitten Mitten Sewing Company
Senpai's Afterschool Anime and Gaming Club
#27 - 2012-04-20 06:36:31 UTC
You know, come to think of it, the actual fallacy in his WoW as a training tool for crazed gunmen argument is a matter of game mechanics. I mean, how the hell are you supposed to shoot a bunch of people if you don't even have a pet to draw their aggro?

I wrote some true EVE stories! And no, they're not of the generic "my 0.0 alliance had lots of 0.0 fleets and took a lot of 0.0 space" sort. Check them out here:

https://truestories.eveonline.com/users/2074-destiny-corrupted
Veshta Yoshida
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#28 - 2012-04-20 06:44:18 UTC
WoW makes people stir crazy thanks to it requiring very little if any conscious thought to "play", Eve not so much.

What Eve does is nurture the socio-pathic seeds we all carry with us while engaging us with complex math problems and various moral/ethical dilemmas.

Where WoW breeds mass-murderers, Eve breeds politicians, CEO's, lawyers and philosophers. QED.
Brisco County
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#29 - 2012-04-20 06:55:26 UTC
If videogames actually had that effect on people, then most facebook users would be farmers.
leviticus ander
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#30 - 2012-04-20 06:58:38 UTC
Killer Gandry wrote:
Gnomes are hazardous. We all know that.
And if you think a lvl 53 is bad, wait till you meet a lvl 54.

from actually playing, I would say level 65-68 is the point that would cause people to go on a murdering rampage.
XIRUSPHERE
In Bacon We Trust
#31 - 2012-04-20 07:05:45 UTC
EVE makes me pine for the fjords.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one can enjoy the same good things for the first time several times.

One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.
Jandice Ymladris
Aurora Arcology
#32 - 2012-04-20 07:17:47 UTC
Veshta Yoshida wrote:

Where WoW breeds mass-murderers, Eve breeds politicians, CEO's, lawyers and philosophers. QED.


You mean, CCP is training us to take over the world? Today Eve, tomorrow, the world!

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leviticus ander
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#33 - 2012-04-20 07:27:10 UTC
Veshta Yoshida wrote:

Where WoW breeds mass-murderers, Eve breeds politicians, CEO's, lawyers and philosophers. QED.

you missed used car salesman.
Ank Parkor
WildSpace Otters
#34 - 2012-04-20 07:30:39 UTC
Brisco County wrote:
If videogames actually had that effect on people, then most facebook users would be farmers.


"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc., 1989

[u]Short time trader, short term missionner, long term ambitions.[/u]

Bring justice to EVE: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1171333
Veshta Yoshida
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#35 - 2012-04-20 07:30:55 UTC
leviticus ander wrote:
Veshta Yoshida wrote:

Where WoW breeds mass-murderers, Eve breeds politicians, CEO's, lawyers and philosophers. QED.

you missed used car salesman.

You are right, my bad Lol
Ciar Meara
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#36 - 2012-04-20 07:50:26 UTC
millions have been trained allready, millions!

The only thing that stands in their way to total armageddon is a brave 300k army of highly trained spaceships pilots.

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Gevlin
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#37 - 2012-04-20 07:55:56 UTC
if WOW can make 1 person a Mass murder.

then Eve would make a Politician

Welcome to Null sec Politics. and nations go to war!!

Someday I will have the time to play. For now it is mining afk in High sec. In Cheap ships
2bhammered
Cyberpunk 2077
#38 - 2012-04-20 08:06:10 UTC
Hitler played civilization.
Brisco County
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#39 - 2012-04-20 08:33:33 UTC
If you play too much Civilization, you might become an Egyptian and build the Eiffel Tower.
Copine Callmeknau
Dirty Vagrants
Intergalactic Space Hobos
#40 - 2012-04-20 14:54:16 UTC
It's an Andrew Bolt article, if you're reading it you're doing it wrong.

You've just been trolled by a dime-a-dozen 'catchphrase for controversy' journalist (and calling him a journalist is really a slur to the whole news industry)

There should be a rather awesome pic here