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r3mix · 12-01-2002, 12:22 AM

games vs real life - posted about a month ago on another forum.

[quote:dea3f]WASHINGTON, DC - Gamers petitioned President Bush to ban the Washington sniper yesterday in an effort to end the shootings. Calls for action ranging from a 48-hour suspension to a permanent IP ban were made by gaming activists from all corners of the nation.

"The sniper is a total lamer," said Cody Montz, 13, of Richmond, VA. "Only the people with no skills use sniper rifles. Man, it's almost as bad as people that play as a Heavy Weapons Guy all the time."

The move by gamers comes after reports that the last words spoken by the most recent victim, Conrad Johnson, 35, were, "No fair, I was typing." The shocking utterance comes as no surprise to gamers, many of whom have witnessed similar events in the past.

"I was playing Counter-Strike once, and my teammate got AWPed while he was trying to remember what key he had mapped to the spray logo function," Montz related. "I thought that it was pretty gay that it's a one-shot kill weapon like that. He had full health and full armor. This sniper guy is pretty big fag, and it's obvious he can't doesn't have the skills required to play as something else."

Montz represents one of the thousands of school children living in the area who are being kept at home by worried parents after the sniper's threat toward kids. He was let home from school early yesterday after more than 70%% of the students at his junior high school stayed home.

Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose told reporters that he was pleased by the school boards' decision. "I cannot express how glad I am that our children were allowed to return home in this harrowing situation," he said at a press conference yesterday. "Seeing young children leaving to meet their parents, who were rushing out of their vehicles to check on their children's safety, moves me deeply. I was so touched that I almost began crying when I saw parents embracing their young ones on the front lawn of the school in a wide-open public display of affection."

"Thank God they allowed them [the children] out of those buildings where they were in such obvious danger," said one parent.

But hiding our children in this situation might not be the best course of action, say some critics. Expert child psychologist, Dr. Forrest Nash, says that we should be relying on our children to help us rather than keeping them indoors.

"The average, video game-playing child has tactical experience equivalent to that of a U.S. Marine," stated Dr. Nash in a telephone interview. "Parents should be relying on their children to help them go about their day-to-day business and to guide them in common sense actions such as diving for cover and jumping around to avoid bullets."

There have been several reports of parents following their children's example and taking Family Circus-like trips around the neighbourhood to throw out a bag of garbage. "Kids have the ability to spot the best places to camp," said Nash, "and they also know how to stay out of the line of sight."

Dr. Nash even went as far as suggesting that children might be the ultimate solution to the shootings, citing the fact that many of them know how to deal with snipers quite effectively.

"The most popular suggestion from kids is that somebody sneak up behind the sniper and shoot him with a rocket launcher," explained Nash.

Neither the White House nor the FBI has commented on Nash's theory.[/quote:dea3f]

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r3mix is Offline Senior Member Posts: 896 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oz	12-01-2002, 12:22 AM games vs real life - posted about a month ago on another forum. [quote:dea3f]WASHINGTON, DC - Gamers petitioned President Bush to ban the Washington sniper yesterday in an effort to end the shootings. Calls for action ranging from a 48-hour suspension to a permanent IP ban were made by gaming activists from all corners of the nation. "The sniper is a total lamer," said Cody Montz, 13, of Richmond, VA. "Only the people with no skills use sniper rifles. Man, it's almost as bad as people that play as a Heavy Weapons Guy all the time." The move by gamers comes after reports that the last words spoken by the most recent victim, Conrad Johnson, 35, were, "No fair, I was typing." The shocking utterance comes as no surprise to gamers, many of whom have witnessed similar events in the past. "I was playing Counter-Strike once, and my teammate got AWPed while he was trying to remember what key he had mapped to the spray logo function," Montz related. "I thought that it was pretty gay that it's a one-shot kill weapon like that. He had full health and full armor. This sniper guy is pretty big fag, and it's obvious he can't doesn't have the skills required to play as something else." Montz represents one of the thousands of school children living in the area who are being kept at home by worried parents after the sniper's threat toward kids. He was let home from school early yesterday after more than 70%% of the students at his junior high school stayed home. Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose told reporters that he was pleased by the school boards' decision. "I cannot express how glad I am that our children were allowed to return home in this harrowing situation," he said at a press conference yesterday. "Seeing young children leaving to meet their parents, who were rushing out of their vehicles to check on their children's safety, moves me deeply. I was so touched that I almost began crying when I saw parents embracing their young ones on the front lawn of the school in a wide-open public display of affection." "Thank God they allowed them [the children] out of those buildings where they were in such obvious danger," said one parent. But hiding our children in this situation might not be the best course of action, say some critics. Expert child psychologist, Dr. Forrest Nash, says that we should be relying on our children to help us rather than keeping them indoors. "The average, video game-playing child has tactical experience equivalent to that of a U.S. Marine," stated Dr. Nash in a telephone interview. "Parents should be relying on their children to help them go about their day-to-day business and to guide them in common sense actions such as diving for cover and jumping around to avoid bullets." There have been several reports of parents following their children's example and taking Family Circus-like trips around the neighbourhood to throw out a bag of garbage. "Kids have the ability to spot the best places to camp," said Nash, "and they also know how to stay out of the line of sight." Dr. Nash even went as far as suggesting that children might be the ultimate solution to the shootings, citing the fact that many of them know how to deal with snipers quite effectively. "The most popular suggestion from kids is that somebody sneak up behind the sniper and shoot him with a rocket launcher," explained Nash. Neither the White House nor the FBI has commented on Nash's theory.[/quote:dea3f]