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This is saddening. Many lone gamers will say these things to make them look tough, feared or just to make others think they're crazy. source : been in the gamin

by mitchi 13y ago

This is saddening. Many lone gamers will say these things to make them look tough, feared or just to make others think they're crazy. source : been in the gaming community a long time. USA, where prison is the solution to everything.

mwill 13y ago
I'm not even sure this is a case of him saying it to look tough/feared or something like that. From what I understand, someone left a comment calling him 'crazy' for a tactic he used in a recent game, and he responded with 'Yeah, I'm crazy', his remark about shooting, and then 'lol j/k'. I've seen/heard many similar exchanges in games before, and it doesn't even register as more than idle trash talk anymore. The only difference seems to be this took place on Facebook rather than a short lived game lobby.
- Ygg2 13y ago
  News at 11, NSA bugs game lobbies of popular multiplayer games. 90% of all gamers arrested.
coderdude 13y ago
USA, where prison is the solution to everything. Don't post ignorant flamebait. You have no idea what you're talking about.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
  It is flamebait. But it is also true.
- kevingadd 13y ago
  Our prison population seems to disagree with you.
- spdy 13y ago
  According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 2,266,800 adults were incarcerated in U.S. federal and state prisons, and county jails at year-end 2011 – about 0.7% of adults in the U.S. resident population.[7] Additionally, 4,814,200 adults at year-end 2011 were on probation or on parole.[11] In total, 6,977,700 adults were under correctional supervision (probation, parole, jail, or prison) in 2011 – about 2.9% of adults in the U.S. resident population. The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world (743 per 100,000 population), Russia has the second highest rate (577 per 100,000), followed by Rwanda (561 per 100,000) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#Comparison_with_other_countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_Sta...
  - coderdude 13y ago
    So? That doesn't back up the flamebait claim that every illegal action a US citizen engages in results in going to prison. I don't care if my country is unpopular right now, it's still BS.
KeliNorth 13y ago
That echoes what I've discovered in my decades of gaming as well. Across mmos, MP fps', anything with MP, you start seeing patterns. A friend and I are even thinking about writing a book based on our experiences with people online, specifically the larger MMO communitys. This kid's joking manner isn't even close to a percent of what vile stuff goes on every day, and his was even written in a satirical manner. He just happened to do it in the wrong environment. It's becoming that the wrong environment to say anything in is anywhere online, especially in text form. I've seen simple misunderstanding's due to the lack of tone and context in text lead people to virtually "murder" each other in a violent rage. Some have even been eerily reminiscent of some real-life news stories, with the only actual difference being a virtual rather than real person. It may sound ridiculous to compare the two since people generally behave differently when behind a slight wall of anonymity, but it was an almost identical circumstance and conversation leading to an explosive impulse leading to one person's death. The only difference was that in the game, the person respawned. Text is a terrible form of basing any kind of judgement of another person on. It's wrought with problems. This is part of why when we've had to make judicial decisions about people's problems onine (as Guild Leaders) we've always communicated by voice. Text has always caused issues. The legal system taking action over it is a perfectly USA response, it fits with everything I know of my fellow Americans when they (I should say we) misunderstand something.

by mitchi 13y ago

mwill 13y ago

I'm not even sure this is a case of him saying it to look tough/feared or something like that. From what I understand, someone left a comment calling him 'crazy' for a tactic he used in a recent game, and he responded with 'Yeah, I'm crazy', his remark about shooting, and then 'lol j/k'. I've seen/heard many similar exchanges in games before, and it doesn't even register as more than idle trash talk anymore. The only difference seems to be this took place on Facebook rather than a short lived game lobby.

Ygg2 13y ago
News at 11, NSA bugs game lobbies of popular multiplayer games. 90% of all gamers arrested.

coderdude 13y ago

USA, where prison is the solution to everything. Don't post ignorant flamebait. You have no idea what you're talking about.

fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
It is flamebait. But it is also true.
kevingadd 13y ago
Our prison population seems to disagree with you.
spdy 13y ago
According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 2,266,800 adults were incarcerated in U.S. federal and state prisons, and county jails at year-end 2011 – about 0.7% of adults in the U.S. resident population.[7] Additionally, 4,814,200 adults at year-end 2011 were on probation or on parole.[11] In total, 6,977,700 adults were under correctional supervision (probation, parole, jail, or prison) in 2011 – about 2.9% of adults in the U.S. resident population. The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world (743 per 100,000 population), Russia has the second highest rate (577 per 100,000), followed by Rwanda (561 per 100,000) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States#Comparison_with_other_countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_Sta...
- coderdude 13y ago
  So? That doesn't back up the flamebait claim that every illegal action a US citizen engages in results in going to prison. I don't care if my country is unpopular right now, it's still BS.

KeliNorth 13y ago

That echoes what I've discovered in my decades of gaming as well. Across mmos, MP fps', anything with MP, you start seeing patterns. A friend and I are even thinking about writing a book based on our experiences with people online, specifically the larger MMO communitys. This kid's joking manner isn't even close to a percent of what vile stuff goes on every day, and his was even written in a satirical manner. He just happened to do it in the wrong environment. It's becoming that the wrong environment to say anything in is anywhere online, especially in text form. I've seen simple misunderstanding's due to the lack of tone and context in text lead people to virtually "murder" each other in a violent rage. Some have even been eerily reminiscent of some real-life news stories, with the only actual difference being a virtual rather than real person. It may sound ridiculous to compare the two since people generally behave differently when behind a slight wall of anonymity, but it was an almost identical circumstance and conversation leading to an explosive impulse leading to one person's death. The only difference was that in the game, the person respawned. Text is a terrible form of basing any kind of judgement of another person on. It's wrought with problems. This is part of why when we've had to make judicial decisions about people's problems onine (as Guild Leaders) we've always communicated by voice. Text has always caused issues. The legal system taking action over it is a perfectly USA response, it fits with everything I know of my fellow Americans when they (I should say we) misunderstand something.