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On December 20 2012 15:14 Danglars wrote:We see these come and go. Aside from the mandatory labeling on boxes, not much has changed in the US. I'm not expecting much to come from this unless a bigger lobby gets behind it with more money and studies to push through bigger legislation. Stuff like showing photo ID before buying violent video games, specifically making "M for Mature" require 18+ years have been goals in the past (though its more Moms/Dads/Relatives buying for minor children, but I digress). That partially addresses his quote from the article: Show nested quote +“Major corporations, including the video game industry, make billions on marketing and selling violent content to children,” Rockefeller said in an e-mailed statement. “They have a responsibility to protect our children. If they do not, you can count on the Congress to take a more aggressive role.” And then sterner warnings on the back directed at parents. For a contemporary example, look at South Korea's mandated warnings currently existing on every SC2-Korea game launch (18+ drugs alcohol scary situations, and 12+ as well iirc). Those are my predictions to what we can expect from bills in the next 2 years if the lobbies get even more political power.
It's probably just political games for popularity, and like you said, these smaller "investigations", or attempts of them, literally happens all the time, with no effects of whatsoever to speak of. No one would even care about this if it wasn't because of the recent shooting.
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I heard Lanza ate corn flakes every morning, let's ban cornflakes for the safety of society !!!
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Starcraft? Geeze, I mean I know terran is having a hard time now a days but I didn't think it was that awful...
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Nothing is going to happen. It's just a cheap way for politicians to try and ride this train in order to get a positive view on "combating evil".
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This is stupid, I've played doom, quake, starcraft, halo and I've never had the urge to go out and kill people.
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On December 20 2012 10:23 isaachukfan wrote:Poll: Who is killing esports more?Jay Rockefeller (21) 58% Jessica (15) 42% 36 total votes Your vote: Who is killing esports more? (Vote): Jay Rockefeller
(Vote): Jessica
OP should absolutely include this poll.
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I sell video games for 2 years now.
I meet with things like: I dont want my kid to play shooter or war game because he might do something bad.
or my favorit one. Customer: So you are saying that 14-16 years old boys are playing this game called CoD ? Do their parents even watch TV ? Do they know what happened in states ?
I LOVE MY JOB AND I LOVE GAMES AND TODAY IM GOING TO SELL ALL THE SC2 WE HAVE LEFT !
btw i dont sell GTA to kids.
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Surely the vast entertainment media lobby will come to the rescue? They practically run America, right? Or maybe that's just for hollywood and music records... 
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On December 20 2012 05:42 HeavOnEarth wrote:close pls User was warned for this postbut i said said pls , god damit fu TL mods!!! grrrr....!!! gosugamers was better than u, TL is nothing(super serious face) + Show Spoiler +![[image loading]](http://cdn3.whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/RJ.png) User was killed for this post
I think this clearly shows that a study needs to be conducted to determine the link between TL modding and murder...
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On December 20 2012 16:35 AcrossFiveJulys wrote:Show nested quote +On December 20 2012 05:42 HeavOnEarth wrote:close pls User was warned for this postbut i said said pls , god damit fu TL mods!!! grrrr....!!! gosugamers was better than u, TL is nothing(super serious face) + Show Spoiler + User was killed for this post I think this clearly shows that a study needs to be conducted to determine the link between TL modding and murder...
they even killed that dude!!!! TL modders are murderers!!!!!..........
yust like how sc encourges violance which shoudn't happen becouse A: who doesn't want to look like a shooting marine, B: if he played more than 1 game he should be smart enough to know that killing is fucking awfull.
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On December 20 2012 16:26 Tanukki wrote:Surely the vast entertainment media lobby will come to the rescue? They practically run America, right? Or maybe that's just for hollywood and music records...
no one will come to the rescue since it doesn't matter, nothing will happen or come out of this. The main "villains" regarding this seems to be the gun laws, mental disorder and the media coverage itself being at fault for portraying these people as some sort of anti heroes of society. The actual role of video games haven't gotten that much real exposure.
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For males that age, it would be more noteworthy if they DON'T play video games... Imagine headlines like:
Title: "Child falls and dies while non-gaming father is cooking"
Under title: "Study shows that multitasking suffers from no gaming"
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politicians are seriously just using this shooting as an excuse to limit freedom on guns and games... it seems so dirty.
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It really sucks that when I kill 5 people in a row, I have no announcer to call out "RAMPAGE!"
People really need to find better things to do with their time and money ffs. Really they do. Give your time and money to me and I could make the world a better place while playing video games between projects. Fucking retards. What did they have to blame for serial murderers before there were video games? Those are probably the same things that make people killers today.
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Society loves to use a scapegoat because it's a lot easier to blame than the actual issues. When Columbine happened the media blamed violent television shows / movies, video games, and music (Marylin Manson comes to mind). The real issue is mental health, but it's a lot easier to say "ban all video games" then to say "help those with mental illnesses"
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Guys! This just in! The shooter also ate sandwiches and drank water.
New study is going to happen about whether eating sandwiches and drinking water impacts your desire to kill people.
This could result in the banning of all subways and draining all lakes in the United States!
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Hundreds of million people play videogames world wide. Every year a couple of people go on a shooting spree. Clearly videogames are the cause.
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On December 20 2012 08:25 sc2superfan101 wrote:
games like SC and CoD, I don't think should be regulated. games like GTA should be straight up banned.
Ban one game, why not ban 'em all? It's a slippery slope, and even then I don't see what the problem with a little bit of cathartic virtual mass murder is as long as people playing are sane enough to not go kill real people anyways.
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This really grinds my gears.... Obviously gun control is the real issue, but there is something sickening about the way a tragedy makes everyone push whatever agenda they already had. To make sense of something which is basically ununderstandable, all the old fogeys are trying to inflict their prejudices on everyone. With their worldview shaken, the only solution is to insist on all the old stuff more and more loudly.
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