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greenelve
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany1392 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-19 22:34:09
December 19 2012 22:33 GMT
#81
This means SC(2) is such a big thing, even old conservative politicans heard something about it? Reminds me back to the time where in germany games where declared to be responsible of these school schooting tragedies and one of these game was boondock saints....

Please, never tell politicans that you can play games backwards, like rock music back in the 80's and that they become really evil this way, like rock music. :p
z0r.de for your daily madness /// Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? The Shadow knows!
dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
December 19 2012 22:36 GMT
#82
glad to see congress has excess funds to support a waste of time.
nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
December 19 2012 22:39 GMT
#83
urgh my english is terrible; I read the title and thought the senate had made a game called "bill" (clinton?)


I'm not even kidding
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dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
December 19 2012 22:40 GMT
#84
On December 20 2012 07:39 nkr wrote:
urgh my english is terrible; I read the title and thought the senate had made a game called "bill" (clinton?)


I'm not even kidding

they already have that game, its call Leisure Suit Larry. =)
Jaaaaasper
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States10225 Posts
December 19 2012 22:42 GMT
#85
On December 20 2012 05:29 ddrddrddrddr wrote:
Gee, we played starcraft. Anyone feel like going on a murdering rampage? Instead of scrutinizing gun laws which is the most blatant issue, we're looking at video games which has been the subject of witch hunts for about a century now?

Well yeah, the nra has more money to donate to candidates. This is getting old, but people want something to blame other than guns.
Hey do you want to hear a joke? Chinese production value. | I thought he had a aegis- Ayesee | When did 7ing mad last have a good game, 2012?
ticklishmusic
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States15977 Posts
December 19 2012 22:42 GMT
#86
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Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
December 19 2012 22:43 GMT
#87
Are they that desperate to find something to point their fingers at? Video game violence has been studied countless times and it's been conclusive that they don't cause people to go on killing rampages.
Shebuha
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada1335 Posts
December 19 2012 22:44 GMT
#88
On December 20 2012 07:36 dAPhREAk wrote:
glad to see congress has excess funds to support a waste of time.

They probably just printed off a bunch of fresh $$.

I definitely think that there is a huge correlation between vidya games and the murderins. Between the vidya games, the news, vielant teleevision and the gays I don't know how everyone in society isn't a serial killer. derrr
NeVeR
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
1352 Posts
December 19 2012 22:46 GMT
#89
There are TONS of games that are so much more violent than StarCraft and yet they choose to single out our game...
Callynn
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands917 Posts
December 19 2012 22:46 GMT
#90
Da-derp.

Socially isolated people tend to retreat to hobbies they can play alone, and gaming happens to be one of them.

So, who's ready for some serious research on the impact of Chess vs yourself on your sanity?
Comparing BW with SCII is like comparing a beautiful three-master sailing ship with a modern battlecruiser. Both are beautiful in their own way, both perform the same task, but they are worlds apart in how they are built and how they are steered.
SolidMoose
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1240 Posts
December 19 2012 22:50 GMT
#91
If video games caused people to go on murdering rampages, the world would already be destroyed. Since that hasn't happened yet, anyone who can think for themselves for 5 seconds would know this is pointless. For some reason they need something to blame for Lanza killing children. It's the same shit as blaming Marilyn Manson for causing Columbine.
dUTtrOACh
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada2339 Posts
December 19 2012 22:51 GMT
#92
On December 20 2012 07:46 Callynn wrote:
Da-derp.

Socially isolated people tend to retreat to hobbies they can play alone, and gaming happens to be one of them.

So, who's ready for some serious research on the impact of Chess vs yourself on your sanity?


Beware! Masturbation will be the next target. They will surely find a link between spree killings and masturbation; with most or all of the culprits being men, it's only a matter of time (not saying women don't "pleasure" themselves).
twitch.tv/duttroach
HoboJoe20
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada63 Posts
December 19 2012 22:54 GMT
#93
I wish it would be an investigation into violence from media ... and then become shocked and surprised when the News comes as a big surprise..
emythrel
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom2599 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-19 23:00:19
December 19 2012 22:56 GMT
#94
if video games impacted people that much, we would have thousands of shootings every day, all carried out by gamers.... we don't. Study done.

plus Starcraft is a war simulation, same as CoD... they aren't about randomly shooting people for no reason. They tried to blame this stuff on GTA for years, until it became apparent it wasn't the case. Now they are just moving to different games.

Gaming makes u less likely to do something like this cause you can take out your fucked up frustrations in a safe environment. I do this whenever I get angry with my gf.... jump on Saints Row 3 and fuck shit up without care for who or what i blow up, shoot, knife or otherwise kill in some nasty and bloody fashion. After 10 minutes I feel great and have no desire to hurt anyone.
When there is nothing left to lose but your dignity, it is already gone.
SyntechiTV
Profile Joined March 2012
67 Posts
December 19 2012 22:57 GMT
#95
No offense if he played Starcraft, why on earth did he cheese build?


>>

Seriously though, i remember all these things coming up 10 years ago or so, back around GTA3 was out in the hayday.

Dukenukem got the same treatment.
CeriseCherries
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
6170 Posts
December 19 2012 23:11 GMT
#96
On December 20 2012 07:54 HoboJoe20 wrote:
I wish it would be an investigation into violence from media ... and then become shocked and surprised when the News comes as a big surprise..


yea I guess there's a stigma about video games that makes it a more palatable target. try and even attempt to do research into media in general and see how fast lobbies come barreling down... + good luck trying to get favorable coverage next election cycle
Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
Sephy90
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1785 Posts
December 19 2012 23:16 GMT
#97
WHY ARE PEOPLE SO DUMB? Why do I still even get surprised by this?! Is it because I still have hope in humanity? Being sleep deprived feels so good sometimes :DDDDDDDDDDD
"So I turned the lights off at night and practiced by myself"
Elroi
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden5595 Posts
December 19 2012 23:16 GMT
#98
I can in some ways understand that you would think violent video games could make kids more violent... but SC? The violence in sc is about as sublimated as in chess...
"To all eSports fans, I want to be remembered as a progamer who can make something out of nothing, and someone who always does his best. I think that is the right way of living, and I'm always doing my best to follow that." - Jaedong. /watch?v=jfghAzJqAp0
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
December 19 2012 23:19 GMT
#99
I wouldn't be opposed to a proper study on the effect of video games on children or people. As it was mentioned before, we just have to hope that the study is carried on properly and they'll find out that games are harmless but better taken in moderation.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Cel.erity
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States4890 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-19 23:22:35
December 19 2012 23:19 GMT
#100
Doesn't this exact same conversation come up every time there's a shooting?

"Newsflash: This quiet teenage boy played VIDEO GAMES. Can you believe it?"

Also I'm not even sure why they mentioned Starcraft in particular. It seems like the last game to promote violence in young people, and hell, the name doesn't even sound menacing.

You know, I'd really like it if, every time somebody contributed something positive to society like donating millions of dollars to charity or winning a Nobel Prize, they wrote a report that said, "We went through this man's belongings and found a Diablo 3 box! Playing video games must make you a successful genius!"
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