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JHB

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2. Well, yeah, you're off track

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 02:29 PM

Aug 2018

Game competitions and tournaments are everyday things. So is streaming sessions, which is where the video/audio of the attack came from.

I know if you're out of the loop on this kind of thing it can be a surprise, but it isn't all that different from golf tournaments.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] busterbrown Aug 2018 OP

I am not a gamer, but thbobby Aug 2018 #1

Well, yeah, you're off track JHB Aug 2018 #2

Isn't about maiming and killing? n/t busterbrown Aug 2018 #4

Can you be a little clearer about your objection to what I said? JHB Aug 2018 #6

nope, not about maiming and killing 0rganism Aug 2018 #17

There are tournaments for most of the esports games Gothmog Aug 2018 #45

No more than football... sfwriter Aug 2018 #36

Is there an English version of this post? jberryhill Aug 2018 #3

Doesn't this particular type of gaming busterbrown Aug 2018 #7

Um... jberryhill Aug 2018 #8

Which? The Football video game tournament where the shooting took place? JHB Aug 2018 #11

Yup obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #58

In the same way that Looney Tunes emphasizes violence cemaphonic Aug 2018 #16

Madden football? RhodeIslandOne Aug 2018 #39

Oh please, you're one of those Jack Thompson "violence in gaming!" types? Tarc Aug 2018 #44

Sometimes my thumbs hit those buttons pretty hard. Codeine Aug 2018 #48

IT WAS A MADDEN TOURNAMENT obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #57

I'm just asking wether the extreme violence of these games... busterbrown Aug 2018 #13

Obviously not jberryhill Aug 2018 #20

studies have not established a non-controversial link, as far as i know 0rganism Aug 2018 #30

They have also been played while the overall crime rate has dropped... sfwriter Aug 2018 #37

As much as Judas Priest obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author JHB Aug 2018 #70

You guys are so ready to jump on anyone busterbrown Aug 2018 #72

Super Smash Brothers was a classic SpicyBoi Aug 2018 #5

After the mass shootings in Vegas did Vegas stop the gambling and such because the shooter Afromania Aug 2018 #9

Who the hell cares about the gambling..? busterbrown Aug 2018 #10

WHAT is based on violence?!?!?!? JHB Aug 2018 #12

Maybe I'm mistaken.. busterbrown Aug 2018 #15

These are the characters who fight in the game you're going on about JHB Aug 2018 #19

Smash brothers? It's cartoon characters hitting each other with cartoon mallets. Decoy of Fenris Aug 2018 #22

Did you know there is an entire method for determining whether something causes something else? jberryhill Aug 2018 #26

If a person can find their way to DU kcr Aug 2018 #35

wtaf obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #60

That was part of why the Vegas shooter did what he did. Afromania Aug 2018 #14

Much as chess is? LanternWaste Aug 2018 #29

And Ozzy makes kids commit suicide, right? Codeine Aug 2018 #50

Way off track. Gaming is as much a profession as anything else, nowadays. Decoy of Fenris Aug 2018 #18

But all I'm asking is... busterbrown Aug 2018 #24

I don't see why it's hard to reconcile them both. Decoy of Fenris Aug 2018 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author JHB Aug 2018 #32

WTF? RhodeIslandOne Aug 2018 #40

Improper Use of Laser Site, ten yard penalty! nt Codeine Aug 2018 #51

There are professional gamers who earn good money gaming Gothmog Aug 2018 #46

Gamer Gate showed us just how vicious some of the gamers really are samir.g Aug 2018 #21

But not in the way that the OP is going on about JHB Aug 2018 #25

As a parent of kids who used to compete in smash, FM123 Aug 2018 #23

Got It! busterbrown Aug 2018 #28

You appear to be conflating killing with playing a video game. LanternWaste Aug 2018 #31

Right. Just asking questions. kcr Aug 2018 #33

Yeah, I just figured this out obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #62

one reason you're getting angry responses ... 0rganism Aug 2018 #34

Thanks I needed to hear that! busterbrown Aug 2018 #53

np happy to help 0rganism Aug 2018 #56

no -- wtf obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #63

Several replies have given you factual information Cal Carpenter Aug 2018 #43

The leading questions are purely inoccent in nature. busterbrown Aug 2018 #54

"this has become a pro-gun, anti-gun thread" obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author JHB Aug 2018 #68

This message was self-deleted by its author JHB Aug 2018 #71

Chess replicates military tactics of an older age. Codeine Aug 2018 #49

There is an angry tone, because what you are saying is 100% wrong obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #61

Super Smash Brothers is "Tom and Jerry" cartoons level. Archae Aug 2018 #38

Has your question been answered? nt B2G Aug 2018 #41

A bunch of times. Iggo Aug 2018 #66

The esports world is interesting Gothmog Aug 2018 #42

My 24 year old is involved with this type of gaming helpisontheway Aug 2018 #47

Thanks for that! busterbrown Aug 2018 #55

"this argument of Gaming (Super Smash) can be pulled into Gun Conversation" obamanut2012 Aug 2018 #65

Nice try! busterbrown Aug 2018 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author JHB Aug 2018 #69

Dig this hyper-realistic violence!! Codeine Aug 2018 #52