Student Removed From School for Creating Video Game Map
May 03, 2007
More murder simulation goodness. in Fort Bend for creating a map of his school for Counter-Strike. You know, that amazingly real murder simulator where you learn to aim and kill and stuff. David knows the one, where you jump all the time while shooting in order to go faster.
I seriously find it amazing that they've removed a kid for something like this. I mean, any serious gamer who has ever dabbled in mapping has made a map of A) Their House B) Their Mall and C) Their School. Personally, I did my parents' basement in Half-Life - my school in Doom - and someone in California made a map of our mall in Duke3d. Last I checked, creating artistic reproductions of things wasn't a crime.
There are terrorists and psychopaths at every corner. Some kid making computer game maps, probably isn't one of them. Let Jack Thompson make up some statistics on how many "school shooters" made maps of their schools and then "trained" in them. Let's see how far he gets.
As an aside, I saw in the WSJ that we lost somewhere close to 120 troops this last month. 120 dead. That seems like a whole lotta lives are being thrown at this problem with no resolution in site.
Anyway, back to management.
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| Tagged: Terrorism, America, Rants, VideoGames
Jesse 2007/05/03
Jordan, some unexpected political commentary. I love it, keeps us thinking. When I was between 7th and 9th grade I was so busy skateboarding and listening to music that freaked my Mom out that I didn't know anything about video games. Granted this was the early 90's and there was on Nintendo and Super Mario Brothers. Anyway, I do agree with you that leadership across the board is becoming so hyper sensitive to violence because some idiot(s) shoot up schools that it is taking away from good kids who are really using their minds. The war in Iraq...I have a unique perspective on this being that I am a LATE gulf war vet. The issues are as follows: Too much media covering the war and raising eyebrows of the extreme left making it virtually impossible to actually fight the war, Not enough troops in the region to overpower these psychos quickly. If both of these issues are not addressed, it is time to pull completely out of the sandbox. This is just my opinion of course, feel free to shoot holes right through it.
Jordan T. Cox 2007/05/03
Jesse, I'm curious - when you were in the Gulf it was a fledged war, right? Isn't this more of an attempted occupation that's presenting unique challenges to us?
Also, I had a friend whose parents though that Super Mario Bro. was too violent. Looking back on it now creates great hilarity.
david 2007/05/03
Man, just when I thought recreating our office building as a Counter-Strike map would be kind of neat :)
Wait, there are people still dying? I thought Bush more or less proclaimed victory on that Navy ship? :P
Andy 2007/05/03
I've been playing a lot of guitar hero... I might go out and become a rock star because of it. I can't help it.
Jordan T. Cox 2007/05/04
David; You're foreign so that makes it even worse. At least your not Asian or Middle-Eastern though. Those add +5 to your terrorism score.
Andy; No, you might go out and become a rock WARRIOR, playing a guitar of death that spews bullets, pornography and video games at unsuspecting children.
Andy 2007/05/04
Well, spewing pornography out of a guitar at children would definitely be a better method than I have been using to get the porn to those kids.
Jordan T. Cox 2007/05/04
Like throwing it out with your recycling, having some kids steal it to distribute at school and then YOU getting busted for distributing porn to minors?
Draz 2007/05/06
The obvious solution is to never recycle.