Gamer Commits Suicide.

[WrongEyedJesus]

Trully sad, though perhaps it is an indicator that members of a community, we should take a bit more care of each other. We might not now who each other are but I am sure we would never wish any harm to each other.

Perhaps online communities should be looking at ways to better protect their members. I'm not sure how exactly as anonymity is also one of the great things about the whole set up, but if it were a crowd of mates down the pub you would want to look after them.

We are a crowd of mates but the ever evolving nature of the internet means that the dynamics and definition of friendship per se is evolving.

Food for thought certainly.

As for the God Squad, these people will always be there to finger point and try and be the moral judge and jury, whilst evangelical Christianity obviously holds a sway in the US, which is worrying, I find it difficult to see how someone would really have much trouble debunking these people. That's why they "preach" if you actually try to get them into a discussion it becomes a series of jingoistic soundbites. It is only upsetting that they should have a platform on such a tragic subject.*edit* Just read up on him on the wiki. Sounds like your standard moral crusader. I wonder what skeletons are in his closet? Let he who is without sin etc.

As for the boy? RIP lad.

Lets just hope he just saw a sign saying "Continue Yes/No", and carried on to the next level.

 

[LHC]

and maybe Jack Thompson is not totally wrong.
It’s a definite possibility that through improper parenting, children are being altered during their younger developing years by increasingly realistic, violent video gaming.

I'm not saying that any heavy-handed government tactics need to be applied to this situation. I feel quite the opposite. But if it wasn't for jack Thompson and the loudmouths that came before him, constantly clamoring for the airwaves, how many parents out there wouldn't bother to recognize inappropriate gaming? How many of them wouldn’t see this media as something they really needed to control a child’s exposure to?

So what if he’s a jackass and seems to be going about his crusade the wrong way—it gets him on TV. If he spoke in a more sensible fashion he’d be completely ignored, correct?

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If what you are saying is fair, then it's okay to be outspoken. What people generally can't stand is intellectual dishonesty, which is what this faggot appears to be full of.

 

[kknd_cf]

I don't see how parents have the right to complain that games are affecting their kids sicne they'e the ones breaking the law giving their kids games of a high rating. Fucking retards.

 

[rabbits with hats]

Jack Thompson and all of the stupid Jesus freaks like him are annoying as hell. Not only are they fucking morons but they are ruining the world with their stupid suupernatural anti-science shit. I wish they would all go away.

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Fuck off or I will stone you!

 

[Reaperman93010]

I don't see how parents have the right to complain that games are affecting their kids sicne they'e the ones breaking the law giving their kids games of a high rating. Fucking  retards.

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I don't believe video game ratings are anything more than voluntary, and store policy is really what keeps the higher voluntary ratings out of children's hands.

correct me if I'm wrong on that one, but I don't think any US laws were actually put on the books (and stayed there) restricting video gaming. Politicians tended to talk about it a lot during the mortal kombat/night trap years. I think a few states even tried it, but they were overturned.

I don't want to seem in favor of gaming legislation--the opposite is true, I think our federal and state governments should pull out of the rest of the areas they have no business in. This is certainly a parenting issue, but it's unfortunate that the parenting quality seems to be slipping in general.

 

[Goity]

I don't see how parents have the right to complain that games are affecting their kids sicne they'e the ones breaking the law giving their kids games of a high rating. Fucking retards.

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I don't believe video game ratings are anything more than voluntary, and store policy is really what keeps the higher voluntary ratings out of children's hands.

correct me if I'm wrong on that one, but I don't think any laws were actually put on the books (and stayed there) restricting video gaming. Politicians tended to talk about it a lot during the mortal kombat/night trap years. I think a few states even tried it, but they were overturned.

I don't want to seem in favor of gaming legislation--the opposite is true, I think our federal and state governments should pull out of the rest of the areas they have no business in. This is a parenting issue, and good parents are very rare these days.

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It's law in the UK

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

Jack Thompson and all of the stupid Jesus freaks like him are annoying as hell. Not only are they fucking morons but they are ruining the world with their stupid suupernatural anti-science shit. I wish they would all go away.

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Fuck off or I will stone you!

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angry? sorry bro, but it's true.

 

[Reaperman93010]

It's law in the UK

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I caught that mistake while you were replying, but thanks, you're right.
one of the many reasons I'd never expatriate to europe--I'm seriously considering asia, though. Who knew they'd have the market cornered on liberty?

 

[rabbits with hats]

Jack Thompson and all of the stupid Jesus freaks like him are annoying as hell.  Not only are they fucking morons but they are ruining the world with their stupid suupernatural anti-science shit.  I wish they would all go away.

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Fuck off or I will stone you!

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angry? sorry bro, but it's true.

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body hell, I was joking!

 

[LHC]

It's law in the UK

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This is a half truth. Only BBFC ratings are legally binding.

 

[Rayek]

Jack Thompson and all of the stupid Jesus freaks like him are annoying as hell. Not only are they fucking morons but they are ruining the world with their stupid suupernatural anti-science shit. I wish they would all go away.

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Actually, I hope this dude continues to criticize the gaming media... He's turning us all into self-realized, leftist realists!

Honestly, this is too ludicrous. Not the death, I mean the reaction to it. If I get run over by a truck tomorrow, and Jacko gets a hold of some information on how I visit gaming forums, he'll twist it so it seems like I jumped because I didn't get my GP2X when everyone else did. Pardon, but, mutherfucker.

MGS is a great game, and only inspires me to do good . It's unfortunate that this poor person's death served to accuse his hobby of causing it.

On the local gaming forums on campus here, someone actually signed on as Jack Thompson, and has started numerous, hilarious posts akin to, "If you dumbass gamers had any strength in your weakling little arms and weren't so preoccupied forming schemes to killus all, you'd pick up a dictionary and look up 'idiot', because your picture would be right there, buddy. Right there."
I didn't know how close they were to emulating this Jack-ass' actual comments. Honestly, he's a joke.

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

Jack Thompson and all of the stupid Jesus freaks like him are annoying as hell. Not only are they fucking morons but they are ruining the world with their stupid suupernatural anti-science shit. I wish they would all go away.

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Fuck off or I will stone you!

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angry? sorry bro, but it's true.

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body hell, I was joking!

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oh, body hell! now it all makes sense

 

[Goity]

It's law in the UK

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I caught that mistake while you were replying, but thanks, you're right.
one of the many reasons I'd never expatriate to europe--I'm seriously considering asia, though. Who knew they'd have the market cornered on liberty?

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Our laws are generally more liberal that american laws, and most of them are quite good, like guns being illegal

 

[deadlychicken22]

It's law in the UK

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I caught that mistake while you were replying, but thanks, you're right.
one of the many reasons I'd never expatriate to europe--I'm seriously considering asia, though. Who knew they'd have the market cornered on liberty?

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Our laws are generally more liberal that american laws, and most of them are quite good, like guns being illegal

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good? the government controls too much and should control LESS, not more. The government shouldn't have to moniter what kids are doing because their PARENTS should do that. The government should not act as parents or safeguards for people who are stupid.

 

[DaveC]

good? the government controls too much and should control LESS, not more. The government shouldn't have to moniter what kids are doing because their PARENTS should do that. The government should not act as parents or safeguards for people who are stupid.

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Yeah, especially when our government has the head Dodo in the whitehouse

 

[Nova]

Jack Thompson and all of the stupid Jesus freaks like him are annoying as hell.  Not only are they fucking morons but they are ruining the world with their stupid suupernatural anti-science shit.  I wish they would all go away.

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Actually, I hope this dude continues to criticize the gaming media... He's turning us all into self-realized, leftist realists!

Honestly, this is too ludicrous. Not the death, I mean the reaction to it. If I get run over by a truck tomorrow, and Jacko gets a hold of some information on how I visit gaming forums, he'll twist it so it seems like I jumped because I didn't get my GP2X when everyone else did. Pardon, but, mutherfucker.

MGS is a great game, and only inspires me to do good . It's unfortunate that this poor person's death served to accuse his hobby of causing it.

On the local gaming forums on campus here, someone actually signed on as Jack Thompson, and has started numerous, hilarious posts akin to, "If you dumbass gamers had any strength in your weakling little arms and weren't so preoccupied forming schemes to killus all, you'd pick up a dictionary and look up 'idiot', because your picture would be right there, buddy. Right there."
I didn't know how close they were to emulating this Jack-ass' actual comments. Honestly, he's a joke.

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*Cartwheels into forum, kneecaps DCGM and sneaks out*

MGS did me no damage. :rolleyes:


SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!

 

[sam fisher]

Get the specs for the chip that GPH uses and go from there.

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Sorry kinda noob, whats GPH?

One consideration is that you need to make sure the NAND chip supports a boot sector - NAND memory in general isn't easily bootable by itself.

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I think that my MP3 players flash would work because it has a "bootloader" that boots the firmware

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I'm not snake, Im pliskin!

SNAKE...SNAKE...SNNNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Shut up otacon!

 

[LHC]

At the risk of sounding heartless, what the hell has this got reason to be posted on gaming forums? "Somebody who played games commited suicide"

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Unless this was posted somewhere else originially, you are retarded because this is "off topic".

 

[pkostrze]

I really feel for this guys family and loved ones; no loss of life is ever trivial, easy to handle, or easy to understand. This is a case of someone making a decision they felt was best for them, however misguided, and following through... there really is no one to blame in my opinion. I lost a family member to suicide and I don't for a minute blame them or the influence of anything or anyone... people make decisions that we, as outsiders, will never understand.

As for Jack... he makes me sad and although I am an Atheist, I'm fairly sure he in no way represents Chrtistians as a group. At all. Ever. F-ing moron.

 

[Rico]

At the risk of sounding heartless, what the hell has this got reason to be posted on gaming forums? "Somebody who played games commited suicide"

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Unless this was posted somewhere else originially, you are retarded because this is "off topic".

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Still, why do we care? This is just one guy who killed himself, who happened to post at some gaming forums. It's only because the media ballsed the story up that we even hear about it. Suicides aren't remarkable.