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richardhutnik on 27 January 2010

I saw this on the Escapist website:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.171195

I notice this part at the end:

I wouldn't call it the Call of Duty effect as much as the Halo effect. He came in to a Pawn Shop I was shopping around at and asked for an "Ess Em Gee" (Submachine gun). The owner said that he didn't carry them. He then asked if he had any sniper rifles. The owner showed him a .270 (I believe). As the punk (hat cocked off to the side and his pants at a level where a belt would not allow them to fall) looked down the scope, he asked how to "zoom it" (a common feature of scoped rifles in video games). The owner showed him how to magnify and clarify the image. The punk said that he was just used to the rifle doing that for him.

Finally the owner asked what the kid was looking for to which he replied "I just want to headshot some noobs! Like in Halo!"

The conversation quickly degraded from that moment and ended very shortly.

 

Pretty much a game like Call of Duty drives people to google obscure words and visit websites they normally wouldn't visit.  What I find scary here is that someone, inspired by Halo, Call of Duty, or whatever, suddenly decides they want to get a REAL gun, so they can shoot noobs in the head in real life?  Are we going to have to have a license to screen people to see if they are illsuited to play videogames?

 



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Ghazi4 on 27 January 2010

owned if he got some real life noobs lol




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ECC on 27 January 2010

WOW!!! lol



 

   
gamings_best on 27 January 2010

lol I say let em go, as soon as they try to dual wield Winchester model 1887's, they would lose the ability to use their hands, problem solved



Kantor on 27 January 2010

This is exactly why the US needs stricter gun control laws.



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Chairman-Mao on 27 January 2010

lol I don't think he's going to be headshotting many noobs if he can't figure out how to use a scope or anything.



dsister44 on 27 January 2010
Kantor said:
This is exactly why the US needs stricter gun control laws.

I don't think anyone that can't work a scope can "headshot some noobs". I've been practicing for years and can barely shoot a paper target with a .22. 



dsister44 on 27 January 2010
KylieDog said:
What i really wish video games would do is require that in order to play M/18 rated games online you need verify your age with a credit card, preferably registered to the same name on the account.

Sure would still get some parrents just let their children fake it but it would stop a lot, and the example in the OP didn't turn out like that overnight, that level of retardedness is trained into them from a young age.


It is really easy to get a credit card. All you have to do is go into any Walmart and get a prepaid Visa card 



Kantor on 27 January 2010
KylieDog said:
What i really wish video games would do is require that in order to play M/18 rated games online you need verify your age with a credit card, preferably registered to the same name on the account.

Sure would still get some parrents just let their children fake it but it would stop a lot, and the example in the OP didn't turn out like that overnight, that level of retardedness is trained into them from a young age.

Age has nothing to do with it. Stupid people are stupid, whether they're 10, 15, 20, 30 or 50.



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Demotruk on 27 January 2010

He may not "headshot some noobs", but I think I'd still be very concerned if an idiot kid got his hands on firearms....

Which they do, often enough, unfortunately.



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