WTF?? ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING

[dwalker460]

Seriously??? Its a fucking video game that goes away if the power goes out or your mom doesnt pay your XBox live account for you.

Even trying to use such crap as a reason for this asshat to walk into a classroom of kindergarten age kids and open up is just... infuriating. Want to know what his problem was? Huh?? Me either, but it likely had something to do with a lack of personal responsibility, lack of character and a lack of appropriate ass-whoopins as a kid. Probably talked back to his parents and dis-respected every authority figure he ever met, but it doesnt matter because the nutcase killed kids. If he had not killed himself, someone gladly would have done it for him.

[Ridge]

Wow. I think 3wo1f just partly made my point. How can any young man play hours of that and not have it affect his train of thought?

I have:
22 Hours in Medal of Honor Warfighter
278.5 Hours in Battlefield 3
Several hundred hours in Battlefield 2
Probably close to 1000 hours in BF1942
Around 1100 hours in Call of Duty games
~50 hours in Counter Strike
107 hours in Grand Theft Auto
96 hours in Mass Effect
103 hours in Team Fortress 2
17 hours in Borderlands

I've probably killed enough characters to wipe this planet clean of life.

And yet I've never had an issue discerning reality from video games. Many of the hours listed are approximations as the games were not tracking my time.

That's a little over 3000 hours of games where I shoot people in the face.

[sneakerd]

Ridge- it appears to me that you have a problem. How much money could you have made -somehow-, by using that time more to your advantage? You're also an adult, not a 15 or so year old.

[Ridge]

Ridge- it appears to me that you have a problem. How much money could you have made -somehow-, by using that time more to your advantage? You're also an adult, not a 15 or so year old.

The time is accumulated over almost 10 years of FPS gaming. It's always been a way to relax after a stressful time. You have a hard week, you're feeling down. Sometimes it's nice to be able to take your anger out on an avatar of some guy 1000 miles away. You get to focus your rage on someone, release it on to them, and then the server loads a new map and the only thing that has changed is you are calmer.

[Ashton]

Ridge- it appears to me that you have a problem. How much money could you have made -somehow-, by using that time more to your advantage? You're also an adult, not a 15 or so year old.

Hmm fun is fun. You should do what you enjoy IMHO. Money will come if you do what you like to do.

[Adawg38]

Did someone just call me a retard?

Not calling you retarded if that's what you are thinking....sorry.

[sneakerd]

I know man- just riding you a little. You have a hard day, feeling down. Got an idea for you!!! Go to the effing gym! Take your anger out on some dumb-bells.

[Ashton]

They did a study which I can't find right now but apparently it's something that's considered in fighter pilot selection now a days. People who played a lot of action / fps video games in their youth are a lot more adept at operating jets because their minds are already used to making quick decisions and assessing situations. Moral of the story being "conditioned" by a video game upped the mental aptitude of these individuals.

[sneakerd]

Does anyone notice the recent resurgence of the term "retard" on the forum? It's offensive.

[Ashton]

Here's a link to a study showing faster decision making. I can't find the actual jet link though. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0913121656.htm