VT Shootings paranoia gets stranger each day.

codyjd · Post by **codyjd** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:27 am

http://kotaku.com/gaming/world-gone-mad ... 257045.php

OH GNOES! IT'S AN ASIAN MINORITY IN AMERICA! HE MUST BE PLANNING TO KILL US ALL!

o_ô.

Guilty_Biscuit · Post by **Guilty_Biscuit** » Thu May 03, 2007 4:01 am

I'd like to know why he had 5 swords in his room. Sounds a bit excessive to have 5.

Anarchist · Post by **Anarchist** » Thu May 03, 2007 4:29 am

you should see how many knives i have..

soon there will be thought crimes, the world is going to get worse before it gets better. its all bullshit

ZawBanjito · Post by **ZawBanjito** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:03 am

Two sources close to the case said it’s questionable whether the swords were usable as weapons, indicating they may have been decorative.

http://www.fortbendnow.com/news/2850/fbisd-police-found-5-swords-at-home-of-student-removed-from-clements-over-computer-game

The kid's a geek. He probably had a bunch of Hobbit swords he got off eBay. Poor kid... I always wanted one of them Hobbit swords...

sheepofdumb · Post by **sheepofdumb** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:09 am

Dude, I've only dreamed of playing games like counter-strike or halo with a map fashioned after a school or other publicy places. They took this way too far.

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:47 am

Yeah this is just excessive.

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Thu May 03, 2007 7:26 am

Hang on guys...

We wage war accross maps of our countries, a university... maps of states are very common in the Foundry...

Is this any different?

Plus, I love swords. When I have the cash to seek out some good examples I hope to build a collection (although I am a medievalist so I suppose its allowed

)

Anarchy Ninja · Post by **Anarchy Ninja** » Thu May 03, 2007 7:42 am

That is just idiocy, I have a sword and two practice swords as well as a compouand bow :roll:

Seriously, what the hell happened to just talking?

mibi · Post by **mibi** » Thu May 03, 2007 9:08 am

Guiscard wrote:Hang on guys...

We wage war accross maps of our countries, a university... maps of states are very common in the Foundry...

Is this any different?

Plus, I love swords. When I have the cash to seek out some good examples I hope to build a collection (although I am a medievalist so I suppose its allowed )

you're a medievalist?

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Thu May 03, 2007 9:22 am

mibi wrote:
Guiscard wrote:Hang on guys...

We wage war accross maps of our countries, a university... maps of states are very common in the Foundry...

Is this any different?

Plus, I love swords. When I have the cash to seek out some good examples I hope to build a collection (although I am a medievalist so I suppose its allowed )

you're a medievalist?

Well, in training

Currently a researching my PhD and I teach a couple of classes to first year undergraduates.

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Thu May 03, 2007 9:26 am

The Americans are mad, that's no news.

I GOT SERVED · Post by **I GOT SERVED** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:09 am

Man, this whole thing is just bullshit.

I've seen maps of a wal-mart in half-life 2, and nobody's been detained for that yet.....

Nobunaga · Post by **Nobunaga** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:19 am

MeDeFe wrote:The Americans are mad, that's no news.

... Looks more like the Koreans are the mad ones.

Syzygy · Post by **Syzygy** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:31 am

I have a sword too. (And blowdarts.)

I don't go around killing people though.

I use my axe for that.

Chad22342 · Post by **Chad22342** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:32 am

Nobunaga wrote:
MeDeFe wrote:The Americans are mad, that's no news.

... Looks more like the Koreans are the mad ones.

Ya but the Americans are the ones getting overly excessivly paranoid.

sam_levi_11 · Post by **sam_levi_11** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:52 am

i have 4 samarai swords and loads of knives, although they are all useable

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:16 am

So he made a CS map based on the school he went to. So what? I know a guy who made a CS map of the school he went to, and we complained that he had got the proportions wrong...

Guilty_Biscuit · Post by **Guilty_Biscuit** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:28 pm

I don't understand the desire to own weapons. Yes I can appreciate a beautiful sword. I can look at pikes and halberds and imagine what it would have been like to hold a line with one or the devestation it could cause in the right hands but I don't see any lure to make someone want to own one. It is useless.

FRSmk3 · Post by **FRSmk3** » Thu May 03, 2007 4:00 pm

(on the subject of the topic in general, not swords)

ah yes, the idea that pissing people off and putting them in horrible situations will keep them from killing you. I mean, who WOULDN'T want to use that idea?