https://gamerant.com/man-threatens-to-kill-child-fortnite/
Sony was right about protecting children after all.
40+ posts and no one posted the mugshot. You had one job, OP.
That moment when you know you dun goofed:
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45 Year Old Man Threatens to Kill Child After Losing in Fortnite
- Thread starter Era of not Yakuza
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Sony was right about protecting children after all.
brutal
I hope that they go hard at this guy, this shit isn't cool and people need to stop making death threats ffs. My buddy who plays a ton of online sports games gets some really sick shit in his inbox.
Jesus. I love video games and they are super relaxing for me but I think they can make anger issues worse in certain folks.
that's what you get when you mess into drugs,organized crime and battle royale games.
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Instead of the battle bus, he's gonna be riding the prison bus.
Feel badly for that child. That'd be scary to experience relatively young :(
Feel badly for that child. That'd be scary to experience relatively young :(
How'd this guy get arrested? Cops tracked his IP or something?
Shocked to see action taken over this. In the early 2000s I probably encountered this at least weekly on Counter Strike.
Shocked to see action taken over this. In the early 2000s I probably encountered this at least weekly on Counter Strike.
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I stopped playing LOL because I was getting more angrier than happy playing haha
But I've never threatened anyone.
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"As long as I don't end up like you!"
There's a lot of banter in our family
Inb4 it was just all jokes and the 11 year old should stop being a triggered snowflake *eye roll*.
After seeing so much about this type of rhetoric it's just sad that I can't divorce myself anymore from having these shitass takes flash before my mind that I 100% know are happening in a lot of other places.
The sad thing is nobody that says this is going to take a step back and maybe question about how the no moderation/emotional distance due anonymity of the past has shaped the online communication to see this as normal/expected. No reflection on us maybe being able to adjust and improve so online discourse comes closer to how people tend to talk to in person. Nah man gotta defend this idiotic shit cause for some reason I feel so persecuted by sjw culture *facepalm*
After seeing so much about this type of rhetoric it's just sad that I can't divorce myself anymore from having these shitass takes flash before my mind that I 100% know are happening in a lot of other places.
The sad thing is nobody that says this is going to take a step back and maybe question about how the no moderation/emotional distance due anonymity of the past has shaped the online communication to see this as normal/expected. No reflection on us maybe being able to adjust and improve so online discourse comes closer to how people tend to talk to in person. Nah man gotta defend this idiotic shit cause for some reason I feel so persecuted by sjw culture *facepalm*
Mr. Burns is back.
Sorry, but to be serious, no you will not. If you are aware of your behaviors, and know when to restrain yourself from shouting expletives to others, you are in the clear. And this behavior should be rewarded.
Definitely. The moment you get even 1/10th of that worked up about a game is the moment you need to take a step back and get outside. I've dealt with that too.
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On a side note, and this is no way to mitigate the threats against a minor and victim blame (at all), but I am surprised that parents let an eleven year old play a game rated for Teens and older by ESRB.
Before I dropped out of online play a few years back, I remember hearing early teenagers playing CoD4 (rated M). I thought it was weird then to hear obscenities from them from time to time. Thought the situation would have improved by now given how much gaming has become prevalent among people today especially when talking about games like Fortnite or PUBG.
Before I dropped out of online play a few years back, I remember hearing early teenagers playing CoD4 (rated M). I thought it was weird then to hear obscenities from them from time to time. Thought the situation would have improved by now given how much gaming has become prevalent among people today especially when talking about games like Fortnite or PUBG.
I was 9 when Mortal Kombat first came out in arcades. It happens often.
That should be incredibly concerning. There sure are a lot of easily aggravated violent gamers
People barely pay attention to ratings in games, unless its something particularly obscene like GTA or something, then it gets a bit more attention (though a bunch of kids still play it).
Interesting. Sounds like microsoft will cooperate with the police to give up user details in a situation such as this. Not sure if I have heard of an example like this before with threats on game messaging services. Also the 1:40am makes it sound like it happened fairly rapidly but I wonder what the timeline from message, to contact the police, to arrest was.
The real problem is that these things probably happen many times each day. This is just one incident where someone actually get caught. Too many people make threats and be racist/sexist online without consequence.
Glad he got arrest for that. My smart ass 11 year old self would have replied " I hope your better at that than the game." I don't even open messages I get from people I don't know.
xxStraightBlazen420xx sent you a message.
That's nice, deleted
xxStraightBlazen420xx sent you a message.
That's nice, deleted
40+ posts and no one posted the mugshot. You had one job, OP.
That moment when you know you dun goofed:
That moment when you know you dun goofed:
Yup...that's Long Island, we are never known for anything positive.
Geezus Christ, fucking some people should not be playing games. Sending this article to my friend.
Geezus Christ, fucking some people should not be playing games. Sending this article to my friend.
This is me in Overwatch. I don't ever directly yell at anyone, I tend to just yell off-comms to myself. I think the source of the anger mostly comes from knowing too much about the meta and who counters who on what map and nobody switching to a counter, that and 9 times out of 10 you're probably playing with a troll who is purposely trying to lose or against a team of smurfs.
Luckily I just play Mei now and become the jack of all trades character depending on what's going on.
No there is a serious toxic element in the video game community and with gaming becoming more and more mainstream, these toxic elements need to be called out and exposed/charged.
Because just like back in the day when society thought only "nerds" and "lames" played video games, we dont need that to transition to psychos and weirdos.
This swatting, racist/homophobic threats, shooting others over losing, etc needs to be punished hard and heavy commensurate to the offense. Let them know we do not want them representing, let along be apart of our community
40+ posts and no one posted the mugshot. You had one job, OP.
That moment when you know you dun goofed:
He looks like he's still having Fortnite flashbacks