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School misinterprets Smash Bros anticipation message as shooter threat
- Thread starter Atheerios
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same shit happened at my school but with that watch dogs symbol. at least the protag in that game looked like a school shooter.
understandeable given the polace and the fact that it actually kinda looks like a crosshair
or maybe my mind is just making stuff up
if i remember correctly is to symbolize " 4 different people allenjoying the game together"
or maybe my mind is just making stuff up
So sad that some poor countries must endure these types of immediate associations. If only people were more rational about protecting civil rights and consequentialism.
Maybe those kids reported a school shooter just to get hipster gamer cred.
I'm all seriousness, I suppose I'd rather them err on the side of caution. Shame that this is a thing that exists in America.
I understand the teachers not knowing but the students? Come on, sons. How ya'll let it get this far?
Anyway. American Schools tm
Anyway. American Schools tm
What are the logo supposed to look like?
"Masahiro Sakurai provided an explanation for what the logo represents on Smash 64's website. Intended to be simple in design, Sakurai stated that the cross represents the crossover of the various Nintendo characters and properties, while the logo's four sections reference the four-player aspect of the games."
"Masahiro Sakurai provided an explanation for what the logo represents on Smash 64's website. Intended to be simple in design, Sakurai stated that the cross represents the crossover of the various Nintendo characters and properties, while the logo's four sections reference the four-player aspect of the games."
The top selling game in the series sold 13 million copies, and there are 41 million teenagers in the US. The vast majority of them either don't know what Smash Bros. is, or if they have heard of it don't recognize that symbol out of context.
Suspended, arrested, expelled? Shot by the investigating cops if his skin was brown? People overreact to this shit constantly in every way except passing gun control laws.
http://www.sourcegaming.info/2015/0...mash-logo-lip-ice-climbers-and-balloon-fight/
It's just a cross supposed to represent a cross-over.
Personally, I have long posited that it's just an Ultraman reference because Sakurai's childhood was around the time when the Ultra series was at its zeitgeist and Japanese media overflows with references to it (see divekicks/lightning kicks).
Pretty much.
I dont know how kids in the US do it....isnt there like a nigh constant fear?
I wonder what kind of adults these kids who are growing up in the times of school shootings will become.
It's a sad sign of the times. Then again an old teacher of mine vowed to have me expelled after I held a presentation that called into question the populist right talking points about "Killerspiele" in the wake of Erfurt.
At least they investigated with due diligence.
At least they investigated with due diligence.
I once asked my 2 little sisters whether it ever crossed their minds, and it never has (which is how it should be). I pray to God everyday that they remain safe in school. I know 12-15 years ago when i was in elementary school, i never even knew school shootings could be a thing. I was just innocently going about my schooldays like any kid should.
He should have simply wrote "Dec 7th. Time to SMASH!". Instead of getting called in for causing panic for a possible school shooting, he'd simply be calling for inappropriate sexual references.
