Online 'killers' violating international humanitarian law

[nagra]

Mods, not sure if this should be in the games forum (or even the Sean Connery thread) please move if need be.

WTF???

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-207...

[CrashTD]

Had to double check that it was indeed Mail not Mash in the website address

[k-ink]

Headline: "Could the Daily Mail be edited by a retard?"

Yes.

[Snowboy]

On one hand, it's nonsense.

But, I think it's a fascinating subject to explore.

How about some bad-guy points for breaking the Geneva convention?
How about some way to surrender in a game, or to demand they surrender or you kill them?
How do you factor in the Geneva convention with fictional weapons?
Can you get away with breaking the Geneva Convention if you leave no witnesses alive?

[Charlie Michael]

"I stab and shoot" T-Shirts will be more popular amoungst the gaming set now.

[RemainAllHoof]

Snowboy said:

On one hand, it's nonsense.

But, I think it's a fascinating subject to explore.

How about some bad-guy points for breaking the Geneva convention?
How about some way to surrender in a game, or to demand they surrender or you kill them?
How do you factor in the Geneva convention with fictional weapons?
Can you get away with breaking the Geneva Convention if you leave no witnesses alive?

Nope. I once shouted in BF2 "Can we not sit around a table and discuss things?" only for everyone to promptly shout back "NO!" before shooting me.

[KrazyIvan]

That's awesome, I can just see it now.

"Team A have won, however due to the nature of several kills, KrazyIvan has been reported for War crimes"

[RemainAllHoof]

PS Sounds like the Red Cross are trying to get a bit of free marketing. Or they really have nothing better to do with their time. Perhaps they need to stop mixing with champagne socialists who discuss England's human rights breaches with disgust and look at the real world.

[.:ian:.]

Is a bit chilly for April isnt it?

Whats next, mandatory drug testing before you can play Wii Sports Resort.. ffs

[Snowboy]

DeathKilla – Boom, die you muddy funsters. Eat hot lead you sons of mothers. I'm gonna stab you in the face you gasmask wearing hippo lover.

DING DONG......
- Sound of front door opening.
- mumble mumble mumble

DeathKillas Mum - Billy, there's some gentlemen at the door who want to talk to you.

[Ari]

Will I get a speeding ticket if I drive too fast in Gran Turismo?
- Rai, Birmingham, 7/12/2011 0:17

[RemainAllHoof]

Get done for hate crimes slaying trolls in WoW.

[RemainAllHoof]

Get done for mugging by demanding credit card details outside major train stations with menaces on behalf of the Red Cross? Oh, hang on.

[rxtx]

Ari said:

Will I get a speeding ticket if I drive too fast in Gran Turismo?
- Rai, Birmingham, 7/12/2011 0:17

Well clearly not, because Gran Turismo isn't about racing on public roads.

Better check your insurance is valid for track days though.

[TheEnd]

"Whether or not gamers who had won the longest 'killstreaks' - an uninterrupted run of kills in online games - could be prosecuted is another question."

No it's not.
It is one of the stupidest things I have heard, and I saw it yesterday in some US paper, so you can't blame the Mail for making it up.

If they want to say that is illegal, then they'll have to arrest a hell of a lot of writers first for imagining similar fantasies.

[Snowboy]

Get done for beating hos to death with baseball bats.

And also for playing computer game…

[Rawwr]

I've killed over 100,000 zombies in Left 4 Dead 2. Where do we stand on the slaughtering of the undead?

[jgtv]

Additional tax bill for playing Monopoly?

What a load of bull st.

[Happy82]

Hopefully the next Modern Warfare allows for the shooting of Red Cross campaigners

[Simbu]

Apparently the Red Cross have got so much charidee money they can waste it on mindless shyte like this instead of spending it on something, you know, useful.