Student gets arrested and expelled for.. A counterstrike map.

Thursday 10 July 2008

Proving that it isn't all fun and games with jack Thompson's imminent trial, this brings further proof that people are demonising gaming.

Enter "Random Chinese student" enrolled at Clements high school in Texas. Random Chinese student, or RCS for short, decides he wants to make a counterstrike map based on his school. Now, I've wanted to do this myself a few times with locations I've been in, but luckily I lack the "skillz" for building a map, and frankly, I lack the interest for such a project. Perhaps this is lucky or I might of been arrested by now, Which is precisely what happened to RCS when his school found out the map existed.

Here's where it gets interesting. RCS has been expelled from his high school, and will not be allowed to graduate with the rest of his classmates even though no charges have been filed against him.
there goes "innocent until proven guilty" I guess. Yet another case of gamers being vilified by the common media, although I'm willing to accept some of the blame may fall on the Virginia tech massacre and the culprit.

While searching for screenshots of the map, I found other messages similar to mine on the maps flickr:
"I'll just boot this up while listening to Marilyn Manson and watching the Matrix. Then I too can be a bona fide killer. Proper parenting goes a long way. Videogames, music, and TV don't kill people. People kill people."

One user being the voice of reason there.

I see nothing wrong with wanting a map of your school. The kid spends a lot of time with his friends there. Why not incorporate one of his favorite games with a familiar surrounding and share that with his friends?

another user hitting the nail on the head.

It appears only the administrators of the school think arresting someone for making a counterstrike map is a good idea, and its yet another example of video games being demonised by a generation that misunderstands them.

Labels: Counter-Strike, News, Real World

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