SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
Mass Shooting at Video Game Tournament in Jacksonville Leaves Multiple Dead:
Multiple people were killed in a mass shooting during a video game tournament at a shopping and dining complex in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said Sunday afternoon. Preliminary reports say four people were killed of the 11 people who were shot at the Jacksonville Landing, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the incident.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said on Twitter there were "multiple" fatalities and "many" transported to hospitals. One suspect was dead at the scene, the Sheriff's Office said, and it was not known if there was another suspect.
Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida is treating at least three patients that were involved in the gaming shooting incident, Hospital spokesman Pete Moberg tells CNN. All of the patients are in stable condition, Moberg says.
Live Updates: Shooting at Madden tournament in Jacksonville.
The shooting occurred at the Jacksonville Landing complex during a qualifying event for the Madden 19 Tournament at the GLHF Game Bar, according to the Twitter [feed] of CompLexity Gaming, one of the gaming teams.
Also at: NY Daily News and Fox News.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Sunday August 26 2018, @11:56PM (14 children)
So would this be considered PvP or MMORPG?
MMRRPG (not being online but reality)???
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Monday August 27 2018, @12:11AM (8 children)
They should have put more attribute points into Agility, perk points into Dodge, etc.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Monday August 27 2018, @12:19AM (7 children)
The shooter's lethality ratio was pretty low: 4 killed, 9 wounded...
I live in town, my company texted everybody asking us to text back if we were OK... talk about an ERT with too much time on their hands...
🌻🌻 [google.com]
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday August 27 2018, @12:42AM (6 children)
It's a better kill:injury ratio than Stephen Paddock, but nobody would call his attack [wikipedia.org] ineffective. The kill count is what matters, injuries are just extra (although some injuries are much worse than others).
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Monday August 27 2018, @02:11AM (5 children)
I met a guy who broke up a pistol-mugging (strangers, nobody to him, just trying to do the right thing), got shot in the ankle for his troubles... permanently debilitated - he can still walk, sort of, but won't be running anywhere approaching normal ever again.
🌻🌻 [google.com]
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday August 27 2018, @02:28AM (4 children)
Life continues to be harsh and unfair for many. But at least we have TV, air conditioning, ice cream, a cure for cholera, etc.
Hopefully, in the future, we would be able to give that man a robot ankle. Maybe we will have replacement parts that exceed the performance of the originals, to the point where people will cut off their own limbs and replace them with superior versions.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Monday August 27 2018, @01:42PM (3 children)
Hopefully in the future we can take lethal projectile weapons out of the hands of the poor, desperate, crazy, and others motivated to use them to harm other people.
Right to bear arms against your oppressors doesn't work as intended when the real oppressors have radio coordinated teams with helicopters, assault rifles, etc. All small arms in the hands of the poor does is make the rich more frightened and defensive than they would be otherwise.
🌻🌻 [google.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 27 2018, @03:08PM (1 child)
Why is it always assumed that, if a full-scale rebellion against a tyrannical government were to occur, that 100% of the military would side with the authoritarian government? I doubt that is even close to true.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 27 2018, @03:26PM
Yeah, some of the drones might malfunction if the Tuesday patch was installed.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 27 2018, @04:14PM
Yeah, just look at how the Aghans lost to the Soviets!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 27 2018, @12:12AM (4 children)
That violent game, in which the players kill each other's figures on a heavily constrained board?
Oh, man, that's just so frustrating, it can make one's blood boil.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday August 27 2018, @12:39AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pichushkin [wikipedia.org]
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Monday August 27 2018, @12:49AM
Uh, I assume the title was a reference to the film Wargames.
(Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Monday August 27 2018, @02:38AM
Battle Chess [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday August 27 2018, @02:43AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_boxing [wikipedia.org]
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]