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Mass shooting at Madden live event (Jacksonville, FL) Warning NSFW (READ OP) [Up: Suspect dead]
- Thread starter Smokeymicpot
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First thing I saw when I open up twitter today. America really needs to get its head out of its ass and start getting the guns under control.
I don't know what to say honestly, not even gonna watch the video. RIP to the victims, pisses me of how many innocent lives are lost because of guns.
It's come to a point where I'm just afraid to even visit America. I feel like this happens every three months or so
It's come to a point where I'm just afraid to even visit America. I feel like this happens every three months or so
I haven't ever gone to events like this, but it seems like this one, at a local bar, was pretty small. But that's just a guess. Do the bigger events have checks in place for this kinda stuff? I always assumed they did.
I'm sick of this shit, sick of gun violence, sick of alts on era. Just sick of the lot of it.
Hearts out to all those who were affected in this situation.
Hearts out to all those who were affected in this situation.
I don't blame him one bit. I would not fucking come to this country to show up at any event. You're just an easy target here because your life doesn't fucking matter to those who have the power to stop this shit. Doesn't matter one bit.
I don't know much of this matter, so please excuse me if this question sounds stupid, but I understand this horrible shooting happened during a Madden tournament, so how could the shooter get in armed? How could this happen? Don't they check if people (tournament entrants and public) might carry something suspicious?
And, as sad as it fucking makes me, I'm 100% sure this shit won't change anything about gun control and that 2nd amendment some people are so fond of. NRA is almighty in the United States. Something must be done, one way or another. Fucking seriously.
And, as sad as it fucking makes me, I'm 100% sure this shit won't change anything about gun control and that 2nd amendment some people are so fond of. NRA is almighty in the United States. Something must be done, one way or another. Fucking seriously.
Ew. I guess it shouldn't be surprising from the ones that hired Thorin as a commentator despite his repeated explicitly race related monkey jokes toward a brazilian team.
This is why visible security matters, even if you as organizer was also utilizing undercover security.
I can relate to this. My parents and youger sister are flying to New York for a week on Friday and I'm really worried. I don't get like this when they travel around Europe.
Don't watch the video the fucking screams are saddening. I regret my decision to. They were just playing a game goodness
Sounds like it was another Madden pro named Bread who did the shooting
edit: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-jacksonville-mass-shooting-20180826-story.html
I dont understand what your last sentence has to do with Joey's call for more security. He's a TO for a fighting game tournament that's trying to keep his staff and players safe.
Also the Tournament takes place in Las Vegas every year and has been for a long time with very little issues. These events like this are always are troubling but being afraid of your own shadow in reaction to this is just stopping progress out of fear.
The whole point of EVO is to come together as a unified community so I dont think it's going to stop being held in vegas anytime soon.
Tighter security slows down the line to get in and can create a denser crowd than the event itself.
Not saying don't check for guns but it's hardly a solution since bottlenecks happen. You'll never see a denser crowd at an NFL game than the entrance just before the game for instance.
Same with something like PAX, the public area outside the entrances is more packed than the inside of the con, just the nature of large public events.
I just found the suspected shooter Twitter & he absolutely targeted certain people. This is fuckin sick, supposedly he went off the deep end & disappeared from the Madden community then came back. Check his tweet. This is David Katz aka Bread.
Edit: Not him... supposedly. My bad mods.
Edit: Not him... supposedly. My bad mods.
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back on GAF I was in a league with a guy named Bread for a short time. can't be the same guy. wow i really hope not.
Wow, that's so messed up! My condolences go out to the victims and the people who lost their lives! Rest in Peace!
Some people told him that he should stop being a pussy and go to those events with a bulletproof vest
How fucked up is that country?
The Shooter killed and maimed all those people Just because he couldn't win a video game??? These days I feel like America is reverting back to the old wild wild west days where gunslingers roam the streets resolving petty arguments with a loaded gun. What a horrible situation.
Lol at the according r/gaming thread - "PLEASE NO POLITICS" . Easy access to guns is politics, you fucking chumps. I absolutely loathe hate r/gaming.
My heart breaks for the victims' families. Why must this continue with no action to prevent it?
The FGC is a global community and if those people don't feel safe then it is up to Joey to make safe. If Joey wants to be held in Vegas, then he is making it unsafe for those people.
I'm not saying it has to be EVO, but really anyone with enough resources to pull it off could try. I know a good portion of Canadians hate what's going on in the U.S., so they might even be inclined to help expedite setting something up for them. I'm just trying to think of anything we could do to show this isn't something to be tolerated anymore.
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By the way one of those injured was a member of Bucks gaming.
I suspect this was a rather smallish event with no security. The shooter was allegedly a contestant who got really mad for losing. One of the guys he killed was a friend too. They all knew each other within the community.
I'm saying that I don't think whatever system Switzerland uses to keep gun homocides low won't work in the US.
Jmon bro, these tweets are a fucking year and a half old.