The Internet Explorer

Woke up this morning, checked the news, and I see the Montreal College shooting.

From News Sources :

Kimveer Gill, 25, shot himself(when he got shot in the arm by the police) after a rampage through Dawson College that left one woman dead and 19 others injured, six of them critically.

The Journal de Montreal quoted Gill as writing, “Work sucks, school sucks, life sucks… What else can I say? … Vengeance is coming.”

Gill wrote on the Web that his favorite video game was “Columbine Massacre”, a game that simulated the massacre of students at the Columbine high school in the past.

He called himself “The Angel Of Death”, and was obssessed with death.

Damnit.

As a college student myself, this news is quite disturbing.
One day I might be walking happily to class and the next thing I know I’m shouting and running for my life.

The videos shown on CNN really depicts this situation.

Why did he do this.

Some would say that it was because of the videogame that simulated massacres.
Some would say that it was the depression and anger towards life.
Some would say he was a fucking asshole lunatic with little brains.
Some would say he was someone obssessed with death and wanted to “go out with a bang.”

It matters because we need to know what is the most appropriate way to deal with this.

We could ban violent videogames that simulates real life.

I am not against videogames, I enjoy them almost on a daily basis. I have played violent videogames that simulates gangster life, and I have murdered many people IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD.
But that was just a game. I know that the characters I am killing are just graphical animations in the computer. They are not real.

It takes a whole lot more than videogames to convince people to kill people.
Kid’s aren’t idiots. Immature and snobbish and selfish maybe, but definitely not idiotic enough to be brainwashed into killing people by videogames.

Then again, I’m not a psycho-logist.

We could ban guns.

But then the sense of security of having a gun at home will be terminated, and gangsters that can obtain guns from the black market will haunt us like ghosts.
If I was a robber, I would be shit-scared of being shot by civilians protecting their home.
The THOUGHT OF BEING SHOT IF I ROB HOUSES kills the very thought of doing so.

Then again, I’m not a crime-expert.

We could all be good and responsible caring parents that can nurture all our kids well.

(continous laughter)………….that’s not likely.

Is there no ways to solve this problem ?

I have went through many possible ways to deal with this, none of them really work.

I do have one of my own though. All of us can do TACII.

The-Almost-Crazy-Individuals-Investigation.

The moment someone shows the signs of violent behavior, counsel them. Talk to them. And find out what is their problem, and help them deal with it the correct way.

And not shoot innocent civilians like this bloody idiotic asshole.
Read more at CNN

I’ve just heard of the death of a girl in china. Her name was Snowly.

Well, you might be thinking what’s so special about the death of one girl from china, seeing the fact that everyday various people are dying all over the world.

This one’s special.

She died from exhaustion playing World Of Warcraft for days. Now, how many girls have died from playing too much video games ? Not many.

Think about it. Her death is the symbol that girls too, can be computer game addicts. Especially online games. It is quite a common fact that girls are, ultimately, social-hungry-creatures. Who talks on the phone and babble all day long about how life sucks ? Who is always chained to that cellphone, and costing innocent lives SUPER-HIGH-TELEPHONE-BILLS ???

We guys don’t do that. (Real guys, by the way. It’s is sad I need to clarify this but the signs are truly showing that the world is turning gayier.) Cars and electronics is all we need.

Then again, there have been guys dying from playing too much online games in the past. Mostly in Korea. I’ve heard some even refused to go to the bathroom because they were in the important* part of the game. Of course, until the dick or ass muscles give out. At that point they’re thankful they never had to do their own laundry.

But a girl dying over online games ?? This is a first. It is by itself a significant proof of the saying, too much of a good thing can’t be good. I look forward to the day I hear the death of a someone who talked too much on the phone. Not that I’m a sadistic bastard or anything, it’s just that serious action is only taken when someone dies. Cause and Effect, all the way. (and then people would finally stop shoving useless information in my brains!!)

Back to the issue of addictive online games that kills people if you’re too attached.
Most people would really think it’s strange. To die while playing games that offer no significant benefit.

But as someone who was deeply immersed in online-gaming in the past, I’m the one who thinks it’s strange you don’t play it up to the extreme.

It’s isn’t just a game. It is a simulation of life itself. It’s still real people behind all those characters in the game. And here in this virtual world you can do pretty much anything you want, and it’s fun too !

AHhhh… I remember those days where I savagely tortured beginning players…
(I would let loose strong monsters in a trading city, where only a high-level-person like me can defeat, and save the day when everyone’s dying or running for their lives), then there was the attacking castles and seizing their treasures, fighting strong bosses (get treasures!) with various teammates during my journey… getting married…etc etc etc…Good times, good times.

Honor, Glory, Love, Friendship….. so easily attained in a virtual world.
No wonder people can easily get too attached to a game.
But then at one point I realized that real life is more of a game than any other online games I’ve ever played.

All games, begin with an intro video, and ends with end game with a long list of names of various strangers that nobody cares about.

Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs), are continuous. It never ever ends. You play till you die, in real life. Game Over.

(Or you could just quit. But not many will be willing to do so. So that option is ruled out.)

(By the way, most of this overly-attached-gamers/glory-social-hungry-idiots died in a cybercafé, away from home sweet home. Maybe every cybercafé should have a coffin store nearby for convenience.)

Online Funeral in WoW