2 boys DEFINITELY NOT killed while re creating halo

[Birakon]

The small town of Stalybridge was in mourning yesterday after schoolboys John Francis, 20, and Rupert Youngblood, 15, were killed after re-enacting a scene from the latest killing simulator, called Halo.

The two copied a scene from the best-seller by turning John's father's car into an alien tank similar to the one found in the chilling game. They crashed the 'tank' into a wall after simulating destroying surrounding vehicles with energy blasts from the makeshift turret they erected, and both boys were killed.

'This game is a blueprint for murder,' stated barrister Edmund Woolf QC, representing the distraught parents of the boys. 'Players are encouraged to kill each other with "energy swords, "plasma grenades", and other weapons easily reconstructed with common household materials.'

The game was released last week to a general public outrage- video games are thought to be responsible for 50 deaths a week across the country. In the game players control a superhuman android who is trying to murder an entire race, something that is all too easy for youngsters to relate to.

'It's a disgrace what these companies get away with these days,' said Rupert's mother, bravely fighting back tears. 'Everybody knows that these games turn children into bloodthirsty maniacs, so why don't the government step in and stop me from buying them for my children?'

The tragedy is the latest in a long line of shocking incidents related to video game's insidious grasp on British youth. Two months ago Imran Patel, 14, made a 'Mario' plumber suit and imitated the game character with tragic results- three fellow students were killed as a result of Patel bouncing on top of their heads and eating mushrooms.

'Something must be done to control these games companies,' added Mr. Woolf. 'Their irresponsible depiction of extra-terrestrial war and encouragement of "deathmatches" ensure the corruption of our youth.'

Bungie, the creator of Halo, declined to comment. "



idiots , the mom is a dumbass and so were the 2 kids , just glad they didnt have kids







:roll:

[mtxbass1]

Imran Patel, 14, made a 'Mario' plumber suit and imitated the game character with tragic results- three fellow students were killed as a result of Patel bouncing on top of their heads and eating mushrooms.


wtf

[CaseyRyback]

link?

[Reality's Fringe]

Imran Patel, 14, made a 'Mario' plumber suit and imitated the game character with tragic results- three fellow students were killed as a result of Patel bouncing on top of their heads and eating mushrooms.


wtf

I think that part was satire, but I'm not sure about the validity of the Halo part. It wouldn't surprise me though.

[opportunity777]

I'm disappointed in the kids because they didn't take out their ignorant and irresponsible parents too.

It's not the kids fault they were raised to be dumbasses ... they should throw the parents in jail.

[tornadomann]

dumbass kids

[hero101]

What stupid kids. Hmmm, how did they make the car look like a tank?

[Msut77]

'This game is a blueprint for murder,' stated barrister Edmund Woolf QC

So we are going to listen to one of those starbuck coffee jockeys?

[PawnTakesKing]

This is a joke, right? "Why didn't the government step in and stop me from buying them for my children?" Are you freaking kidding me?

I call BS, but if this article is real...then shaq-fu...

[RaekwonThaChef]

link?
What he said. I want to verify the validity of this story before I go on a long-winded tirade about the many, many things wrong with this situation.

[bil4l]

Are you serious this sounds ridiculous, it sounded plausible until the Mario thing which is outrageous.

[Rig]

'It's a disgrace what these companies get away with these days,' said Rupert's mother, bravely fighting back tears. 'Everybody knows that these games turn children into bloodthirsty maniacs, so why don't the government step in and stop me from buying them for my children?'

:roll:

We have the ESRB why?

[eldad9]

"Oh yeh, its not real, just incase anyone was worried"

[Mr_hockey66]

ROFL the kid was still in school at 20???? I see why he killed him self!

[punqsux]

http://www.magictrade.dk/images/kort/invasion/Fact%20or%20Fiction.JPG

[RedvsBlue]

No way this can be real.

[taiidanx]

sarcasm meter = EXPLODING!

[RaekwonThaChef]

Two months ago Imran Patel, 14, made a 'Mario' plumber suit and imitated the game character with tragic results- three fellow students were killed as a result of Patel bouncing on top of their heads and eating mushrooms.

Wtf!?!? I call :bs:

[Kaijufan]

I can't believe a 20 year old was stupid enough to do that.

[Zman310]

Sounds like an article from the Onion to me.

[Mr_hockey66]

videogames dont kill people stupid people who play videogames kill people!

Did any one else see where it said videogames cause 50 deaths a week! If thats the case then you can sue videogame makers for them killing you! Lets make a class action law suit for this outrage. The videogame maker should pay!!!! Maybe parents shouldn't let their kids play this kind of stiuff. Maybe parents should teach their kids the difference between real life and the fake world. Maybe PARENTS should interact more with their kids and beaware that thery are making their car INTO A TANK!

[punqsux]

http://www.techangel.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=3121&page=1&pp=15

[Reality's Fringe]

Like I said, fake or no I wouldn't be surprised if an incident like this were to occur.

[punqsux]

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Bungalow/6817/bb-title.jpg

[Kayden]

How do you easily reconstruct a plasma grenade out of household materials?

[Weedy649]

This just seems fake. No way a 20 year old would try something so dumb. The fact that they added the mario part makes it seem so for sure

[mtxbass1]

How do you easily reconstruct a plasma grenade out of household materials?

you don't.

[Zman310]

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Bungalow/6817/bb-title.jpg

"BS shields at maximum, Number One!"
This article is so obviously satirical that anyone who thinks it's real should just...stop it.

[goergegavin]

Oh, Shaq-fu! Even if this wasn't real, I'm sure this has been tried before. How the shaq-fu is a sword and a plasma grenade easily recreatable, how is destroying an entire race easily relatable with kids, and how stupid is this family. Yeesh.

Edit: I didn't realize there was a second page, I was beat to the plasma grenade part.

[Mr_hockey66]

" theur making me look like freakin idiots GOOSH!"

Napoleon Dynamite

[sj41]

:rofl: That is completely fake.

"Everybody knows that these games turn children into bloodthirsty maniacs, so why don't the government step in and stop me from buying them for my children?"

That proves it's fake. :rofl:

[punqsux]

http://forum.phoenixlive.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=41454
http://www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?showtopic=64527&st=0

this is fake, the worst part is the OP didnt even make it up he just copied it.

http://www.fakequake.com/HOMER%20fake.jpg

[spyhunterk19]

Thankyou for my new signature.

[Zman310]

Thankyou for my new signature.

:lol:
Nice

[wubb]

An easy way to check if something like this is fake is to do a Google News search. Nothing about this on a search for 'Halo death' or just plain 'Halo'.

Plus the article is pretty obviously trying to be silly, 50 deaths a week?

Although the truly funny part are the replies of the CAGers that bought it. Lots of CAGers need to adjust their BS meter.

[sj41]

this is fake, the worst part is the OP didnt even make it up he just copied it.Then lock it. :wink:

[Mr_hockey66]

I hope those were 1 up shrooms. He'll need it in prision! :-)

[dpatel]

The tragedy is the latest in a long line of shocking incidents related to video game's insidious grasp on British youth. Two months ago Imran Patel, 14, made a 'Mario' plumber suit and imitated the game character with tragic results- three fellow students were killed as a result of Patel bouncing on top of their heads and eating mushrooms.


those damn patel kids!

[zionoverfire]

Nice detective work punq!

[CrimsonGeist]

Did you hear about the guy who wore a master chief suit, and thought he could jump at the right time and hijack a car, and so he got in front of a car while it was coming, and thought he could get the car, but he didn't!? i found it at mavav.org

[gmzone]

Goombas are dangerous. Anyone can tell you that. Gangs of goombas rove the streets over here.

[Birakon]

guys i posted this...im the op but this is a joke i just found out.....i too did not beleive it lmao

[xenoman80]

Imran Patel, 14, made a 'Mario' plumber suit and imitated the game character with tragic results- three fellow students were killed as a result of Patel bouncing on top of their heads and eating mushrooms.


wtf

I think that part was satire, but I'm not sure about the validity of the Halo part. It wouldn't surprise me though.
lol what the fuck?? eating mushrooms and a plumer suit.

[eldad9]

And while we're in a believing frame of mind:

Video-Game Characters Denounce Randomly Placed Swinging Blades

WASHINGTON, DC--A coalition of video-game characters representing the nation's leading systems appeared before Congress Monday to decry "the pointless, deadly presence" of spinning blades in video-game landscapes.

"We are here to demand an end to the shockingly casual placement of dangerous blades in our places of work," said Tomb Raider star Lara Croft, who estimates that she has lost more than 600,000 lives to spinning, falling, swinging, and suddenly appearing blades this year alone. "This kind of thing has been going on since the days of Pitfall Harry, and it has got to stop."

Croft, flanked by Metal Gear's Solid Snake, Super Mario 64's Mario, and both soldiers from Contra, called upon Congress to revise OSHA laws to extend protection to the digitally rendered.

"From Pitfall to Bad Dudes Versus Dragon Ninja to Gauntlet, the deadly spinning blade has been with us so long, we no longer even question it," Croft said. "It's high time it was done away with once and for all."

Exacerbating the situation, Mario said, is the seemingly arbitrary placement of the hazards. "I could see why, if you're in a factory, you might find yourself jumping around on dangerous conveyor belts moving in different directions," he said. "But why would you have conveyor belts in a castle? Or in the middle of a forest? Nintendo and these other companies are always talking about how realistic their graphics are. Well, what's so realistic about killer turtles shooting out of clouds and such?"

Added Mario: "It's-a me, Mario!"

In addition to the standard spinning blade, the coalition is seeking restrictions on random whirling fireball chains, falling blocks, spike-pit traps, and invisible cross-corridor laser arrays.

Legislators listened attentively as the digitized characters told of their near-death encounters.

"Just the other day, I was running through the British Museum's Egyptology exhibit when a bunch of six-foot steel scythes suddenly burst out of a sarcophagus," Croft said. "Fortunately, I managed to leap out of the way at the last possible second. But a situation like that could have easily turned tragic."

"We're not so different from you," the blue-jacketed guy from Double Dragon said. "We just want to be left alone to do our jobs--saving princesses, finding lost treasures, destroying out-of-control nuclear-equipped robots. But it's nearly impossible to go about your daily life when you're living in constant fear of some giant, evil mushroom suddenly lunging at you from out of nowhere."

"I mean, would you put up with a row of whirling knives in the cereal aisle at Safeway?" the Double Dragon guy continued. "Of course not. Why, then, should Duke Nukem have to run through a corridor of them to get the health pack he needs need to survive?"

The characters said they intend to boycott their respective video games until Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and other manufacturers take "significant measures" to improve safety.

"In addition to mandatory warning lights and buzzers at least eight seconds before the appearance of a blade, spike, or other health hazard, we are calling for mapping features in all 3D-rendered environments, large flashing arrows to highlight such hidden objects as health and life bonuses, and, in the case of Sonic Team games, safety guardrails on all loops."

Added Sonic: "And would it kill you to compose better music? I almost didn't finish the jungle part on that last one."



(from www.theonion.com )

[XboxMaster]

:lol:

The best part was when they energy swords and things like that could be easily constructed with home supplies.

[jennie25]

"so why don't the government step in and stop me from buying them for my children?"

thats funny, why can't the government stop you from buying YOUR kids games with a M rating on it?

I swear people are so funny and this is why I am the way I am cuz I have to deal with assholes like this everyday.

[CrimsonGeist]

The whole thing was fakely written anyway.

[Fanboy]

I love the fact that people are still responding with outrage on the third page of this thread when it was pointed out fairly early on that this posting is very obviously satirical.

To the outraged, do your brains just *MEEP* over the posts that attempt to explain to you that the article is not real?

[RAMSTORIA]

bs

[XboxMaster]

bs


:shock: REALLY--OMG!!!

(sorry, I couldn't resist :wink: )

[Scorch]

Eldad, that was so great, it deserves its own post.

WASHINGTON, DC--A coalition of video-game characters representing the nation's leading systems appeared before Congress Monday to decry "the pointless, deadly presence" of spinning blades in video-game landscapes.

*cough* RE4 */cough*

[RELmajor03]

'This game is a blueprint for murder,' stated barrister Edmund Woolf QC

So we are going to listen to one of those starbuck coffee jockeys?
Barrister = attorney
Barista = person making my latte
mixing the two words up = comic gold!

[Grave_Addiction]

The way I see it, video games are just weeding out the inferior members of our species.

[bfg9k]

yep, natural selection at work ;)

[Santurio]

I say let the dumbasses die!!