German government bans LAN party over 'killer' games

Zur · Jul 8, 2009

http://games.on.net/article/6429/German_government_bans_LAN_party_over_killer_games

German government bans LAN party over 'killer' games
By Jessica Citizen - Tue Jul 7, 2009 4:35pm

Perhaps because of the situation we're in here in Australia, we have a lot of sympathy for the Germans, who are facing some pretty extreme video game crackdowns. Following the news that various local governments are effectively banning violent video games, today we learn that a major gaming tournament, Convention-X-Treme, has been cancelled as a result.

Games to be played at CXT 14 included Counter-Strike and Warcraft, both of which are considered "killer" games under the new ruling.

The backlash at video games is a result of a high number of school shootings in the country, many of which have gone "unexplained". Many local governments, social groups and police officials have taken action to ban all "killer" games at LAN events - leading to the cancellation of multiple ESL Friday Night games, and now CXT. This is believed to be the first time a government has banned Counter-Strike to help curb the violence they're seeing.

CXT organisers and many attendees have gone on the record accusing the government and associated parties of "drastically overstepping the mark", and we hear the organisers are considering finding a new venue. At this stage, however, the event has been cancelled, and all ticket-holders will be given a full refund.

For more details, check out the Convention-X-Treme website (or, perhaps this handy Google translation), and stay tuned to Games On Net as we follow the German news closely, including updates on the various protests currently being organised by gamers affected by the bans.

tool · Jul 8, 2009

No one should be playing Counter-Strike and Warcraft anyways.

FuLLBLeeD · Jul 8, 2009

I hope Crytek relocates because of this and I can finally get ragdolls and real gore in Crysis.

Wormbo · Jul 9, 2009

Well, not really "banned". The organizers were forced to cancel the events due to contracts for the locations being retracted or "pseudo-public" pressure by the city council. That included several "parent LAN" events where parents were invited to try out the games their kids play and learn about the competitive side of these games.

Molgan · Jul 9, 2009

Wormbo said:
That included several "parent LAN" events where parents were invited to try out the games their kids play and learn about the competitive side of these games.

Good call, we don't want the parents to start doing shootings also.

-Jes- · Jul 9, 2009

German stupidity at it's finest.

Ignotium · Jul 9, 2009

-Jes- said:
German stupidity at it's finest.

spot on

Juggalo Kyle · Jul 9, 2009

Azura said:
under the new ruling.

Now why does this sound familiar?

|*BILLY$CLINT*| · Jul 9, 2009

Its funny cuz I don't remember the last time a Video Game of mine got out of its case, went into my closet, loaded and cocked my gun for me and then convinced me that going to school today and shooting up the place would be a good idea....Some one on here had the best antic dote about video game violence and the Amish....Basically the Amish can watch a cow or any animal for that matter get slaughtered in front of them and not even bat an eye as to what is going on...If a "Normal" ,for lack of a better term, person form the suburbs witness the same event I am sure they would be mortified about it and call the SPCA or the Johnnie Cochran/Al Sharpton for animals

(GR)Killer · Jul 10, 2009

If this became a global thing, i wonder how big a world wide riot will be?

"People should not be afraid of their Government, the Government should be afraid of their people"

Zarniwoop · Jul 10, 2009

Only when they've banned all video games, and violent crime continues unabated, will they finally realise that games aren't the problem.

FaT CaM · Jul 10, 2009

That fact, however, probably wont lead to the unbanning of said games.

Bi()ha2arD · Jul 10, 2009

this whole ting is so ridiculous. we already get all the games cut...
but yea. blaming computergames for school shootings is easy, so they do it. i bet most of our politicans cant even turn on a computer, let alone have ever seen a computer game.

Capt.Toilet · Jul 10, 2009

Bi()ha2arD said:
this whole ting is so ridiculous. we already get all the games cut...
but yea. blaming computergames for school shootings is easy, so they do it. i bet most of our politicans cant even turn on a computer, let alone have ever seen a computer game.

They probably burned all the "how to be a politician and worry about bigger things" books.

shadow_dragon · Jul 10, 2009

|*BILLY$CLINT*| said:
Its funny cuz I don't remember the last time a Video Game of mine got out of its case, went into my closet, loaded and cocked my gun for me and then convinced me that going to school today and shooting up the place would be a good idea....Some one on here had the best antic dote about video game violence and the Amish....Basically the Amish can watch a cow or any animal for that matter get slaughtered in front of them and not even bat an eye as to what is going on...If a "Normal" ,for lack of a better term, person form the suburbs witness the same event I am sure they would be mortified about it and call the SPCA or the Johnnie Cochran/Al Sharpton for animals

You are taking this thread way too seriously and making such awful analogies(If you can call them that) that you are make me sypathize with the Germans... and i'm English!!!

Rambowjo · Jul 10, 2009

Haha die Germany!

togmkn · Jul 10, 2009

Read this thread.

Played Wolfenstein 3D.

Now am satisfied.

Gambit84 · Jul 10, 2009

World of warcraft is retarded. when you hit a badguy or another player the swords do not collide with the other players body. often enough in those type of games, it ****ting the air and somehow harming the other player.

Then theres the whole magic element in which some retard throws on a cloak and causes lightning or something equally retarded.

Its retarded.

germany is retarded.

did i mention, this ****s retarded?

Peavey · Jul 10, 2009

It's funny because I used to look up to Europe for their open-mindedness. When I went to Italy I was in love with how responsible everyone was compared to America. Maybe Germany is a different story.

shadow_dragon · Jul 10, 2009

scott84 said:
World of warcraft is retarded. when you hit a badguy or another player the swords do not collide with the other players body. often enough in those type of games, it ****ting the air and somehow harming the other player.

Then theres the whole magic element in which some retard throws on a cloak and causes lightning or something equally retarded.

Its retarded.

germany is retarded.

did i mention, this ****s retarded?

Two things i don't understand!

1. Why people would play an MMO, or more specifically WoW, on a lan...
and
2. How you managed to mindlessly dribble all over your keyboard in such a way that you managed to type actual words in recognisable sentences.

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