Novia says that Adam was playing "violent video games" at the time -- World of Warcraft, in particular -- and implies a link between the games and the subsequent massacre.
then it goes on -
The Courant reporters say they learned from unidentified investigators that Adam carried out the shootings at Sandy Hook consistent with the way you play video games: changing his ammunition magazines frequently, even when they were not yet empty.
I wish someone from Frontline would spend a day with a Guild Master, or was with me for the 2.5 days I spent farming Fel iron and related ores in Outland to raise my blacksmithing and mining.
Oh yes there was violence, mostly by my NPC pets against other NPC's, or any NPC that was distracting me from a node. No blood, no lost limbs, no head shots, just a 70+ pet going after NPC's allowing me to eventually mine cobalt and maintain professions at level and get out of the Godforsaken Outland.
People should play the various games before jumping to conclusions.
I hope Frontline releases Adam's various toon handles and realms.
What I find interesting is that fact that WOW doesn't have magazines, clips, rounds, arrows in it. At one time it did [damn you blizzard for taking a money maker away from my engineer. But thank you for freeing up a bag slot/storage space in bags.].
The quivers and ammunitions bags weren't quite magazines. Reloading a magazine wasn't necessary, just not running out of ammunition.
I recall the quiver, and having to get good with a weapon type. I can't recall when those were remove (what year, month).
Even with an ammunition pouch, a hunter wouldn't provide practice for Adam Lanza, at least not the type of violent learning many FPS video console games could offer.
In my opinion, PBS has the victims' blood from the next mass-murder incident on their hands for glorifying the killer and making him a household name.
Nail on the head...I remember watching this shitstorm go down while I was at work. The whole time I was following the story I don't recall hearing his name once.
haha I am so going to blame WoW when I use my mind to flay their brain and give them a devouring plague. "Honest officer I was just trying to be like my shadow priest in World of Warcraft..."
I guess because of Mindy McCready's suicide we can say that country music makes you suicidal, right?
You can't draw cause and effect when you have no control over the experiment. There are too many variables to say that one thing in a person's life equals something else. That's like saying he ate Tinkies (tm) and that made him do it.
Human nature to want to blame something or somebody. No one wants to take responsibility for their failures or mistakes.
They blame guns, they blame drugs, they blame Games.
Never do they blame the perpetrator and say you know what, he is just a evil vile monster and a waste of air.
Its like a Rogue or Hunter pulling mobs onto the Tank. The Tank cannot handle them, Dies then Tank Blames Healer, Healer blames Tank, DPS has good laughs at the Troll.
People need to own there mistakes. Take the mistake out to Dinner, French Kiss it then Make sweet love to that mistake. Only by owning the mistake can you learn not to repeat it.
easy now... I love most forms of music. The great thing about Country music... is that it is one of the last genres of music that is unafraid to be unabashedly patriotic (despite its detractors... I'm looking at you (now-irrelevant) dixie chicks).
I was just kidding Immer, I too love most all music. Having played guitar since age 12 I appreciate most styles. To be honest Jerry Reed is still one of my top 5 guitarists..
It's so effing amazing how ignorant and uneducated some of the "reporters" and "news" stations are. I almost want to avoid all news these days because of stupidity on this level.
It's almost like they were paid to hide what the real problem is so that the real problems which trickle from our governing bodies aren't held accountable. Sickening.
They are now saying Lanza was obsessed with mass murderers. That he wanted to "out do" the mass murderer in Norway. The guy that killed 77 people at a school. Though the local PD [sandy hook] is saying that is mere speculation.
IMO, maybe shit like this doesn't need to be fed on the national news. Because maybe by nationalizing it, they are only encouraging others to attempt to out do the last mass murderer.
I think we can drop it now. complaining about gossipers in the office is fine... until our complaining becomes no better than the gossip we are complaining about.
