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Just ridicolous. As if EA couldnt go any lower... honestly cant beleive they get away with this shit.
this is fucking nasty--especially in light of the news of today's shooting, which is this country's third of its kind in about as many weeks.
it's one thing when we talk about EA's tacky or shady business practices screwing over their customers, but this transcends all of that. this is a whole new league of awfulness.
it's one thing when we talk about EA's tacky or shady business practices screwing over their customers, but this transcends all of that. this is a whole new league of awfulness.
Guns must be shipped to an FFL, who then can transfer the gun to you assuming a background check passes. So even though you can order to your heart's content, lets stop spreading misinformation about something you have no clue about @Allistair.
I'm pretty sure, or at least I would reasonably assume, you can't just buy a gun that easily. You can probably look at them, add them to your card, and probably even pay for them, but I would imagine someone has to get more information and conduct a background check and possibly institute a waiting period before they finalize anything and ship it to you.
That's all assuming the sellers have common sense, of course. And it does seem a bit...unsettling that they would be heavily marketing guns to a group that is at least partially made up of unsavory individuals who probably don't have the mental capacity to be trusted with a firearm.
Also, the man in the header needs to be an unlockable class for MoH:W.
That's all assuming the sellers have common sense, of course. And it does seem a bit...unsettling that they would be heavily marketing guns to a group that is at least partially made up of unsavory individuals who probably don't have the mental capacity to be trusted with a firearm.
Also, the man in the header needs to be an unlockable class for MoH:W.
You can't just slap Daddy's credit card info in a purchase order and have a gun in a few days. When you purchase a gun online, you need to find a physical broker to legally transfer ownership. Saying that you can just jump online and buy a gun like it's Amazon is nearly as ignorant as equating video games with violence.
Guns in video games and guns in real life are two very different things. This is fucked up. I would greatly appreciate it if these were not smuggled north of the border thank you very much.
Think even the marketing of real gun merchants and sellers directly related to a game, never mind the difficulty in buying one from such a seller's disgusting - as is proven, money/proft > common sense and ethics for some people (or just EA... yeah mostly EA)
Also, I find it funny how you oppose this movement, yet link directly to one of the weapons so we can all steal our Dad's credit card and buy one.
Optimus Prime nailed it. Inb4 noobs who don't know anything about guns freak out.
Oh wait, OP already took care of that.
Oh wait, OP already took care of that.
What Renegade said, it's highly unlikely it's this easy to obtain them. But the fact that they advertise real world weapons on an official wargame website is troubling to say the least. Still I bet all their servers are all powered by Intel.
WTF EA? What's wrong with you? Did you really not think about how this was going to look? Do you really expect this to sell more games? Screw you EA and your shameful promotional campaigns. You are a blight on the industry.
Distructoid being sensationalist again and trying to grab headlines, what a surprise. (And I thought Jim was bad).
I'm going to assume that you didn't actually check all of those links as they are NOT all gun sellers with only a few actually selling full guns.
If someone is going to get a gun, they will get one, no matter what so trying to lay blame in this manner is just retarded. I know its not super responsible but it looks like they are giving the public more credit for common sense then perhaps they should.
I'm going to assume that you didn't actually check all of those links as they are NOT all gun sellers with only a few actually selling full guns.
If someone is going to get a gun, they will get one, no matter what so trying to lay blame in this manner is just retarded. I know its not super responsible but it looks like they are giving the public more credit for common sense then perhaps they should.
Speaking as a non-gun owner who fully supports the rights of private citizens to buy and keep firearms...
This is a monstrously fucking stupid idea. What in God's name is EA thinking? The media is going to crucify them for this. A first person military shooter, which critics of video games see as nothing more than mass murder training simulations, cross promoting with online dealers for real guns. How can EA be so stupid?
This is a monstrously fucking stupid idea. What in God's name is EA thinking? The media is going to crucify them for this. A first person military shooter, which critics of video games see as nothing more than mass murder training simulations, cross promoting with online dealers for real guns. How can EA be so stupid?
That's...pretty disgusting.
luckily I live across the ocean. And hopefully I will be dead by the time my country hits these kinds of troubles, which they will. Seeing as I have noticed it's slowly getting more and more of negative traits of what goes on in america. And none of the positive.
luckily I live across the ocean. And hopefully I will be dead by the time my country hits these kinds of troubles, which they will. Seeing as I have noticed it's slowly getting more and more of negative traits of what goes on in america. And none of the positive.
Optimus said what I was about too. But still, as a gun owner and all that, this is a stupid promo. I could understand airsoft.
Isn't that the gun Activision gave Jim for his COD3 review? (I thought that fat bloated body looked familiar)
@Megs
Doesn't matter. If the mainstream media gets a hold of this, they will twist this to make it look like EA is giving away free guns psychopaths and Mexican drug cartels. The problem isn't the cross promotion itself, its the fact that this is going to bring a lot of attention to video games that the industry doesn't really need.
MSNBC is going to go apeshit over this, accusing EA and video games of causing shit like the Dark Knight Rises shooting, which is still fresh in everyone's mind.
Everyone in EA's marketing and PR departments should be fired. The MSM will tear this, EA and game culture apart.
Doesn't matter. If the mainstream media gets a hold of this, they will twist this to make it look like EA is giving away free guns psychopaths and Mexican drug cartels. The problem isn't the cross promotion itself, its the fact that this is going to bring a lot of attention to video games that the industry doesn't really need.
MSNBC is going to go apeshit over this, accusing EA and video games of causing shit like the Dark Knight Rises shooting, which is still fresh in everyone's mind.
Everyone in EA's marketing and PR departments should be fired. The MSM will tear this, EA and game culture apart.
This may as well be titled "MEDAL OF HONOR INCLUDES FREE GUNS FOR CHILDREN" for all the research you did.
Do you even know what an FFL is?
Do you even know what an FFL is?
Distructoid being sensationalist again and trying to grab headlines, what a surprise. (And I thought Jim was bad).
I'm going to assume that you didn't actually check all of those links as they are NOT all gun sellers with only a few actually selling full guns.
If someone is going to get a gun, they will get one, no matter what so trying to lay blame in this manner is just retarded. I know its not super responsible but it looks like they are giving the public more credit for common sense then perhaps they should.
@Megs
Why is making awareness of this bullshit that goes on grabbing headlines? And so what if only a couple of advertisements actually do promote the sale of said-guns? Still bad enough, especially in light of how journalism these days love a drama about how these games are turning the average player into psycho killing machines.
Yeah I agree that if someone wants a gun, there's a lot of ways to get one and this doesnt change that, but this is still disgusting - bear in mind that a lot of the players of this game will be a younger audience also, we know the age rating isn't going to make a blind bit of difference.
I'm going to assume that you didn't actually check all of those links as they are NOT all gun sellers with only a few actually selling full guns.
If someone is going to get a gun, they will get one, no matter what so trying to lay blame in this manner is just retarded. I know its not super responsible but it looks like they are giving the public more credit for common sense then perhaps they should.
@Megs
Why is making awareness of this bullshit that goes on grabbing headlines? And so what if only a couple of advertisements actually do promote the sale of said-guns? Still bad enough, especially in light of how journalism these days love a drama about how these games are turning the average player into psycho killing machines.
Yeah I agree that if someone wants a gun, there's a lot of ways to get one and this doesnt change that, but this is still disgusting - bear in mind that a lot of the players of this game will be a younger audience also, we know the age rating isn't going to make a blind bit of difference.
What used just said too. Also the background check thing, what else should they check for? It's not 30 seconds. They look for.mental illness and violent crimes. That should be all, they need to.
Well i dont think we have to worry about that man going anywhere to shoot people becuase hes clearly larger then the door lol.
But even if you take the bit about acquiring guns out of the way and just stop thinking about that for a second, it's still fucked up. Associating video games with guns?? To quote StrongStyleFiction, the media is going to go apeshit over this. They already blow stupid, irrelevant stuff out of proportion, so something like this is just the worst possible idea for the video game industry. I can't see the gaming industry not getting screwed for this stupid decision if the media starts reporting on it.
Dammit EA.
Dammit EA.
@Spooky: Explain how anyone here has been a "gun nut"? Is it because they know how the law actually works and thing or two about guns?
Then explain how this is "scummy" or "weird".
Then explain how this is "scummy" or "weird".
The problem isn't they are facilitating guns to people, its the fact they are openly linking to that stuff as some sort of promotion. Whether you obtain a gun or not is irrelevant, anyone with half a brain or knows someone can get one. It's what people are going to say when "that one military shooter game advertises real guns on their website."
Maybe I'm wrong (i would love for that to be the case), but this is just the kind of thing that major non gaming related news outlets love to sink their teeth into. And if you think ea doesn't know that and isn't doing this on purpose you might be a little naive.
Maybe I'm wrong (i would love for that to be the case), but this is just the kind of thing that major non gaming related news outlets love to sink their teeth into. And if you think ea doesn't know that and isn't doing this on purpose you might be a little naive.
If you think this is bad, wait till you hear that there was once a video game that promoted 7-Up -- a drink laden with sugar! Talk about irresponsible!
I hate, really really REALLY hate to side w/EA on anything, but someone explain to me why they should be afraid of being associated with guns? Does junior paintball or kid hunting organizations go through the same thing?
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I just told them that they are idiots. You can do it too.
I just told them that they are idiots. You can do it too.
I had to take a 2-day, 18 hour course in Canada to be able to buy restricted and non-restricted guns and even then there are MANY guns one cannot buy in Canada that are fully legal in the US.
Even though I have seen Columbine, I am pretty sure that it's a smidge harder than opening up a bank account to obtain a fire arm.
Even though I have seen Columbine, I am pretty sure that it's a smidge harder than opening up a bank account to obtain a fire arm.
Do a little research people. What percentage of legally purchased guns are used in violent manner? Something like 0.00001%. Can you say the same about cars? Bottles of booze? We have 300 million people in this country. So just by odds there is going to be one or two crazies that get by the checks. That is no reason to curtail the constitutional rights of all the citizens of this country. I would appreciate all non-americans to frankly shut the hell up about it. We do not have your sheep like willingness to bow down to mother government in this country and never will. The second amendment is not about hunting it is about making government afraid enough of it's people to not try pushing their power too far. What does every government that turns to despotism do first (nazis, soviet russia, communist china) that's right they take the guns of the common citizenry as soon as possible.
Im totally getting that limited edition Voodoo Tomahawk. I might even get myself a gun to add to my collection.
@Allistair: Good catch lol.
Should read "Organizations that teach kids to hunt and take them hunting".
Should read "Organizations that teach kids to hunt and take them hunting".
Fuck this country's disgusting John Wayne pipe dream obsession with guns. I hate being an American and I'm not ashamed to say it.
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