Gamers ftw

hope bloomberg and his cops dont fuck this up

@Earnest

Tis a joke and it would have been better if I added the quotation marks, implying that this is what people are gonna say. The man at work took my shift keys away.

@Earnest

What if it was a unicorn or raccoon that said the horrible joke?

i shall honor them and take up arms with them by not turning on any gaming device, and wearing my tie around my head, thus making a new avatar for the forums. also, ill make sure to bring up the horrible gaming thing thats been plaguing us for a while at work and discuss it with the 4 fellow gamers that work where i do.

I think it's a good cause but, doubt this will be picked up by the media. Maybe something like this should be done national or even worldwide – Germany, Italy, UK are struggling with the same thing – something that wouldn't be impossible with the help of the internet.

I'll be attending with a few friends, Itll be easy to spot us, we'll be the ones making the most noise holding our DSz.

@Drvby
I know it what you said in the first post was a joke, but it was in bad taste since the rally is on the weekend.

Bryant Park on a Saturday in May, eh? (rhyme unintended) Well, I usually don’t get out of bed before 1 PM on the weekends, but I’ll sure as hell try and make it down there from here.

Oh, c'mon, Nex, don't get sensitive cuz people just smash their brains against a wall to get your jokes. =P

@ Nex:

Sorry, I missed the irony. Just hit a nerve with something I feel strongly about.

Hello,
My name is Arturo Sanchez - and I am a senior member of the organization Empire Arcadia Inc.

We are a corporation of Gamers that are pushing for the further development of the Greater Gaming Community and culture.

In light of such tragic events in Virginia - we call out to all the gamers in the world to join us in a peaceful demonstration of gamers against violence.

On May 5th - if you can not join us in NYC or at any other city that is holding rally events as well, then please turn on your games from 1pm until 10pm to play with us in peace.

This is the time for us gamers to rise above such petty politics and degenerate inhuman behavior.

We are not alone in this as there are several organizations and gamers who support us in this. This includes all of you.

This is not about violent video games per se. This is about gamers taking responsibility and to show that we are not violent. Furthermore, it reinforces the message that our leaders and politicians should do their job in finding a solution to such tragic problems that shake the delicate fabric of our society.

As gamers we may not have the money/social status/political connections that some of the social elite in our society DO have - but we have strength in numbers. We ARE the legion of gamers.

We urge you all to join in with Empire Arcadia and unite in a day of peace through gaming. Along with our supporters, sponsors and other entities like JC-Media + Entertainment LLC, Girl Gaming Network, ECA and more who look to help us make a stand for gamers, our community and culture.

If you have any questions please contact the administrator on your forums as he or she can then contact me.

I will be honest with you all, there are way too many of you for to answer all your emails, so I will have to do it through your community administrator or moderator for this particular community.

As things progress you can find out more information on www.empirearcadia.com

Thank you.
Arturo Sanchez
Professional Street Fighter Player
OG Empire

JC Media + Entertainment will be producing and co-hosting the event with the Empire. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or issues at events@jc-media.com. Thank you.

thats pretty awsome, i think i may have to go and check it out as well...

'some girl won't let you roll her katamari' may be the greatest game-sex analogy of all time.

LordRegulus, that is what I have been saying a lot in that damn thread already. Makes it harder to defend our position as being non-violent when we behave like that.

I hope these folks get a good turnout, but I suspect that they might not. Just seems to me a significant number of gamers are pretty goddamn lazy and/or afraid of sunlight.

Nothing wrong with some lacking of sanity. As long as we're not talking psychopathic or violently deranged, what odds? Don't be prejudiced against the eccentrics!

Er yeah, maybe it's my British reserve but what exactly is the point of the rally? Has there been some concrete link between that Virginia Tech brain-doner and videogames other than the usual knee-jerk ignorant blame-hungry reaction? I don't see Quentin Terantino organising a rally to vindicate his chosen media of responsibility.

Just to play devils advocate here, some videogames ARE violent and sick (and rated 18) and it could be possible that such extreme sensory input can have a detrimental effect on someone WHO IS ALREADY OFF THIER TITS MENTAL.

That being said, however, I think most reasonable people don't take the whole "MeatLoaf is the devil's music" bullshit too seriously, I'm curious as to if holding rally will perhaps show that the connection is taken serious by your defending of videogames which is basically the perpose a rally would serve.

p.s. did anyone else get a Resident Evil vibe from that VT idiot's photoshot?