Reknown fighting game tournament EVO has attracted some negative attention, in the form of a Twitch user threatening a mass shooting on the game convention this coming August, with the ominous statement of "mass shooting@ EVO18 see you there". The message, while potentially just a terrible joke, has gotten some people nervous, and the EVO tournament organizer, Joey Cuellar has taken the threat seriously, opting to contact Twitch staff as well as call the FBI to report it. This has also started major discussions in the fighting game community, regarding what they perceive as a lack of security for EVO attendees. What makes matters more uncomfortable, is that the event takes place at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, of which during October 2017 was the scene of a brutal mass shooting.

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[BvanBart]

What I can't understand is why people would "joke" about this.

 

[ATofix]

Holy shit. Hope he gets some ammount of time for that even if it was a joke.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

What I can't understand is why people would "joke" about this.

Because edge

 

[Subtle Demise]

'MERICA! FUCK YEAH!

I want out.. Time to start a gofundme to move!

Only in America™

Please don't hurt me

Anywhere else it would be a car or even a makeshift bomb instead of a mass shooting.

 

[Kioku]

Anywhere else it would be a car or even a makeshift bomb instead of a mass shooting.

At the end of the day, the human race is screwed.

 

[deinonychus71]

Anywhere else it would be a car or even a makeshift bomb instead of a mass shooting.

Like in Texas.

The USA just have the gun problem in addition to what everyone else has.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Anywhere else it would be a car or even a makeshift bomb instead of a mass shooting.

Anywhere else that would only happen a couple times a year, max

 

[Kioku]

Anywhere else that would only happen a couple times a year, max

Meth... Not even once...

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Like in Texas.

The USA just have the gun problem in addition to what everyone else has.

Yeah, I heard about the mail bomber in Austin

Don't open packages you aren't expecting, guys

 

[Subtle Demise]

At the end of the day, the human race is screwed.

Mankind is better now than we ever have been. You have to remember things like the Roman Colosseum amd the Salem Witch Trials. Even a glance through the Bible will show you how brutal those times were. We have a mich higher regard for the value of life these days. The ease of access to information just highlights the minority that don't.

 

[Kioku]

Like in Texas.

The USA just have the gun problem in addition to what everyone else has.

That awkward moment when it's a people problem..

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Mankind is better now than we ever have been. You have to remember things like the Roman Colosseum amd the Salem Witch Trials. Even a glance through the Bible will show you how brutal those times were. We have a mich higher regard for the value of life these days. The ease of access to information just highlights the minority that don't.

We have a much higher value in our own lives, that anyone elses' is just inconvenience if their beliefs don't match up with ours. It's really not much different if you want to get technical. The only difference is we now have social media as a replacement for the soap box.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

That awkward moment when it's a people problem..

It's a lot of problems, but you have to admit that even if it is a people problem guns make it a lot easier for them

 

[Kioku]

It's a lot of problems, but you have to admit that even if it is a people problem guns make it a lot easier for them

Doesn't matter, honestly. We can have this discussion all day. You take away one thing, it'll just be replaced. I'm going to leave it at that as apparently there's a massive difference in opinion here.

There is no if by the way... People kill people. That's all it is. The tool is irrelevant.

 

[SonicfanCEMUTesting]

Probably that was a DBFZ/Smash Bros. hater

 

[TomodachiDeath]

with the ominous statement of "mass shooting@ EVO18 see you there".

what is wrong with people