That would tick me off severly. I definatly wouldnt just run away even if I DID cheat. I wouldnt let someone get awaywith tossing my computer, they would die and/or pay for my new and better one someway.

Yeah, I did think about that right when they tossed the cpu and monitor, then the people leeched the computer for the parts. But you are right, I highly doubt they would legally be able to do that. And what idiot would sign a paper agreeing they could do that and then cheat anyways...

Even if he tried to force a replacement out of them, I wonder how it would look in court. It's not like he can say "these people broke my computer because I was cheating in a tournament" and not even get a funny look from the judge.
If I were in that guy's position, I'd be really sore but it's not like I have anyone else to blame, so I can't say I have much sympathy.

Seriously? Wow...that's just messed up. It's not like he even had permission to be on the property.
Sounds like something out of the movie Liar Liar, not an actual case. O.o

Or someone feeling mischievious :P AKA "Mr. 1337 hAx0rzZ"

Hahahaha. Our court system is forcing people to kill, because they'll get punished if they don't. :P

Well, when the prize is $50,000 cheating is not wanted, in any forms. For some of those guys, that battle meant Steak or cup-o-noodles for dinner for the next 2 months.

Really, you are compairing apples and oranges. They did not do him bodly harm did they? Yes, they did cost him money, but he knew the rules, and was willing to play. He took the risk and lost, that simple. It is more like distroying the althetes steriods, which is acceptable, even though he did pay for them with his own money.

Seems like a stunt to me. If not I'd say the guy was at least in on it. The reason for the stunt was either to put out a warning to anyone who planned on cheating or to advertise Lantrocity or what ever the place was (and their big millionmanlan thing).
The cameraman most likily knew something was going to happen because of how he exited and the way it was shot. However just because that was planned doesn't mean the cheater was in on it. He could have just been a good cameraman but I doubt it.

Now look at the way they threw him out. Security guards don't carry people out they push them or if need be drag them. Carrying someone like that is just begging for a kick in the face. Also note that he wiggled, not struggled. He was also placed down and then fell. He could have fallen like that naturally, but to me it looked like bad acting.

The dialog also sounded forced. Like someone had just said "Ok guys, when we bust him you've got to sound surprized, really mad and menacing" then when the time came they all knew they should be talking but couldn't think of anything.


It could have been real, but I'm doubting it.

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I bet you sooner or later some congressman/woman is going to find one that video and use it to help support a bill to ban violent video games.

Assuming you're referring to America, there's very little chance of violent video games being banned. The whole first ammendment thing is pretty strong. If pornography hasn't been outright banned yet, violent video games certainly aren't going to be. Most of the major congressional initiatives have been to put restrictions on violent video games to try to keep them away from minors. Might the video reflect badly on video game players as a group? Yup. But video games aren't going to get banned anytime soon.

Saying what they did was how it should of been handled is like saying they should shatter an athlete's bones for using steroids in the olympics, but you know what? They don't!

Two differences: First, an athlete's bone is fairly irreplacable and is surrounded by alot of nerves. The bone might fix itself depending on how significant of shattering we're talking about, but there's a good chance it'll never be the same. And the athlete will be in actual physical pain. The player's computer is broken but with the exception of the harddrive (which could've survived the throw, I'm not familiar with the durability of harddrives personally) everything is replacable and the pain is all in his head. Perhaps a better example would be if a biker in the tour de france had some little hidden motor on his bike and they found it and broke his bike.

The second difference is that the olympics is a world reknowned competition, one that is generally viewed the world over and hosted by cities. When a game is hosted by a city and broadcast to the world you've got to expect some professionalism. The Olympics wouldn't do that, and neither would any massive video game competition hosted by, say, Nintendo or Sony. But if you were competing in some smaller competition, say, a boxing match in a small privately owned ring, I'd be a bit more worried about cheating.

I'm in no way condoning the destruction of private property. Assuming that the tape is real footage the tournament hosts acted irresponsibly and immaturely. But that's what happens any time you have people competing for money. Plenty of people were killed for cheating in poker games over the years. Video Games aren't the only sort of games with the occasional crime- Remember Nancy Kerrigen? The people on the tape did something wrong, but that's not at all a problem inherent to video gamers. Its human nature. Deplorable or not, justified or not, if you let people compete with each other its going to happen.