10 WEIRD Gaming Stories of January That Actually Happened (2018) 

Doctor Dex the man who was supposed to get swatted probably feels really bad too.

That's deep stuff yo...........deep stuff

if i recall correctly, the officer isn't being charged with murder and the swatter is arrested but may just get a huge fine and a few months in juvy

Yeah, it's a pretty juvenile and immature thing to do, not to mention it's potentially deadly. Sort of like eating Tide-Pods... It's just a bad idea in general.

Update 4 years later. The swatter got 20 years in prison lmaooo deserved. Plus a 5000 fine. Should be more honestly

We already have Esports

Kers A HerpaFuqer yeah but you have regular sports and then the Olympics. So why not E-sports and E-lympics?

I know what you mean, but seasons sports are different from that of the Olympics. Kinda like Soccer and Football. As well how poker/black jack are in their own league of sports

Kers A HerpaFuqer uhh... Soccer and football are the same thing. But I get your point

I live in the US. I don't know my sports well, but I do know the people in Europe consider them the same. But for us they're 2 different activities

the sytem is flaw and nobody is pointing at it in what kind of country is the police able to just burst in your home and arrest you on only a call ... dictator do that not civilise country

The kind of country that takes serious threats...well...seriously? If someone calls and says they have people hostage, the police isn't going to waste time trying to figure out if it's true or not. They're sending in SWAT because if it happens to be real, they just wasted valuable minutes. In any case, the officer might have fucked up.

Police generally do that type of shit to save lives, not rights. We wouldn't have this problem if people didn't do things, like take hostages. But there should always be positive identification of a threat. Make sure it is a threat, make sure if you shoot someone, they are a/the threat. Cop is definitely at fault.

Jacques Lapierre You want to know the country. Its called America. The retarded system where even though they clearly broke into your house, they have a itchy trigger finger just waiting to shoot you if you move a muscle. Its happened multiple times before.

I don't want to get into a huge flame war here, but it isn't the officer's fault. People will kindly point blame on to him/her, especially the family of the deceased, which is entirely understandable, but the police were going off info that someone in the house had a gun and was holding people hostage. They were on edge as they should be because they didn't know it was false information. Police did their job, it just happened to not be needed and sadly someone was killed because of it. Personally, I hope this incident leads to something good. Possibly a lot harsher punishments for swatting.

If they are cought they do serve time and if I'm not mistaken it's a felon.

sometimes they do

yesss! "the Falcons Nest"

Yeah, that is some heavy stuff to go through.

Can't wait for olympic Chess.

Techno_Zed- Olympic Nerdy Card game your freinds never want to play.

Techno_Zed LOL... That'd be so lame.

Yu-Gi-Oh Olympics when?

You might want to work on the name

Pixxelated I believe the dad only did it cause of the money being granted in the Overwatch league

Agreed. Even if he was successful, whatever the popular game is changes. He could become a pro Overwatch player, but for all we know Overwatch could stop being as popular in a couple years from now, what's popular is incredibly unpredictable. Once that happens, the kid has to find another game he's good at, and not every pro is going to be good enough at every competitive game to make enough money. It's an insanely unpredictable career path that was born from what was once just a hobby, exactly like RU-vid, and you can ask any popular RU-vidr that it wasn't always a consistent job.

Pixxelated but are you a dad?

Well, in the OWL he now has a contract that earns him good money. As long as he delivers as a player he's in a good place there. Of course its hard to tell if Overwatch can keep its position in e-sports but Blizzard certainly believes in it and supports it and even if Overwatch fails he could still switch to other games. Its a bit risky but he loves it so why not take the risk?

Semi pro at a dead game?

Oh and there's a Windows patch for the flaw already, but many people are saying the didn't get it. So if you didn't get the update the apst few days, you should definetely google it and install it yourself.

Thanks man, good info

Tipsy River Microsoft and Intel have been pulling the patches down due to high CPU workloads. Personally patched 12 hosts 2 weeks ago and had to revert all changes due to higher then acceptable CPU usage on hosts and VMs

this design flaw has been around since 95 every chip in the world has the problem even you phone is affected thats why if you were wondering why your phone was updating so much lately thats why

Haha. Good point there.

It is going to happen somewhere in 2022

Dr. PHOENIX awww hell naw

Blah ha ha. Some people train 8-12 hrs a day then.😂

zeus117 Jackson what do you mean somewhere. There's only one 'Olympics' and they're international

Dodgeball an olympic event? Might as well make kickball one too while you're at it

It’s too easy. You would get too many average joes winning tournaments. (Intentional joke was intentional)

Aye Jaye the thing is, dogeball is a game of pure skill. Its a more direct measure of physical and mental ability than a lot of other sports. It boils down to how good can you throw vs how good can the other guy doge or catch.

No one outside of the US cares about dodge ball. It's a film with 'rip torn' in it, that's all.

james bryant what movie? im talking about the sport of dogeball. Its just you, a projectile, and your opponent. Its all the same skills you need for an fps but in real life.

And how did I go the entire video without getting 1 ad

iDarkling adblock...........

iDarkling Not enough ads to go around for. Like for real, it has a limit.

Adolf Hitler lol I'm too stupid too know how to get adblock

Garlic Tequila it seems that sponsors are feeling the pinch from adblock so the ones that don't have it have to get unskippable ads that run twice as long as those that they used to run. THE REST OF US ARE PAYING FOR THOSE COCK SUCKERS THAT HAVE ADBLOCK!! Just kidding, I have adblock on my laptop, just not on my phone.

Svide that's good and all but I want him charged and convicted.

Salim the whole story and an interview is on dramalert

What about the kid that gave the prank caller the wrong address? Don't forget him. He's at fault here as well. I'm not sure if there's a law that covers it, but it's along the lines of identity theft. After all he gave a "seemingly" fake address to a person that was verbally threatening him. He may not have known that the address was real, but the fact remains that he is still part of this equation. Who knows, maybe the next time he does this, he'll give the other person YOUR address. Both should be charged in connection to this travesty.

Court Beckius I suppose laws that allow mob bosses to be charged for ordering crimes would apply

15 years atleast

protoxmr I got stuck on the sea level and got mad.

Dark Cloud is such an underappreciated gem.

tripod 677 as long as it’s not broken...fingers crossed

offspring

Carpe Mkarzi it's been in the making for a while,so hopefully

tripod 677 How will it be different from the others is my question. What specific mechanic makes that sandbox game not a remaster?

tripod 677 oh yeah, I’ve been following this sucker and MS needs this to be great. Fingers are crossed.

Only lil kids, us teens that are more mature know that edumacation is really important

Justin Watkins lives

he was not a gamer

Supreme Stone Gamer Lives Should Matter... Callers Lives... Citizens Lives... ah, fuck it.

Do they? Do they REALLY? As someone who's been gaming daily since the early 90s I gotta tell you, they dont. Black lives matter, all life matters, but to group gamers into that tagline is just childish and shows how flatheaded gamers are. Maybe it's time to grow up

if you gain more weight then lose while playing your "sport", it's not a sport

The ignorance in the is comment

StudioUAC By definition,it is correct,but MOBAs are strategic mind sports like chess,and most of the top LoL players have to be in perfect condition and practice regularly to stay good.

moon dog they aren't worth much

And the absolute fabricated rarity. They're very common and really not worth much, they're just pretty.

Even legal diamond mining is extremely cheap. Diamonds are not rare in any way, and their hardness makes it very difficult to mess up while cutting them

Because debears own like 90% of the worlds mines and decides the market value i dont think the jewlers themselves have much wiggle room because they buy them from big daddy d and then have to pay someone skilled to cut them up and make a profit also this is probably a deal close to giving it away at cost to getting pr for the jewler

Lol, I actually got a conversation started😁

Jak Storm you should read the whole story, he shot the guy when he went outside to see what all the noise was ( aka the swat team) he literally did nothing to alarm the police in anyway as he was outside in plain sight, the officer said he saw him reaching for his waist though, but still would you make a killing shot to someone who appeared to be reaching for their waist? With no proof of any sort of weapon or anything.

TheArtofInternet the kid put them in that position. Simple

Mario mario yes and no, it's essentially him just not doing his job correctly. If I was in that situation I'd sure be scared as hell and potentially shoot when I'm not supposed to as well, but also probably miss as I'm crap with guns. The thing is these are people who are trained to act in a tactical and cool mannered way as a team, when facing danger. Does shooting a single individual when he's surrounded and in plain sight sound like a actual reasonable thing a trained swat member should do? I'd personally say no.

TheArtofInternet The swat team wouldn't of been there if it wasn't for the caller.

Pokemon & DBZ fan don't judge I never said it was solely the swat teams fault I agree with falcon that both the swat and caller are at fault. The comment above talked about it only being the callers fault which I don't agree with.

Luke E It ready did

Nathan Dirks yeah?? How many countries are participating in it?

Us Jamaicans should dominate in this too... Lol

Luke E Why?

You’re just jealous because you know it will be one of the most watched events

He seemed drunk at 1:01 lol

Ikr

This isn’t the first time I’ve asked myself this. I think he just has slurred speech

You missed a chance there bud. I sold one of these new lootboxes for over $4. Just the box. Do you know what you can do with $4? Literally ANYTHING!

SDG Danny i was excited for it and then my motherboard busted and I’m just sitting here waiting for a new one

Be careful how you touch the game, make sure you have consent before and during or you may be next.

If you do anything but game you hardly have time for that game. 30-45 minutes of running and 10 minutes of any real action if your lucky. I dont have time for that bullshit. It was fun the first 3 games. Wish I realized earlier so i couldve still got the refund for it.

You're not missing much. It's still broken af and on consoles it's the worst port i have ever seen.

Okay, I am not even going to read all that. While defending the cop, can you explain why things like this doesn't happen in my country? Why police does not kill people in my country or almost any other western country? Cops shooting innocent people dead is only US problem in the west. This fenomenom doesn't exist in rest of the civilized world so there definitely is something wrong with your cops. Had someone made false accusation of someone else in my country, nobody would have died. Hell, not even once would have been shot.

First of all, I do address that in my first statement, "Had you bothered to read all that." Secondly, I refuse to believe that this is "solely" a problem in the United States. True, statistics show it happens more here, but if we're going to play the statistics game then we need to look at all the facts. Based on documented residents the United States has a population thirty times larger than that of Europe. Based on a quick search I did to confirm, US has 620+ Million to Europe's 23 Million. As you scale up population density you too then scale up crime and drug related problems of which, I'm ashamed to say, America has a really massive problem right now. With drug related crimes you also see an increase in violence against citizens and Officers. We have also seen in America an increase on assaults of Police Officers. Physical assaults, people attempting to draw firearms on them, and people taking citizens for hostages with various implements. We also have a John Wayne syndrome in the US in which there are a lot of people who think they can aim a gun at Police and not be shot for presenting a clear threat to the Citizens and Officers. As I stated in the first post, "You didn't bother to read." Assaults and crimes against Police Officers are on the rise in the United States. Hell, even where I live we've had people stand in front of our Dispatch center and call out Police officers wanting to fight. People call 911 and tell our Dispatchers, "Send the Cops to my place. They won't come. I'll whip all their asses." but those incidents have more to do with our massive mental health crisis then drugs or the aforementioned John Wayne syndrome. America has problems but our problems stem from ourselves literally shooting ourselves in the foot repeatedly. For example I mentioned early on, "Documented." America's population is most assuredly well beyond 620+ million. I would argue we are more along the lines of 700+ million and as I said earlier the larger the population density the more statistically, mental health issues, drug, and violent crime problems you have. With higher crime the more you can statistically expect Officer involved incidents. You can argue global statistics all you want but you also have to remember that population density plays a major factor and something almost every News agency plays down in order to spread the narrative they want to spread. I'm going to end this by restating what I said in my prior post. Watch the Bodycam footage and listen to the 911 tapes. The SWATTER contacted that Dispatch and said (Paraphrased.), "I have killed my Father. I think he's dead. I have my Mother and Sisters hostage. I've poured gasoline throughout the home. I'm going/may set the house on fire." While the Police were setting up the perimeter around the house believing they had a gunman who had already killed one individual, and statistically if someone has already killed one then they are more likely to fire on police or kill other hostages because "they already crossed that line." The Victim tragically walks out of his house without any porch light so that he was in the dark. He raises his hands above his head, for some tragic reason drops them bellow his waist, and raises them back up in a motion that Law Enforcement is trained to perceive as a quick draw motion, but we now know he was simply putting his hands back up above his head. The Officer not knowing that, being told this was a hostage situation with an armed gunman who had already killed one, took the shot and accidentally killed an innocent victim. The SWATTER and the Kid who contacted the SWATTER are at fault for his Death. The Officer was reacting to a perceived threat presented by the SWATTER. This was a tragedy but taking any blame away from the SWATTER and the other Kid lessens the severity of their part they played and must be punished for to set the precedent that needs to be set in the case for SWATTERs to hopefully deter them from this prank.

Wash Out im pretty sure im the only one who actually bothered to read both of your arguments and i must say you did your research and seem to have more knowledge on this subject than that of the ones who react to this topic purely on impulse and opinion, also i can guarantee that the cops in Europe shoot and kill people because it's in human nature to ensure our own individual survival no matter the cost. We, as humans, kill threats/presumed threats to ourselves and our community because we are programmed to, we may be at the top of the food chain but the top can always fall

The US has a population of 620 million?!!!! And Europe is 23 Million?!!!! Sorry but no no no no! The US population is 323 Million, Europe is 740 million+. I am not comment about the rest of your comment and whether or not I agree, but considering a lot of your argument depends on "population density" (which Europe's population is 5x denser than the US) then you may want to consider a good majority of it.

It IS exclusively an American problem. You know why these things don't make headlines in other countries? Because it doesn't happen.

Exactly

Wait did I miss something? What's with FF X?

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I got baited too..! 😅

Exactly

Honestly Conx but its retarded the idea that based on one call, tgey break into your home and still have the nerve to shoot you if move to fast.

apparently, they thought it was a hostage situation, so a shoot first ask questions later approach wouldn't really be the best plan of action in that situation, i would say the policeman isn't entirely innocent, but who knows it could have been the guy's first mission and he panicked or something

They didn't break into his home dummy.

If you watch the video of it you can clearly see the guy didn't pose a threat and he shot way prematurely.

Ricardo Martinez It is in cases like this where the person was not a threat, but I do think (I would have to do a lot more research to be sure) that this method has saved many lives overall, also I'm not trying to argue with you, I'm just adding a little more to show you my reasoning

DamuEmran same here

Casual alert!

Me to cause I don't think people would be interested in watching some gamers

#metoo

Even if you dont like esports you should be happy because if esports hits the olympics it brings more people that may not be gamers to the table then they might go out and buy games to try and more money in the games industry means more jobs which means faster and better product which means you get a better game

Cyborg Soldier I agree, to be honest i think it would be insulting ti have them in the olympics. E sports are structured completely different from other sports. First off all games are run by a company. No one ones the right to soccer or hockey. And esports usually have global competitions anyway.

Alex Derksen How is it insulting exactly? And to who or what does it insult?

Nobody's Comment the athletes who have trained practically their whole lives. They would be disrespected to even compete with gamers. There is no need for escorts in the olympics.

Cyborg Soldier But the gamers in esports spend hours upon hours honing there skills in games which to some extent is just like any Olympic athlete.

Nobody's Comment hours upon hours? I play games hours upon hours at a time. Are you saying that I could compete in the olympics?

John Marston do your fingers and thumbs not carry out the same physical process as you described when holding a controller? I think your point is invalid here

GG

Volcanic eruption you’re*

Volcanic eruption I've been looking for you. Got something I'm supposed to deliver - your hands only.

AlmightyStarfire but if i fix it everyone would call me pathetic for editing my comment so i dont care

It is worse admiting to a mistake and not correcting it.

Noah Odom that meme is dead

Jesus-kun They made recreational marijuana use legal.

jclausell yeah but some other states did that too

jclausell Here in Canada, they are doing that too. I don't personally smoke weed, but I think it's a step in the right direction for the government.

The stuff literally grows from the ground. Mother nature doesn't care about our laws.

Your comment looks really bad taken out of context.

chess is not a sport either. whoever decided that was an idiot

Propose with just the Xbox instead. If she says yes, you have a keeper.

That's what I was thinking. The diamonds probably aren't worth what they are selling them for. It would be a nice way to make a profit.

True! And safe 500$ :D

I think it's probably because the diamond industry is private. I remember watching long time ago a report and info about this industry. Basicly they mine more than they sell, but keep everythig and only give the market a small amount. High demand and artificially low supply makes them expensive. Plus since nearly the whole industry is owned by a few, there is barely to 0 competition, which again allowes them to set prices they want. Also if I am not mistaken, Hollywood was payed to include diamond rings in movies etc. aka setting a new trend: Diamond rings for marriage! Good marketing I guess, as we see it worked.

Lucian Andries They actually said both on the Friday News Show

Only the shitty games have mods. Nit the big corporations games

I think you replied to the wrong comment

LET'S GO AMD!!!

to be completely frank, neither exploit is a simple task to use. for specter, you spend hours hoping to get a few bits, not bytes but bits, of data. by the time hackers figure out how to effectively use these problems, they will be patched and will have less effect. both Microsoft and apple have implemented fixes in their OS's in the last 6 months since intel informed them for spectre.

Trinal Galaxy yeah that's true, but because these exploits are on so many platforms chance has it that in 5 years some device in your home will still be vulnerable, still probably not that big a deal though

Andrew Clement 420 boiiii

Andrew Clement absolutely nothing

i think theyre still at andrew the new guys house

Spacey Falcon isn't, though.

Menoly 12 i hate to break it to you but if one word makes you that angry you need professional help

Meh

Menoly 12 what do you mean?

Overwatch is a rip off game

Of what? The only game remotely close is TF2, and thats called inspiration not ripping off

Hidden Game Room Probably around 200

The Outlaws kick ass and I love it

idk man it's still an unknown and bleeding edge industry. could fall through any time not to mention you're only great for so long before somebody else outdoes you also overwatch will only be popular for so long. and there you are. no job skills no education fucked. because nobody cares about a 15 year old PC game

elite beach asmr why would he shoot though? He opened the door, didn't have a gun but they shot without checking.

Twodollar King look if you see a guy that over the radio says guys armed you would get scared and shoot on site

They were told he had a weapon and it was an active hostage & shooting situation. Policeman was not to blame.

apparently, they thought it was a hostage situation, so a shoot first ask questions later approach wouldn't really be the best plan of action in that situation, i would say the policeman isn't entirely innocent, but who knows it could have been the guy's first mission and he panicked or something

UltraNerd75 ikr. What if the criminal sent one of the hostage to the door? What if there was more than one criminal? What if it was a suicide bomber?

Lol, that's great

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