Mass shooting in Jax, FL at Madden 19 tournament

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/26/us/jacksonville-madden-shooting/index.html

QuoteThe sheriff's office in Jacksonville, Florida, said there was a mass shooting at a downtown marketplace on Sunday and urged people to stay far away from the area.

"Mass shooting at the Jacksonville Landing. Stay far away from the area. The area is not safe at this time. STAY AWAY #TheLandingMassShooting," the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said on Twitter.

The shooting occurred during the Madden 19 Tournament at the GLHF Game Bar, according to the Twitter of CompLexity Gaming, one of the event organizers. One Madden participant, Young Drini, was grazed in the hand and is away from the scene and safe, Complexity said.

On an online stream of the Madden event posted to the website Twitch, several loud gunshots can be heard and the game abruptly stops.

Federal law enforcement officials are monitoring situation in Jacksonville. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is responding to the scene in Jacksonville Landing, a law enforcement source told CNN.
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Labbug

Police say one suspect is dead.  They don't know if there is a second suspect. 

When is this insanity going to end?

JasonPratt

Current preliminary is 4 dead, 11 injured. One apparent shooter dead, unsure if this is one of the 4 in the tally. Situation still very fluid, police are securing the area.
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SirAndrewD

Hearing through social media that the shooter was one of the tournament participants that had just been eliminated.

Don't see any official confirmation of that though, so take it for what it's worth.
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^According to the Los Angeles Times, a gamer opened fire after losing, then killed himself. The report, which quoted messages from another gamer, could not immediately be confirmed.

Local media report that at least four people have been killed, and at least 11 others are injured.

Police have not confirmed the exact numbers.

source : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45315970

Toonces

Disgruntled over EA's incessant DLC and loot boxing I suspect.
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JasonPratt

Being used against him? Being broke because he loaded up and still lost? Both?

Gallows humor aside, I suppose we all have known people who lose so hard they destroy their own computers in emotional rages. There isn't much of a step down from that, when people have been taught to regard other people as worthless. And in the case of the boy I knew (who certainly hadn't been taught that), he had been pushed into a lot of stress for years, and now had divorcing parents (I didn't know about yet), without having learned emotional maturity. People's psyches just snap. It's horrible.

And in this case maybe the equivalent of someone shooting up a saloon after a bad run of poker. Honestly, now that I think of the parallel, I'm a little surprised that doesn't happen a lot more often.  :-\
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Quote from: JasonPratt on August 26, 2018, 04:52:57 PM

And in this case maybe the equivalent of someone shooting up a saloon after a bad run of poker. Honestly, now that I think of the parallel, I'm a little surprised that doesn't happen a lot more often.  :-\

This stuff happens a fair bit in Korea.  Some people take games seriously, life and death seriously.
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em2nought

Quote from: JasonPratt on August 26, 2018, 04:52:57 PM

And in this case maybe the equivalent of someone shooting up a saloon after a bad run of poker. Honestly, now that I think of the parallel, I'm a little surprised that doesn't happen a lot more often.  :-\

Especially since it's apparently easy to sneak an entire arsenal into a casino.  :-"
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Quote from: em2nought on August 26, 2018, 06:13:32 PM
Quote from: JasonPratt on August 26, 2018, 04:52:57 PM

And in this case maybe the equivalent of someone shooting up a saloon after a bad run of poker. Honestly, now that I think of the parallel, I'm a little surprised that doesn't happen a lot more often.  :-\

Especially since it's apparently easy to sneak an entire arsenal into a casino.  :-"

Ive been to a couple of casinos, never been searched before going in. So it wouldnt be that hard.
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JasonPratt

Quote from: em2nought on August 26, 2018, 06:13:32 PM
Quote from: JasonPratt on August 26, 2018, 04:52:57 PM

And in this case maybe the equivalent of someone shooting up a saloon after a bad run of poker. Honestly, now that I think of the parallel, I'm a little surprised that doesn't happen a lot more often.  :-\

Especially since it's apparently easy to sneak an entire arsenal into a casino.  :-"

Hmpf, yeah I wonder where things are with that case? We're coming up on a year, 10 months now. I know the LV police have been releasing new body-cam videos last month.
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Quote from: Jarhead0331 on August 26, 2018, 02:15:29 PM
As a word of caution to anybody who may be so inclined, no political discussion whatsoever.

This is a peculiar experiment that we've embarked upon. I seriously wonder what would count as political discussion in this case? If the shooter had been Muslim, or black nationalist would mentioning the fact have counted as political? What if he'd been white supremacist?

I think I understand why RPF was closed. I'm guessing that it was threatening to tear the site apart. I'm just not sure how politics can be kept out of current events. I hope this works.
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em2nought

Quote from: Ubercat on August 26, 2018, 08:35:48 PM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on August 26, 2018, 02:15:29 PM
As a word of caution to anybody who may be so inclined, no political discussion whatsoever.
I think I understand why RPF was closed. I'm guessing that it was threatening to tear the site apart.

I thought it was probably because web hosting threatened to pull the plug in order to stifle free speech?  :-"
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