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LA Times is reporting that the shooter was a competitor in the tournament who had lost earlier that day -- (link)

Posted by Reagen Aug 26 '18, 12:50

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https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1033795491153276928?s=21 (twitter.com)

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But of all the games to go mad over .. Madden? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 13:14 9
- weirdly I've always found sports games drive a special kind of anger in some people. I had a roommate who used to *RAGE* at a baseball one. - mafic Aug 26, 14:46
- You'll excuse us if we don't follow you in this line of "jokes" -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 13:21 6
  - Wasn’t exactly a joke. Seems like a strange game to go batshit over, which is why I think the nature of the tournament is a greater factor than - Beryllium Aug 26, 14:39 5
    - yeah, I find the whole concept of "professional video gamer" rather bizarre. -- nm - mud Aug 26, 14:45 4
      - *shrug* people like seeing things they enjoy done well. I don't particularly care, but it's not any weirder to me than say, football. -- nm - mafic Aug 26, 14:48 3
        
        Or even fantasy football. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 26, 15:29 2
        
        No one ever gets upset about that -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:32 1
        
        David would disagree with you. -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 16:43
- Too easy -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 26, 13:15
And, of course, the blame will fall into games and not guns.. - Marlowe Aug 26, 13:00 5
- The thing that’s to blame here is the false sense of exceptionalism that gets instilled in people from every direction. - Beryllium Aug 26, 13:11 1
  - Of course, here I’m falling into the classic trap of making silly conclusions from scant and unreliable/unconfirmed “facts”. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 14:48
- Except they usually blame violent video games. You’re not suggesting American football is violent, are you?j -- nm - Mop Aug 26, 13:11 1
  - No, I'm suggesting those TnP people are stupid, hypocritical mother-effers.. - Marlowe Aug 26, 13:12
- American Shooter = Mental Illness, Illegal = people would still be alive if we had wall, Muslim = Terrorist -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 13:06
Honestly, if you are going to have a video game tournament? You should have metal detectors. Do these organizers not know - Bacon Aug 26, 12:54

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