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Skidmore

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11. I'd hardly call this a prank.

Reply to Bosonic (Reply #7)

Wed Sep 17, 2014, 07:26 AM

Sep 2014

When this "game" starts targetting people who aren't celebreties, its is likely that a SWAT team could care less about exercising caution before breaking down a door and firing away.

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Gamers use police hoax to lash out at opponents [View all] NaturalHigh Sep 2014 OP

Is this part of the #gamergate nonsense? (nt) Recursion Sep 2014 #1

I don't know what #gamergate is. NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #2

No. That's a seperate issue. NutmegYankee Sep 2014 #3

TY. Sorry to distract (nt) Recursion Sep 2014 #6

I just googled gamergate... NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #5

It has to do with women programming video games Recursion Sep 2014 #10

Oh, okay. NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #17

Gamers expose cops as being over-stimulated Hari Seldon Sep 2014 #4

How do you expect them to react? Oktober Sep 2014 #9

As pranks go, it's pretty stupid and reckless Bosonic Sep 2014 #7

What.The.Fu*k. Earth_First Sep 2014 #8

The same thing that's been wrong with "these" kids in previous generations... JHB Sep 2014 #12

Except that people didn't get shot and killed when someone cried wolf or pulled the fire alarm. Sheldon Cooper Sep 2014 #14

You think people haven't been killed from idiotic false alarms before? JHB Sep 2014 #15

I'd hardly call this a prank. Skidmore Sep 2014 #11

They need to put serious resources into finding the perps Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #13

These gamers make the whole community suck. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #16