OCTOBER | TRENDING
publishes Madden NFL 19. Jacob
Mitich claims that EA and GLHF
Game Bar ‘failed to provide a safe
and secure environment’, and is
seeking damages.
In response, EA’s CEO Andrew
Wilson said the company would
“run a comprehensive review of
safety protocols for competitors
and spectators,” in search of a
“consistent level of security” for
all of the company’s competitive
gaming events .
The incident has brought
about wider scrutiny of security
measures in e-sports events,
with many high-profile players,
managers and event organisers
addressing the issue on Twitter
and in the press.
Points of view…
A quick Twitter round-up
@YoungDrini:
The tourney just got shot up. Im leaving and
never coming back
@Unit_Shawn:
“It was only a matter of time before it
happened at an Esports event. I’ve been to
events that I could walk in and out of a venue
filled with thousands of people only showing a
badge and always felt a huge lack of security.
Thoughts and prayers to the victims.”
Threat detected
EVO 2018 is one such high-
profile e-sports event. It brings
to Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay the
best competitors from around the
world, in fighting games such as
Street Fighter and Super Smash
Bros. Before the tournament,
organisers alerted the FBI to a
threat which was made by a user
on Twitch, who claimed: ‘Mass
shooting @ EVO 2018 see you
there’.
The threat seems to have been a
particularly misguided prank, but
the involvement of the FBI shows
that there is absolutely no margin
for risk when it comes to the
TristanPasse on YouTube:
School: Blame it on video games
Society: Blame it on guns
Logical people: Blame it on the person the
pulled the trigger
Below: The Jacksonville Landing site
JonahFalcon, on Polygon.com:
A quick review of gun laws in Florida:
no permits required to purchase
no registration
no license required
no assault weapons law
no magazine capacity restriction
no background checks for private sales
no local autonomy
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