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08-04-2007, 01:49 AM
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| | | World of Warcraft trains terrorists!
While browsing Computer and Videogames, I came across a rather silly article titled: World of Warcraft trains terrorists! Read below for more details: The frontline of the war on terror is about to move... to Azeroth.
According to Kevin Zuccato, head of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre, terrorists are being trained in games such as World of Warcraft to scout out simulated real-world environments, and train in weapons that are "identical to real-world armaments."
Zuccato told an Australian Security Industry Association conference that terrorists no longer have to travel to the target they want to attack to carry out reconnaissance, but create a virtual replica and rehearse an entire attack online. Bad news if you live the Tower of Azora then.
"We need to start thinking about living, working and protecting two worlds and two realities," Zuccato said.
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08-04-2007, 03:13 AM
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| | | I'm sorry the forum rules don't allow me to fully express my amazement at the stupidity of some people. This is a GAME. I suppose that these people were also behind trying to llegalise the VCR as it would cause massive uncontrolable copyright breach. Well it did but it futhered our technology masses. I think if terrorists play video games we should ttrain teenagers to play against them then either A: beat them so much they get depressed and go home. OR, B: mislead them all every single detail.
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08-04-2007, 07:50 AM
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| | I agree with Ampasand...
This completelly bull (expletive caught by filter)
When some guyss made Wolfeintein 3d and then Doom, many many people, including people of the US government, create a great scandall that teenagers were going to grow violent and that was a danger to national security.
People associated Doom and other games to the Columbine incident.
Few years later all speech stopped, cause they created this: America's Army - Special Forces - Home Page
An oficcial game made by the US army to train and invite teenagers.
Take a time in the page, look at the links and so...
Cmom, where is the coherence in all that?
How in the world can people acuse games, when it is a constitutional right(mistake) to sell and buy fireweapons in the stores like they sell icecream. And also... when they created their own game too... cmom...
Pure sensationalism and hypocrisy, imo. @Ivan Cavallazzi: Please read the forum rules. Expletives or vulgar languages are filtered and come out instead in the form of asterisks.
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08-04-2007, 09:58 AM
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| | Major LOL! 
WoW is harbouring terrorists now?
No seriously, anyone who has ever been in a situation of some real danger knows that it is not anything like the sort of experiences you can get from a computer game. My greatest concern is that WoW players may get too little real life training!
Edit: It is like saying that you get really good at handling relationships if you play a lot of Sims.
Anyway, thanks for the high comedy, DesR85! Good one!
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08-04-2007, 10:36 AM
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08-04-2007, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by AmpaSand  I'm sorry the forum rules don't allow me to fully express my amazement at the stupidity of some people. | Sure it does. You simply go.... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! |
08-05-2007, 02:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Naffnuff Anyway, thanks for the high comedy, DesR85! Good one! | You're welcome. 
Sometimes, I just wonder how stupid people can really be at times. What is the world coming to?
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08-05-2007, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by DesR85 You're welcome.
Sometimes, I just wonder how stupid people can really be at times. What is the world coming to? | The most amazing thing is that this man is supposed to be "head of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre"! All you people from Down Under, please tell me that this guy is actually a kangaroo in disguise, lest I find it too depressing to be part of the human race anymore and go live as a tree! 
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08-05-2007, 10:24 PM
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| | | Hey the term "down under" includes NZ. We have severed all ties to that individual and are waiting for a outbreak of endangered sense (like common sense but far rarer)
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08-06-2007, 05:38 AM
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| | | WoW!? Oh No! The terrorists will know how to use magic now! And they'll have swords! Oh the terror of it all! *Loads up Morrowind for training... I mean playing.*
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08-06-2007, 06:07 AM
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| | Meh... I'm going to start over with NwN again, use exploits that give me unlimited epic spells. Then we'll talk about terrorism.
Poor goblins!
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08-06-2007, 09:41 AM
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| | Hmmm, WoW, perhaps not. But I have read something similar happening in the sim world MMO's, like Second Life. The article said that terrorists cells were 'meeting' in these 'worlds' and really I suppose if companies like IBM have set up shop there, why not Al-Quaeda? I think it was in the Economist, I'll have a dig around and see if I can find it. Internet jihad | A world wide web of terror | Economist.com
Okay that's the link. It's not so much about MMO's being terrorist hangouts, but that does come up with Second Life, but about how the web is being used by them.
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08-06-2007, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by AmpaSand Hey the term "down under" includes NZ. We have severed all ties to that individual and are waiting for a outbreak of endangered sense (like common sense but far rarer) | My apologies then.
Have you heard of this guy before? Is this part of a long-term campaign against computer games, or is he trying to get funds because he likes his job and dislikes terrorists?
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08-09-2007, 09:19 AM
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| | When I first read this I was astounded with the stupidity oy some people  ....... But then it hit me.. World of Warcrack is the solution to terrorism... Let them play it and plan stratgies. they'll be so addicted to it they won't be able to actually do any of their plots... they'll all just be raiding all day. Lol
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08-09-2007, 09:41 AM
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| | According to Kevin Zuccato, head of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre, terrorists are being trained in games such as World of Warcraft to scout out simulated real-world environments, and train in weapons that are "identical to real-world armaments."
Zuccato told an Australian Security Industry Association conference that terrorists no longer have to travel to the target they want to attack to carry out reconnaissance, but create a virtual replica and rehearse an entire attack online. Bad news if you live the Tower of Azora then.
"We need to start thinking about living, working and protecting two worlds and two realities," Zuccato said.
This isn't stupid, Cartell. This is cynical demagoguery. It happens everywhere, and it is an attempt to play on the irrational fears and hates of an audience by a poltiician or a political appointee. I'm sure Zuccato knew better; after all, you don't get to where he is by being a fool. And the Australians are due for a major political election, soon. Do the math.
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