Comments on: Halo 2 & The Virginia Tech Massacre (What They Mean To Me)

By: William

William — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:11:03 +0000

It’s easy to not care when you are separated from things I guess. This sort of thing in my mind happens in far off places, not in my home town and on the campus where I am at. So I can understand it in a way. When Columbine happened, I remember thinking it was terrible, but I am not sure if it really bothered me at all because I wasn’t personally involved. Since that time, I have definitely developed more empathy for others in the world.

Although some people have acted a little strange and hateful towards us since what happened, I can say that there were far more people who reached out and helped us through a tough situation. Other colleges in particular really showed their love for us. At home games this year for football, we will be giving the visiting teams standing ovations when they hit the field, which is something I have never seen in my life.

By: John Morgan

John Morgan — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:55:15 +0000

I live in Virginia, and near Virginia TEch. i was new to the area when the shooting occured. I felt myself actually cry that ngiht, for people in a state I barely new. THe next day I felt horrible, but everyone else seem to ignre what had happened, some even made disgusting jokes about it? I admit, i didnt expect much maturity from Highschoolers, but we are so desensitised to violence nowadays that I am, in hindsight, not amazed at the sudden lack of care.

It happened with 911, people forget what happen, even blame it on others then the ones who actually commited the crime to make themselves feel better. The same is happening with this horrible shooting and videogames.

By: William

William — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:27:22 +0000

GamingBOB, I definitely understand what you are saying. Things in Blacksburg seem to be good right now, but I guess we’ll see how things go soon when everything for fall gets into high gear. I still think things are a little surreal for most people.

It’s good to see other Hokies checking out our site

By: GamingBOB

GamingBOB — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:19:53 +0000

I was a hokie not too long ago, and can imagine what took place in Norris because I had several classes in that building. I am a fan of first-person shooters, and have played a lot of Battlefield. After the event at VT, it didn’t feel the same playing, although I have started playing as time goes by.

I agree with you, it is just about having fun. However, I do believe there is a small percentage of gamers that can be effected by violent games. And out of that smaller percentage there may be a few individuals that will act out violence. Generalizing the idea of video games causing violence is wrong though. Those that would commit violence have a disposition in the first place.

Anyways, hope everything is going well in Blacksburg. I wish I was still attending.

By: William

William — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:43:33 +0000

thanks man. It seemed our matches yesterday were kind of crazy too. I am terrible at sword matches particularly when the other team has host.

Poker sounds good. Casual games like that are always a good break from things sometimes. I hate to admit it, but I play Uno and Boom Boom Rocket often

By: somewhat

somewhat — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:39:51 +0000

I felt that you were unusually quiet on Halo-2 last night. I am far from Virginia, and sometimes forget what you and many others are still going through at the moment. It took me a full year to get over the loss of a close friend, and the circumstances weren’t nearly as tragic. Forgive our idiocy in Halo-2, we’ll try to remember what you’re going through and take that into account next time we get together on Live. I was happy to see you online though. Don’t forget that. I’ll be getting a 360 soon, and we can play some poker with vision-cams. That’ll be sweet, and I’ll still be able to trash-talk.