Nerds unite! Gamers foil robbery attempt

[tinman]

You think gamers are a bunch of wimpy kids you can push around and steal lunch money from? Well you better think again, buddy.

A group of gamers enjoying an evening playing the new "StarCraft II" game at an internet café in Hawaii went all "Street Fighter" on some robbers who tried to take their money and, more importantly, tried to take a player's Nintendo DS.

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[Redstar]

I think it's very foolish to fight over a gaming system when your life is at stake. While no weapons were clearly visible it's never wise or even very smart to pick a fight with people that just want your money.

Oh, and the article seems a little patronizing. "Nerds unite!"? The only reason "you" think gamers are "a bunch of wimpy kids" is because mainstream media perpetuates that myth. It's the same as those news pieces on the autistic kid that makes five shots in the last quarter of the game. Up until that point he was just the resident retard, but now he's a spectacle and "inspiring".

NOTE: Tinman apparently found my above comments derogatory. This was certainly not my intention. I'm very aware of what it's like to be called a "retard" up until you do something amazing, at which point those same people will now praise you. I was simply comparing this piece on "nerds" to how the "inspirational autistic" stories have always felt to me.

[Thor]

I'm sorry but I wouldn't just stand there and let these punks do that crap either. Though if they had pulled a gun rather than just punched the guy I would have let them take anything they wanted. I can disarm people of knives and guns but I would never try that unless my life depended on it.

[Redstar]

It's not that they fought over it, but that they apparently only acted once their gaming systems were at stake. That's just stupid.

[Thor]

No I don't think he did it for his gaming system. The video is not the best and no sound so that doesn't help. I think he was doing it because what these punks were doing was total crap.

[Redstar]

  On 8/4/2010 at 1:27 AM, Thor said:

No I don't think he did it for his gaming system. The video is not the best and no sound so that doesn't help. I think he was doing it because what these punks were doing was total crap.

I'm just going off what the actual article stated, which was that they only acted once the gaming system was in jeopardy. I don't know if that's true at all, but if it is I find the situation ridiculous. I just can't fathom the mentality that you'll take whatever shit is put on other people around you, but once your games are in trouble you fight back. It seems somewhat selfish to me.

[Redstar]

  On 8/4/2010 at 1:27 AM, Thor said:

No I don't think he did it for his gaming system. The video is not the best and no sound so that doesn't help. I think he was doing it because what these punks were doing was total crap.

I was just going off what the actual article said, which indicated that the retaliation only occurred once the kid's system was threatened. While we certainly don't know the specifics it just seems rather selfish to me that they'd all just sit there and allow everyone else to get beat on until their games are threatened.