Halo 2 Tourny Gets Canned by Cops
Zach Wigal had spent a lot of hard work and dedication trying to plan a Halo 2 tournament in his school. He had spent $650 of his own money renting out the location. Wigal had promoted the event on MySpace, Facebook, etc. About 300 people responded and were going to attend the tournament. A concerned parent, however, called the police regarding the amount of people attending the competition and request a security personnel. Instead of taking care of the problem at hand, the officer instead took the issue in his own hands, and declared that the game has unsuitable content for those under 17 years of age.
“I’m not saying boycott the game, I just think that kids 17 and under playing an M-rated game for money is not something appropriate for the high school,”
The call had nothing to do with the game’s rating or anything, and even so, there were about ten shaparones ready to tend for any children who have seen the first headshot in their life. In fact, the person who called the police was Zac’s own father. But what right does a police officer have to do with allowing the tournament or not? There are very young professionally signed players who are nationally recognized, so would that mean that the cops should shut down the likes of the MLG?
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April 1st, 2007 at 11:24 am
No kidding, I play Halo 1 at my school every now and then, and it really is pretty low scale. The problem is that it is just a hair too high for a Teen rating. We should have a new rating system so Halo could be like a T 10 and man hunt would be a M 10, Zelda would be around T 4 etc.
April 1st, 2007 at 11:57 am
Haha, they shoulda tazared em all… evil little munchkins and their devil software!!! rofl
April 1st, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Hmmmmm… Halo, “M” Vs. GTA, “M” Theres a difference!
Halo 2 really has like no blood in multi-player. That cop should have been reprimanded. Or Zacs father should of hired security himself.
I think the Cops is Jack Thompsons Brother… DAMN HIM!!
April 1st, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Just to straighten things out for my own understanding.
I’m guessing in the USA that the “M” rating means that kids under 17 shouldn’t be sold the game.
If that’s the case then the cops had every right to stop them playing, it is the law after all. If a parent buys the title for their kid, that’s a different story. Also if they were under age they should have had their parents sign written permission slips just to make it all officially o.k. by everyones standards.
April 1st, 2007 at 11:36 pm
Permission slips and/or release forms would’ve cleared the school and organizers of any liability and should’ve been signed and distributed anyway ANY time you have a function involving minors, especially with money changing hands. The cop could’ve shut them down for gambling too.
I know this kid just wanted to have a good time and probably did do a lot of work, but he skipped a really really important step.
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:39 am
My own father!
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:53 am
Bah … it’s a video game that is not even as violent as the crap that is on TV … you are basically just killing some Aliens … what teen-ager has not seen an Alien killing Sci-fi splatter fest movie. I bet they have all seen Starship Troopers. This is a joke … the kid did nothing wrong … the game is played by all these kids … it’s not like he was offering them drugs or instructing them to play for the first time. And even if he was giving lessons so what! IT IS A FRICKIN SCI-FI Space Adventure …
April 13th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
I second that Anuban. ..and like ZaVaZ said this cop is probably related to “Jack Thompson”. This had nothing to do with gambling, winner’s were to be given prizes and cash. It wasn’t even going to be held at school. It says it was a rented facility the kid paid for himself!!!
April 16th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Im ….. GAY!!!!