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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