Maryland sniper shootings caused by D & D???!!!!

faZZter

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Why must the press ALWAYS try to link these horrific shootings to games? I am SO sick of it!

This quote is from an article at USA today called "Leaks in sniper case anger police."

Here it is....

"Robert Ressler, a retired FBI profiler, says the card could be a prank. But if the sniper left the card, Ressler said, it could indicate that the sniper is "into weird mysticism. If he's into tarot cards, he's into mysticism and possibly (the role-playing game) Dungeons & Dragons. He's into being fascinated with the unusual."

What a crock. Do these people have any clue at all??!!!
 

Czar

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dumb dumb dumb
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Jzero

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Originally posted by: faZZter
Why must the press ALWAYS try to link these horrific shootings to games? I am SO sick of it!

This quote is from an article at USA today called "Leaks in sniper case anger police."

Here it is....

"Robert Ressler, a retired FBI profiler, says the card could be a prank. But if the sniper left the card, Ressler said, it could indicate that the sniper is "into weird mysticism. If he's into tarot cards, he's into mysticism and possibly (the role-playing game) Dungeons & Dragons. He's into being fascinated with the unusual."

What a crock. Do these people have any clue at all??!!!

LOL. I must have missed the D&D module that added sniping as a skill. Perhaps he's confusing D&D with a more post-modern RPG? I also know plenty of people who are into the occult, and most of them seem to have little interest in firearms....

 

NFS4

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If anything, I say that the FBI profile is full of sh!t. Everyone knows that the sniper plays Unreal Tournament:

[Senseless humour, I don't really mean it, but here it goes]

HEAD SHOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMONSTER KILL KILL KILL KILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
KILLING SPREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[/Senseless humour, I don't really mean it, but here it goes]

Any FBI profiler worth his salt should have gotten that one
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faZZter

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Originally posted by: rh71
But what if it turns out to be true ?


If it turns out to be true (that D&D caused the shootings) I will print out this thread and eat it!!!!! :)
 

amnesiac

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WTF does D&D have to do with tarot cards??

By that logic, he must also be into Everquest, therefore all computer users are suspect.
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While they're at it, why don't they ban the sale of game consoles followed by a lynching of all bestselling fantasy authors?
 

vi edit

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It's Miss Cleo! She's systematically gunning down everyone that dissed her.
 

ReiAyanami

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uh huh, yes the sniper rifle is a critical component of dungeons and gragons. if your rook is able to snipe a pawn and deflect it into the king, you automatically win
 

rudder

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yes its a good thing that guy is retired. If the sniper did leave a tarot card, it just means he is being a cocky son of a beeyatch.
 

BDawg

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Originally posted by: faZZter
Originally posted by: rh71
But what if it turns out to be true ?


If it turns out to be true (that D&D caused the shootings) I will print out this thread and eat it!!!!! :)

Okay guys, time to nef up this thread so he's eating 1000+ threads. ;)
 

Lunarcade

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Originally posted by: amnesiac 2.0
WTF does D&D have to do with tarot cards??

By that logic, he must also be into Everquest, therefore all computer users are suspect.
rolleye.gif

While they're at it, why don't they ban the sale of game consoles followed by a lynching of all bestselling fantasy authors?

Sounds like a plan to me! Let's start a petition... ;)
 

XMan

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Maybe the guy is a disenchanted Hollywood producer who was negatively inspired by the end of "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back."
 

Nitemare

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Wait till someone links it to video games, like counter strike, doom, or what not..

bet his parents listened to too many ozzy osbourne records backwards when he was a kid...


I'm glad this guy is retired...
 

Ameesh

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Originally posted by: NFS4
If anything, I say that the FBI profile is full of sh!t. Everyone knows that the sniper plays Unreal Tournament:

[Senseless humour, I don't really mean it, but here it goes]

HEAD SHOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMONSTER KILL KILL KILL KILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
KILLING SPREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[/Senseless humour, I don't really mean it, but here it goes]

Any FBI profiler worth his salt should have gotten that one
rolleye.gif


my favorite is when i hear ULTRA-KILL!

or RAMPAGE!!!!!!!!


oh man that makes my day!

 

ElFenix

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Originally posted by: Ameesh
Originally posted by: NFS4
If anything, I say that the FBI profile is full of sh!t. Everyone knows that the sniper plays Unreal Tournament:

[Senseless humour, I don't really mean it, but here it goes]

HEAD SHOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMONSTER KILL KILL KILL KILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
KILLING SPREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[/Senseless humour, I don't really mean it, but here it goes]

Any FBI profiler worth his salt should have gotten that one
rolleye.gif


my favorite is when i hear ULTRA-KILL!

or RAMPAGE!!!!!!!!


oh man that makes my day!
i fell through a hole in the map with an insta-gib rifle and managed to get up to rampage!... i think i got higher actually but don't remember what it was.

 

LAUST

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Hmm, a Sniper Rifle huh? Maybe if he went out with a Longsword and did this I might belive that.

But shooting someone with a varmint rifle has nothing to do with any games, he's trying to promote anarchy in the streets to help collapse the system thats in a recession, going on depression. He's prolly jobless or making minimum wage (not enough to actually LIVE on) and soon to be homeless. and his mind is going nuts and he's angry, what does he have to lose type of deal for him.

Thats what I think, someone place their REASONABLE theory and lets see who should be the next J Edgar Hoover ;)
 

ZaneNBK

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I hate morons! DIE! Someone please find that profiler and...

STAB HIM!

(right after you hunt down Jack Chick and his gang :p)
 
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I have three ideas as to who is doing it.
1. It's ex LEO or Military, most likely dishonorably discharged, and is getting back at the people he once protected.
2. It is a person that is doing it as a way of showing us exactly how vulnerable we really are, and will stop the attacks at 10 or so.
3. It is a Al Queda operative.


Either way not right minded person could shoot a kid, which I believe the person that shot the kid is a copycat. All the other shots were clean one hit kills, head shot or heart shot. Clean, quick and effective. The person that shot the kid in the lower back was sloppy and less trained. Possibly even a kid from that school that had a problem with the kid and had access to dads gun cabnet.