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The Red Cross Calls On Gamers To Abide By Real World Rules Of War While Playing First-Person Shooters |
2023-04-30 |
Real World Rule Number 1: It's not a war crime if you don't lose. by Spencer Baculi [BoundingIntoComics] In one of the most out-of-touch attempts in recent memory at spreading awareness of the realities of war, the International Committee of the Red Cross has called on first-person shooter players to follow the real-world Rules of War when answering the call of duty on their respective digital battlefields. “Every day, people play games set in conflict zones right from their couch,” reads the official website for the ICRC’s ‘Play By The Rules’ campaign. “But right now, armed conflicts are more prevalent than ever,” the organization continues. “And to the people suffering from their effects, this conflict is not a game. It destroys lives and leaves communities devastated. Therefore, we’re challenging you to play FPS by the real Rules of War, to show everyone that even wars have rules—rules which protect humanity on battlefields IRL.” Composed of various treaties, laws, and charters adopted over human history such as the Hauge Convention of 1907 and the modern-era Geneva Conventions, the rules of war generally seek to strike a humanitarian balance between “weakening the enemy and limiting suffering”. To this end, the ICRC recommends four-specific rules – all of which are found in the aforementioned Geneva Conventions – for players to follow during games, including: No Thirsting – When an enemy is down and can’t respond, you can’t keep shooting at them. (Based on the Convention’s Article 13, which states “prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity.” In promotion of this campaign, the ICRC partnered with five streamers – DanucD, Zemie, Jukeyz, KingGeorge, and Gingy – to host a six-hour Twitch livestream on April 15th wherein they each ‘played by the rules’ in different games – PubG Battlegrounds, Fortnite, Call of Duty: Warzone, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, and Escape From Tarkov, respectively. Further, the ICRC created a custom Fornite island named after the campaign and invited players to “learn to follow REAL Rules of War in this competitive mode”. Read the rest at the link Related: Red Cross: 2023-04-18 After major Yemen prisoner swap, another 104 released: ICRC Red Cross: 2023-04-17 Salang Tragedy: Taliban Refuse to Deliver War Victims’ Bodies to Families, Freedom Front Reports Red Cross: 2023-04-15 Over 800 Yemen civil war prisoners set for release as part of UN-backed swap |
Posted by:badanov |
#4 Old but still a classic: [2007 Cracked.com] The Ultimate War Simulation Game... |
Posted by: magpie 2023-04-30 10:35 |
#3 It could lead to a new genre where you have to operate under restrictive political Pentagon ROEs and try not to get yourself blown up or prosecuted. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2023-04-30 10:23 |
#2 nope. Caedite eos omnes. Novit Dominus qui sunt eius. |
Posted by: Mercutio 2023-04-30 10:17 |
#1 Not the Bee™, indeed! Reminds me of the "demonic" Dungeons & Dragons™ idiocy. |
Posted by: magpie 2023-04-30 00:22 |