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Gamers vs Robbers... "You ain't takin' my DS Lite! RAAAAGH!!!"
Xehalus
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Two masked robbers that targeted an internet gaming center in Kaneohe, Hawaii... Wednesday night never expected their victims to fight back. But they did and it was all caught on video.
This isn't something police encourage but the gamers say they were protecting their home.
It is just before midnight on Wednesday. Devin Wolery is sitting at the counter at PC Gamerz in Kaneohe watching over his nine customers when two masked men walk in.
"They came in and they started yelling at me like they had a problem with me," said Wolery.
Video surveillance shows him reaching to push a panic button to alert police when things escalate.
"Boom right there, jumps and punches me in the face -- knocks my glasses off."
Customers are unaware what's happening when he's struck again and that gets their attention.
"They start yelling at the customers, tell them to give them their money," said Wolery. "They were also making movements like they had a gun or some other kind of weapon."
Customers hand over whatever change they have while a suspect punches video monitors at the counter but the cameras are still rolling. That's when the suspect in black approaches Dylan Hays.
"They tried to take his DS, his Nintendo DS and he wasn't having that -- so he came back swinging," said Wolery.
"Then he hit me and I kind of just got angry and I bull-rushed him out there door," said Hays.
"I pulled him down the ground over here, the table got moved and I had him down on the ground he was still hitting me," said Wolery. "Dylan pulls off the guys mask -- he runs out the door -- his friends are outside waiting. Let's get out of here, let's get out of here and we were holding one guy in and still fighting him and the other guys come into the store --pull him out and take off."
Police are on the scene in minutes. Three teenagers are caught and arrested a block away, two 17-year-old boys and 18-year-old Brycen Iona. All three are familiar to the gamers.
"They were customers of us they gave us their information their personal information," said Wolery.
"I wish I was there," said Jim Wolery who is grateful his son's customers were there for him.
"I mean we're gamers, we've been immersed in that culture where like we all want to Superman, you know we're missing something partial in our brain that says yeah this might be dangerous," said Hays.
"We want to have people think of this as their home that they can come play games, find new friends talk to people," said Wolery.
"I mean its Devin's place but it's also ours, like this is where we come to hang out," said Hays.
All three suspects were released pending further investigation.
http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Gamers-fight-back-after-robbers-target-PC-Gamerz/WMy-MNzMI06S172O3OfJTg.cspx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb7CNfMs65c
This is why I play, Video Games.
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Except when they aren't.
Hmmmm.
Letting nerds believe they can take on the average joe in a fight with nothing but their mad DS skillz.
Oh that shit happens all the time, every so often you'll hear a story how some woman was raped in public or whatever other terrible thing happens and everyone just stands there and watches. It's actually got a name, but I can't remember what it is.
Train wreck mentality, I assume.
Also, those 'robbers' obviously thought they were mugging a bunch of geeks who couldn't defend themselves. They weren't exactly a threat.
(Neither were their targets, apparently.)
Yeah, or "It's none of my business."
Pretty despicable, but then again that's probably why heroes are more treasured cause they actually got off their ass and did something.
http://www.switched.com/2008/11/14/why-you-should-never-try-to-steal-a-law-students-laptop/
I play them because they are fun.
haha, wow
bet that burglar felt like a silly goose
Oh bullshit, all that time working at Valve, you are like an expert in hats and warfare.
Clearly, there is no better medium for teaching yourself self defense than video games.
EDIT: Those kids are stupidly lucky.
I think one of them was hacking.
edit: t Munkus' story of course
It's the Bystander Effect. A person is less likely to help the more people there are around.
People perceive blame as being diffused across everyone present. So if it's just you and a person attacking someone else, it's entirely your fault if they're not helped. But if there are 20 witnesses, it's only 1/20th your fault.
There's also the fact that people determine how to act in unfamiliar situations in part by studying the reactions of others, so the more people that aren't helping, the less likely an additional bystander is to help.
http://www.audioentropy.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_sINQ4Fxzw
You mean to tell me that all these years playing Zelda games hasn't made me into an expert swordsman!?
Can you even lift a sword.
considering how expensive art supplies are
they would've walked away with an ass full of wax fruit
man, read the story again.
It's not about the actual, material value of the thing.
It's about the emotional value of the thing.
Brains > Brawn
At least, against unnarmed thugs.
I really can't.
I've never even thrown a punch before.
See I find this to be bullshit. I just, I don't think I could stand there watching or walk by. This is why I need to learn a martial art or at least get ripped, also I need titanium skin and knife vision.
Then again, I use to work at the GameStop closest to Gary Indiana, so about 70% of our customers where gang bangers who acted tough as shit until you yelled at them then acted like school kids who got yelled at by the teacher. I did get a drive by threatened on me once by some guys running a scam on me.
""They tried to take his DS, his Nintendo DS and he wasn't having that -- so he came back swinging," said Wolery.
"Then he hit me and I kind of just got angry and I bull-rushed him out there door," said Hays."
Sounds more like he nerd raged on them.
EDIT: Wait I don't think I know what I'm talking about.
I mostly meant Arts as in English/Philosophy students. But yeah, if it was an Arts student whose supplies were being stolen dear god nothing would stop the eternal beating of that crook. More so if it was the art diary for the semester.
i know people who would hurt people for mixing up the colors in their marker box, let alone trying to take it
copics grow on you after a while
this doesn't even make sense
I've lifted one of my friend's katanas. I doubt it was a real one but those are actually pretty light.
Even so, even if I could pick one up I'd sooner poke my own eye out than anything else, and I don't think anybody else who's also had about zero training in swordsmanship would be any different.
yeah theyre a bunch of pussies
id go rob one right now if there was any chance theyd own anything of monetary value
Roll a grapple check
Real swords weigh as much as a tuck and do as much crushing as they do cutting.
Wait I think I get it now.
Dude's play a lot of games, gets his adrenaline working often, gets used too that and can react in a timely manner.
Which is bullshit in my opinion, if they weren't threatening to take his DS, but his life instead he would have pissed his pants right then and there.