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The D&D Murder

Started by GRIM, October 25, 2006, 02:33:40 PM

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J Arcane

#15
October 26, 2006, 04:12:34 PM
Quote from: WeeklyIf RpgNet's Darth Tang is to be believed, there was also an attempted Shadowrun murder. It looks like D&D fans still kick Shadowrun fans' arses. Yay us ! ;)
I'd take everything Officer Friendly says with a massive truckload of salt.  There's even been some who suspect he's not even actually a cop.

He basically posts everything he does to stir up shit.
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October 27, 2006, 07:54:52 AM
Quote from: J ArcaneI'd take everything Officer Friendly says with a massive truckload of salt.  There's even been some who suspect he's not even actually a cop.

He basically posts everything he does to stir up shit.

Sure, I'd need a whole salt mine to deal with this particular story, even if I read about it in the Washington Post. But the man knows how to tell a story, doesn't he ?
And his 'Smug Obtuse Redneck Republican Cop You'd Like To Hate' act is also a thing of beauty. When I think about it, I still hear GMS gnashing his teeth. Those were the days...
 

mattormeg

#17
October 27, 2006, 08:34:12 AM
Quote from: VellorianUpon reading the article, several things stand out to me:

I think it's legitimate to call it a "D&D murder" based upon several items:

1) Although he is involved in "Santeria, Voodoo, parapsychology, spiritualism and all manner of other things," none of those typically involve using a "38-inch samurai sword" to challenge someone to a duel and then strike them down.  I must concede that I have seen this type of activity, repeatedly, in various D&D games.  Thus, while I find it extremely unfortunate that someone as insane as this man obviously is, I think it's accurate.

2) "Flemons' lawyer says he is schizophrenic with a psychotic obsession with fantasy role-playing games, including Dungeons & Dragons."  That, in itself, creates an immediate "name calling" for the game.  Unfortunate though it is.

3) Knowing how the media choose their article headings, they like to pick the most lurid and emotional of issues and they also like to keep their word count to a minimum.  Frankly, "D&D Murder" fits those criteria much better than "Fantasy Game Murder" or "Samurai Sword Murder" or "Santaria Murder" or even "Schizoid Murder."  Unfortunate, yes, but understandable and typical.

Interestingly, I find several other elements significantly more disturbing:

1) He's being ruled incompetent.  I think if he's competent enough to make a sword and then challenge someone to a duel, murder them in cold blood with cold steel and then calmly buy a beer and a cigarette and wait for the cops, then he's about as competent as I can imagine.  

2) It's only considered "second degree murder."  Now that one really baffles me.

I've been labeled an "idealist."  In my "ideal world" this guy would have had a trial the next day, been found guilty (no one is actually denying that he did it, thus, he's guilty), hung and his body donated to science.  

Ayup.  That'd be the ideal situation.  Oh, and whatever he owned would be sold and the proceeds given to the family of the victim.

I actually think "The Santeria Murder" sounds better. It's the one I would have gone with. Of course, my world doesn't change one iota whether D&D is reviled or revered, so they can knock themselves out.

rcsample

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October 27, 2006, 10:25:20 AM
Quote from: VellorianUpon reading the article, several things stand out to me:

I think it's legitimate to call it a "D&D murder" based upon several items:

1) Although he is involved in "Santeria, Voodoo, parapsychology, spiritualism and all manner of other things," none of those typically involve using a "38-inch samurai sword" to challenge someone to a duel and then strike them down.  I must concede that I have seen this type of activity, repeatedly, in various D&D games.

Maybe it should be called the "Legend of the Five Rings" murder or the "Bushido" murder.  Probably wouldn't have the same impact.
 

SunBoy

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October 27, 2006, 08:34:10 PM
The name of the stiff ain't Bill, right? Cause now THAT would've been a headline.
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Blackthorne

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December 31, 2009, 11:05:23 PM
BLOOD GAMES by Jerry Bledsoe. Another "True Life Crime" book about D&D murder.
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