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Pedophiles Offer Game Points in Return for Photos

July 28, 2008 in News comments 29

The Article: An incompetent Lieutenant tries to pin even more crimes on videogames, while admitting that it is "just one of his personal theories, as in not fact."

The Real Issue: Ever since the dawn of competitive internet gaming, this has been a tactic used by pedophiles to score pictures of their victims. It basically is internet prostitution.

What.... the.... hell?

Orlando's Channel Six news is reporting that pedophiles are offering "game points" in exchange for nude images of children sent through video games.

Well reporting is a bit of an overstatement, they declare that in their headline and the first sentence of their "story" but never really explain what the hell they're going on about. In fact the entire story is a mess of quotes, misstatements and supposition that never gets around to actually explaining what the story is about.

There is, for instance, this quote:

"Kids are playing games, and they are being asked to take photos of themselves naked in order to get game points," state attorney Cybercrime Detective Lt. David Maurer said. "There is not only the chatting version of the games but also a webcam involved."

So this lieutenant with some unnamed police department (one can assume Orlando) apparently thinks that some games (video games?) involve taking photo and sending them to some people (pedophiles?).

But then the lieutenant returns to the story a graph later to say that this is actually just one of his personal theories, as in not fact.

The story then mentions that the most popular games are Halo 3, Call Of Duty, Final Fantasy and Grand Theft Auto. Wait does that mean you get points for sending naked pictures of yourself to pedophiles while playing Call of Duty or Halo 3?

Who knows, but the news channel quotes two parents who are "worried, scared." Don't worry, I'm right with you. I'm worried that whatever idiot who wrote this story might have actually broadcast it and I'm scared that this "reporter" might strike again.
Deathsythe via kotaku.com »
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  • 2
    Slumpy monkey Jul 28, 08
    Lol WTF? Halo isn't even points based Lol, and it doesn't have video chat. wtf? These paedophiles must be some good hackers to hack the game to allow video chat and give you points ALL while avoiding MS. Wow smart guys.

    EDIT- Why did someone thumb down all my comments?

    Retards these days
    • 2
      Big A2 Jul 28, 08
      Or they just send the photo and never get the "points".
  • 3
    RabidChinaGirl Jul 28, 08
    Oh my God... I did laugh at the article, but pedophilia is seriously creepy as hell.
  • 1
    Play ISDF Jul 28, 08
    I hate fools like this. So annoying.
  • 2
    Seproth Jul 28, 08
    awhhh...too bad I'm too old. I want free game points!
    • 1
      Slumpy monkey Jul 28, 08
      I kept my part of the deal.

      Now you keep yours......
  • 6
    Gutter_Tech Jul 28, 08
    i would like to point out that all of those games, except for final fantasy, have mature ratings and that children shouldnt be playing them. so if parents are doing their jobs and monitoring what media their children are exposed to, then pedophiles would nt be able to find children on games like this. and they would have to go to bob the builder online just like the rest of us.
  • -2
    Slumpy monkey Jul 28, 08
    I can just imagine a paedophile on WOW trying to get some photos from a chinese gold farmer.

    The paedophile is all like
    "You give picky and I give goldy now, now, yes, yes?"
  • -3
    ShadowJ Jul 29, 08
    oh shi- they're onto me!

    lame, probably the brother of Jack Thompson
  • 0
    Jaw Knee Jul 29, 08
    I am a victim of this crime.
  • 2
    Lost_Cause Jul 29, 08
    omg free halo points you say? lemme get my camera
  • 3
    Solid Snake 4Life Jul 29, 08
    No offense but if your kid is dumb enough to do that then they should be punched in the face.
    • 2
      Deathsythe Jul 29, 08
      That brings us to the real issue at hand here- the fact that parents should be at least somewhat interested and concerned with their children's activities on the internet.
  • 6
    Pedoman Jul 29, 08
    LIESSS

    SLANDER AND LIES!!!!!!
  • -3
    JRYDER101 Jul 29, 08
    freaks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • 0
    Solid Snake 4Life Jul 29, 08
    I think it brings up the fact that people are kidding dumber. I mean parents would it kill you to sit down for one hour with your family and watch an episode of Law and Order SVU?
    • 1
      Play ISDF Jul 29, 08
      If it's Law and Order SVU I'd have to say yes.
      • 0
        Drogo Baggins Jul 29, 08
        Law and Order sucks....

        Every episode I've ever seen is about Rape. It's disturbing.
        • 0
          Deathsythe Jul 29, 08
          Um, that's why its SVU. Special Victims Unit.

          quote
          In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

          But we digress.
        • 0
          Drogo Baggins Jul 29, 08
          Yeah, so? I don't like a dramatic TV series dedicated to rape...I apologize?
        • 0
          Deathsythe Jul 30, 08
          No, I was just pointing out that SVU is specifically geared to sexual offenses, that's why every episode you've seen is about rape. CI or even just regular L&O would be quite different.

        • 0
          RabidChinaGirl Jul 30, 08
          I'm a huge fan of the Law & Order (original is still the best, to quote TNT). Yes, SVU deals a lot with rape, but having followed the series so closely, you're really oversimplifying it. A lot of the episodes just involve crimes against children or women, and it's not always of a sexual nature.

          Granted, between L&O, SVU, and CI (criminal intent), SVU is the one I can't watch for hours on end because it does get pretty "wtf." Some research showed that quite a few of the original and CI's episodes are based on real life events (explaining why they have a disclaimer in front of every episode to say otherwise, avoiding liability)... I hope SVU isn't the same way because it can get pretty freaking sick....
        • 0
          Drogo Baggins Jul 30, 08
          quote rabid China Girl
          Yes, SVU deals a lot with rape, but having followed the series so closely, you're really oversimplifying it. A lot of the episodes just involve crimes against children or women, and it's not always of a sexual nature.
          Well, I'm sure not every single episode is about rape. I'm just saying that, seriously, every single episode I've ever seen of Law and Order is about rape. I have a pretty weak stomach when it comes to stuff like that.

          Like, I can watch a Saw movie, and have stuff that violent/gory hardly effect me at all, but the day they put a rape scene in a Saw movie is the day I stop watching them. The subject just disturbs me.

          The only movie I've ever been able to like that includes a "rape scene" is Kill Bill Vol. 1. There's a part that alludes to the main character being raped while she was in a coma, which is pretty extreme(in a bad way) for me. The movie's just so great, though, I have to look past that part.
        • 1
          RabidChinaGirl Jul 31, 08
          quote Drogo Baggins
          Well, I'm sure not every single episode is about rape. I'm just saying that, seriously, every single episode I've ever seen of Law and Order is about rape. I have a pretty weak stomach when it comes to stuff like that.
          Hey, it's cool. It's good to know people aren't getting desensitized to that sort of thing even with the media constantly throwing crazy shit at us.
    • 0
      kik36 Jul 29, 08
      LMFAO WTF?! "People are KIDDING dumber". Oh man that was irony for ya!! Can't say watching SVU with the kids is a great idea either but I understand your line of thought.....scare the shit outta the little bastards!!!
      • 0
        Seproth Jul 29, 08
        Why not go all out then? Just get one of you're friends to "kidnap" them for a week. See if they ever get in a strangers car again.

        Tough love is the best love there is!
  • 0
    Shadow net583x s Jul 30, 08
    Wait....people got game points for them? All I got was a thank you, and a $400k settlement after the court case, but that's besides the point.
  • -1
    Solid Snake 4Life Jul 30, 08
    Wow I missed that typo, oh well to lazy to edit. But is Law and Order really any worse then those movies you watched in school? I remember in one this guy told his friends he didn't want to do drugs so they beat the shit out of them and then ashed thier cigs on him.
    It didn't show them putting it out but they leaned in and then it did a shot of the house and the kid screamed.
    • 0
      Play ISDF Jul 31, 08
      The movies in school are usually plain ol' boring, especially for English or something where you have to analyze every little detail instead of enjoying it. SVU can put me to sleep, so yes, yes it is worse. Instead I suggest a good family sit down to watch Stargate, it has a lot to do with physics and theoretical science and that kinda thing in places, but explains it to the audience so they understand too, yet it's still super interesting with action and a huge universe and such.

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