Do nothing.

We saw it coming from a mile away. If you've heard about V-tech Rampage, a Flash game simulating the events of the biggest shootout in the U.S., you know that some lawyer from somewhere would stand up and say something against it - even if he has no idea what he's talking about.

Coming from New York, Senator Andrew Lanza came up to say something against the game. "There are certain things in life you don't make light of and should not be turning into a game. It's not a game, it's a tremendous loss of life."

We may share his sentiment, but we know more than asking retailers and manufacturers to shun the game. He even compared V-tech Rampage, a Flash game made by unemployed 21-year old Ryan Lambourn (Sydney, Austraila), to upcoming commercial game Grand Theft Auto IV.

As if unfamiliar to the gaming scene, he commented "You've got Grand Theft Auto where you murder police officers. To me, I can't imagine people marketing and distributing it, and putting it in the hands of kids, but it's happening." Apparently, he has no idea about Flash games that thousands of users create everyday, to compare it with actual commercial games and talk to retailers, manufacturers, and websites about it.
-QJ.net
Source of Article: http://blog.silive.com/advanceupdate/2007/05/
vtech_rampage_internet_game_sp.html

Well....I guess this was really bound to happen. Well, I would love a comment on this one from PigPen. :P Is this Mission Failed or Accomplished? :P Oh and I'm for keeping it on NG, after all, it's a Flash Game, there's always a little X button since no ones forcing you to play it.

At 5/18/07 12:14 AM, buddycuffs wrote: Oh noes.

omg...I'm the 666 poster. o.o

At 5/17/07 11:20 PM, Adam-Ant wrote: really hope that this vtech shit gets ng shut down for good

That's like saying, "Damn, I have a wart on my hand, hope I'm killed soon." In other words, V-Tech can be taken off of Newgrounds and was not made by Newgrounds, so shutting down NG is retarded and illogical. Thanks for being a douche.

At 5/17/07 12:03 AM, DFox wrote:

At 5/16/07 11:58 PM, ReignOfHell wrote: and in the end it was a joke, a joke to piss off tight-asses and people who don't read. He's not going to get money, and was proven by the fact that no one has donated to the cause of taking down the game.

Augh some of you are unbelievably naive. A number of people have said how it was a joke.

Just because he puts it there and then states "it was a joke", that doesn't automatically define it as a complete joke.

Does ANYONE here honestly believe that if someone sent him money he was going to give it back?? NO. Of course not. So just because he didn't get any money, that doesn't make it a joke. If he had gotten money he would have went with it, but after he saw it was failing, hell, why not try to make it look like a joke?

All very valid points, but as it stands. Nothing has happened. Not a single donation, even before he released the detail that it was just to piss people off. And you're right, if it had succeeded, he might have actually rolled with the idea. He would have kept the money, because by then, it would be his, but I still have a bit of an idea that nothing about where the game stands now and where it would've been if the money had gone through wouldn't have changed his mind about keeping it. It's his game, it's the interweb, it's his to roam even if it's "Cold" or wrong to others.

Shit, I thought I could edit, sorry about the surely response. But my vote still stands to tweaking the post for the benefit of saying that PigPens PayPal account was a joke to get people upset. Owell. Back to trolling.

At 5/16/07 11:46 PM, klonnicus wrote: i wouldnt have any problem with it if the ass werent asking for people to pay him to take it down. that devalidates the whole freedom of speech issue for me. he could fold and id still respect him, or he could stand by his rights.... but the pay me and ill take it down thing just makes him seem like a giant douche.

Okay, these are valid points if you had read the previous forum instead of coming out guns swinging with "OMGHEWANTS$$$!?!" Because in truth, yes he does want money, and in the end it was a joke, a joke to piss off tight-asses and people who don't read. He's not going to get money, and was proven by the fact that no one has donated to the cause of taking down the game. So much for big speeches and taking off the game. I would love it if Ross could tweak that message for the sake of people like you who just noticed the topic.

At 5/16/07 09:50 AM, NewShape wrote: remember this guys

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=21 6303

Nuff said, if you care to read the reviews. :)

A triumph of free speech and creative freedom. May 12, 2007
Reviewed by: AstralProjection

Overall Score: 8
I put close to zero credence in reviews due to various spam groups propagating their agenda of awards manipulation and the vast morass that is ignorant, unquestioning public opinion (amongst other things), but I feel compelled to review this flash despite the almost inherent futility of the act.

First and foremost, I commend you on how you conveyed the events of the massacre. People playing the game had to follow a rough parallel of the final day of Cho Seung-Hui's life to advance the story. You included some popular conjecture of Cho's motives that has been circulating around the internet into this storyline, but that definitely fits the bill stylistically considering the various internet slang and memes referenced throughout.

While the pixel graphics were adequate the sound is where you really excelled. People familiar with the case will instantly recognize the song "Shine" by Collective Soul. Cho listened to this song compulsively and even inscribed the lyrics on a dorm wall. During the second phase of the game that includes a stealth-based theme, Mr. Brownstone is played. This is a reference to the name of a disturbing play written by Cho. At Norris Hall, where the main massacre takes place, there are many witty aphorisms you included that Cho seemingly thinks to himself during the massacre. Some of these include the extent of the damage he inflicts, the killing of false idols (which he mentions in his manifesto), and of course the Zerg "bullet" rush. A particularly interesting quip is intoned after killing Professor Liviu Librescu.

All in all, this was a decent game rife with entertaining witticisms that demonstrate this was all done in jest, with no real malicious intent. It was unique and for the most part, well thought out. Sure, some will infer that this was made in poor taste. Maybe a disclaimer asserting sympathies to anyone involved could have been handy to help people generally acquiesce, while simultaneously letting your true intent be conveyed. This deserves recognition, but I fear it will be the wrong type.

On the day this game was created (or so) I read a incredible review, and I thought that if this wasn't said again, than it wouldn't be said anywhere. Unless the original Author AstralProjection were to come to this post and say it again. Simply brilliant.

Decline 3 tottally deserved the top rank, period.

Funny. Cool stuff.

*Looks both ways, jumps out a window.*

1. Fav Movie.

Armageddon Redux

2. Fav Car Company

GMC

3. Fav Mobile Phone Company

Verizon

4. Fav Soft Drink

Pepsi

5. Fav Music

Rock

6. How much Butter do you put on your Toast?

Lots.

7. What colour is your Nicest Shirt?

Black/Blue

8. How much money do you earn?

About 100+.

9. When on/in a vehile, how fast do you go?

Very fast, but slow when the cops are around...

10. What is your overall look on life?(Keep it short)

Everything is supposed to be my way, except for some things.

"Anime sucks just because, and everything on Newgrounds rocks just because, and when they mix, I get a seizure."

I concur.

E! True Hollywood Stories material, "Bugs Bunny, The Racist."

Lots of Goatse and Hentai mi thinks.

Only Airsoft, and paintball guns is all I've ever found on eBay, better off looking around elsewhere.

You're obvisouly new to the BBS.

To the BBS, yes, Newgrounds on the whole...Nope...Yet My whole thing there was, put in something whitty as a jargan to entertain myself.

In the end, do it the American way, with a condom or without. It's up to the woman really...

Oh Buffalo Bob, how can we forget you?

(Couldn't find a picture of the guy...Damn you Google!)

Nope can't say I know you, if anything all you should do now is reastablish yourself with this account.

Going under your basement playing video games for several months and never taking a shower or keeping up your hygiene in any way what so ever. After those months try to talk to a girl, can't be done and if it can than by god you're either sexy or lucky.

All I can truly say is this, didn't the lead singer from Nirvana die? And if that's the case I hope he isn't one of those Cliched people who play the Beggining of "Smell's like Teen Spirit" for hours on end while smoking weed. There's simply no point, he's not rising out of the grave any millenium soon.

Whitty and untained CheezNapkins goes into the real world unaware of the suspecting lurkers ready to snare him with witty comments and unsuspecting dialogue and even...pictures off the internet. *Dramatic theme music rolls in.*

"Get back, get back, you don't know me like that."

-Some Black Rapper Unbeknownst to Me

She has frilly glowing red eyes and it's actually hard to say if she's descibing the size of a Brain or a Penis. Look's like she's about to go into "KrzeeBijhatAk" mode.

Looks awsome, if anything, it'll exceed some expectations. I just hope the glitches are smoothed, so even if they're there...they're silenced for a time.

Awsome, gotta try this shit out.

People who use the expression, "I'm going to kill you." It's never happened once, and it's irritating when people ask me what time it is when they have a Cell Phone or clock with them. Yet the worse (to me) is when I read a review that's so incredibley stupid and n00bish that I simply loose intelligence.

Boring, so I suppose it could post as Bad.