[Loughla]

In high school, a friend of mine was kicked out of school and we were all visited by the police for making a counterstrike map based on our high school.

We did it because it's a maze of blind corners and weird little hidey-hole closets.

But oh boy did I learn about art protections through that process. They don't exist when it comes to violence of any kind, even perceived violence.

[1MachineElf]

It was rumored the Columbine killers had re-created their highschool campus layout in Doom. It was only a rumor[0], but enough people believed it, or at least it indulged their confirmation bias, that game levels are now taken seriously as threats. No doubt the swift response to your counterstrike map was influenced by that legacy.

[0] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-harris-levels/

[TeMPOraL]

This is absolutely crazy and saddening. My whole childhood and teenage years I dreamed of recreating some locations from my life in an action-adventure/FPS setting (was thinking more urban exploration than shooters, but still). I also couldn't understand why even games happening ostensibly in a well-known city would be so obviously inaccurate with their recreation. Nowadays I know why...