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by 1MachineElf 1324 days ago
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/

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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...