BeelthazusI've made jokes in the past about this kind of stuff among my friends and inner circlejerk, but the truth is I've always feared this exact eventuality. There is a critical mental health problem in the world right now, even more exclusive in the united states. Made even more server because of the availability of guns and the willingness to use them. It takes an incredible sad and cowardly person to bring a gun to a place of unarmed civilians, and indiscriminately take the lives of people who only welcomed that person into their community.
I'm going to need sometime to reflect on this mentally and emotionally shocking incident that directly effects all gaming community's across the board. My heart goes out to everyone who was injured and slain so coldblooded and without reason in this incident. Puts a whole new prospective on wearing Kevlar to LAN...
that's what happens when it's this easy to obtain a gun, and when mental health institution population in the United States declines from 500k to about 25k over the course of 5 decades. it's convincingly evident that the United States requires a mental health reform to help reduce mass shooting incidents
frenzy_Spuwishaccording to LA times the guy was a competitor who lost previously in the tournament
...valve trade banned him because of some shenanigans with a gambling website. So he murdered two people and killed himself over it.
the trade ban was almost certainly not directly responsible for his decision to commit a double-murder suicide, and was merely fuel to the fire. he had already been dealing with mental issues prior to the ban, given that he didn't post anything on youtube or twitter for over 2 months preceding the ban, which might've been when his mental health issues began to seep into his everyday functionality. but that's just my two cents on the matter, take it with a grain of salt