Red Cross Campaign Urges Gamers to Stop Committing War Crimes, Attacking NPCs


Oh, wow.

Something even gayer and more retarded.

RT:

The International Committee of the Red Cross is urging gamers to adhere to real-life rules of engagement while playing their favorite first-person shooters. The NGO claims its “Play by the Rules” campaign, launched last week on its official Twitch channel, will “show everyone that even wars have rules – rules which protect humanity on battlefields IRL (in real life).”

To attract gamers to the campaign, the Red Cross drafted a few popular Twitch streamers to broadcast themselves fighting honorably on its channel, setting them loose on well-known titles including Call of Duty: Warzone, Rainbow 6 Siege, PUBG Battlegrounds, and Escape from Tarkov. The group even created its own game mode in the title Fortnite that incorporates the laws of combat.

The rules include a ban on “thirsting” (shooting downed or otherwise incapacitated enemies), no attacking non-violent NPCs (non-player characters), no targeting civilian buildings, and mandatory use of medical kits to heal anyone wounded, no matter the alliance of the injured party.

“Every day, people play games set in conflict zones right from their couch. But right now, armed conflicts are more prevalent than ever,” the group’s website states. “To the people suffering from their effects, this conflict is not a game.” The project is supposed to “protect the humanity and dignity of people all over the world,” according to the ICRC.

Let’s really fight back against this by committing as many war crimes as possible in video games.

And in real life.