Online gaming: Texas style (625 hits)
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Submitted by Great Angst! (View user info) at 2004-11-18 16:58:24 EST
Only in my fucked up state of Texas would someone think of this ...
http://www.live-shot.com : the real-time, online, hunting and shooting experience.
For a small fee, you can shoot a computer-controlled gun on a secluded ranch in the Texas hill country. Right now "online shooters" are able to fire ten .22 caliber rounds at paper and silhouette targets, but online "live game" hunting is coming soon ... perfect for disabled and handicapped hunters (WTF?? -- according to the website).
They will even mail you a 1 minute-35 second DVD of your shooting session ... and the paper target that you missed on ten attempts.
An online "attendant" stays beside the Winchester M70 wired to a Dell Dimension 3000 -- and is available to "answer questions (e-mail, instant messaging), provide assistance, and ensure a quality experience."
Since I live here in Texas, this seems pretty silly. People here already shoot their real guns all the time -- in the woods, sitting in traffic, at the grocery store, or in church.
Hell, I might consider becoming a member if they open a Live-Shot franchise in Washington, D.C.
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Submitted by RaineLark (user info) at 2005-07-14 14:23:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My gradute seminar group studying new media actually discussed this. There also used to be a garden that you could water, plant, etc. remotely from the internet. That's way dumber than tele-hunting!
Submitted by Istaros (user info) at 2005-07-14 14:06:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
"One time, at about 8 in the morning, all fucked up on drugs, we wound up watching this hunting show on public access. They had retards out in the woods. They would wait for a little deer to come in to range. They would hand the gun to the retard and he/she would kill the deer. Everyone would cheer. It was probably the creepiest thing I've ever seen on TV."
HAHAHAHAHAHAH
you'd LOVE Texas
EVERYone here is a retard
Submitted by Random_Ho (user info) at 2004-11-18 19:18:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
guns make me wet
Submitted by ICO (user info) at 2004-11-18 17:22:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Wouldn't that thing recoil? +1 for ultimate Laziness.
Submitted by Norman (user info) at 2004-11-18 17:19:51 EST (#)
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Why in the fuck is there a scope on that gun???
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-11-18 17:14:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I think that's cool
Submitted by IamNotTheWorldTradeCenter (user info) at 2004-11-18 17:04:44 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
One time, at about 8 in the morning, all fucked up on drugs, we wound up watching this hunting show on public access. They had retards out in the woods. They would wait for a little deer to come in to range. They would hand the gun to the retard and he/she would kill the deer. Everyone would cheer. It was probably the creepiest thing I've ever seen on TV.
Reading about this made me feel the same way.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2004-11-18 17:00:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
COOL