General / Off-Topic Video game pits China against Japan over island dispute

[PIXEL]

Thought this might be a good off topic interest:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-23532087

So.. can a large group of game players decide the fate/outcome of a war over sovereignty in real life?
Round up enough well informed and opinionated players and fight it out in virtual reality first. Play, decide, no lives lost???

Before the virtual battle I visualise a global advertising campaign encouraging everyone to get the latest game patch, ensuring all participants use the same joystick and weeks of political debate before the fight starts... losers lose their passport, their home and identity - everything!

What a strange planet we live on.

Could this be a vision of future wars?... or are we already playing?

 

[PacalB]

Thought this might be a good off topic interest:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-23532087

So.. can a large group of game players decide the fate/outcome of a war over sovereignty in real life?
Round up enough well informed and opinionated players and fight it out in virtual reality first. Play, decide, no lives lost???

Before the virtual battle I visualise a global advertising campaign encouraging everyone to get the latest game patch, ensuring all participants use the same joystick and weeks of political debate before the fight starts... losers lose their passport, their home and identity - everything!

What a strange planet we live on.

Could this be a vision of future wars?... or are we already playing?

So the US/EU makes games like COD, Battlefield 3, Arma 3 etc etc and its just a game/sim, China makes a game like this and its propaganda? *SHOCK HORROR!* Yeah, that makes sense ... what a pile of !

 

[jan]

Looks like something we have against Russia in the sea north of our country, been so since the ww2 since its a Fishing bank that have oil and gas reserves in em. diplomacy have failed for years and most dont want to talk loudly about the issue so it never been resolved.

We got a silly joke about the issue

A Russian Submarine captain got Arrested inside Our borders, the captain replays to the accusations " we cant see the border under water".