Salawag Chief Warns against Fake Ordinance Banning Shooter Games in Village
Yesterday, Barangay Captain Eric Paredes of Salawag, Dasmarinas, Cavite denied that the Salawag council passed an ordinance ordering the banning of Point Blank, Crossfire or any related tactical First-Person Shooter games (FPS).
Paredes released a statement via his own Facebook page, stating that the alleged ordinance was a hoax and that no such resolution has been penned by his council.
Days ago, a hoax image began circulating social media sites, showing an alleged ordinance from Salawag prohibiting FPS games. The photo showed a signed document by the Salawag village council — ordinance numbered 009 series of 2015 — stating that the council has decided to ban games such as Point Blank as “it has a bad influence to the youth in the sense that it makes them violent and makes them lie, steal (and possibly kill) so that they can play the game.”
Other commenters doubted the authenticity of the said ordinance as it was suddenly released over days when the village council was not scheduled to meet or decide on new legislation.
Point Blank, also known as Project Blackout, is an online FPS developed by Zepetto and published by Garena. The game is said to be derived from CounterStrike in terms of gameplay and pacing.
CrossFire (CF) is an online FPS developed by Korean company Smilegate and distributed by GameClub Philippines. The game sports a wide range of game modes from team Deathmatch and free-for-all to unconventional modes such as Zombie Apocalpyse and soccer. Since 2007, it has generated over $4.5 billion in revenue, with 50 million active users worldwide, peaking at over 4 million concurrent users.
Earlier, a popular third-party custom map for the WarCraft 3 game engine called Defense of the Ancients (DotA), was banned in Salawag’s jurisdiction. These regulations were implemented only on Internet cafés. Errant establishments who will not follow the ordinance may be punished with a month-long suspension of business on first offense to permanent closure and prohibition from doing business in Salawag on third offense.
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