When it comes to 2017, the hottest game in 2018 is naturally "PUBG"! I believe that everyone and the doctor will not forget the extreme popularity of this battle royale gameplay product back then, and it is still the game with the largest number of players on the Steam platform at the same time, with a record of 3257248! In comparison, the recent phenomenal game "Phantom Beast Palu" has a data of about 2.1 million (ranking second in history), which shows the huge gap! Even though "PUBG" has long since lost the courage of the past, there are still more than 400,000 active players, which is very powerful!
Recently, "PUBG" has sparked heated discussions in the player community, not because there have been any topical changes in the content or operation of the game, but because this product has become an important evidence in a court judgment in South Korea. A local man refused to enlist on the grounds of "opposing war and violence", but the court judge rejected his claim because the court investigation found that the man did not have the specific behavior of the above claim, and he was keen to play PUBG, which has nothing to do with anti-violence!
Anyone who is even slightly familiar with South Korea knows that the country takes military service very seriously. According to the information, South Korea's military service law requires all able-bodied male citizens who have reached the age of 18 until they are 35 years old to serve in the military for up to 18 months! Obviously, not all South Korean men are willing to "waste" such a long time, and the man in this case is one of them, he has been looking for a valid reason to refuse military service, and has successively extended the army on the grounds of college entrance examination, higher education, qualification examination, etc., and finally he claims that he is "against war and violence" and refuses military service.
Naturally, this man was not looking for a random reason, the doctor went to check the relevant information, and found that there is a term "conscientious objector" in South Korea, which refers to an individual who requests to refuse to perform national military service on the basis of freedom of thought or religious belief, and "anti-war and anti-violence" is a valid reason. However, there are some things that are not just talking, but also having corresponding behaviors. The court stated: "The man did not in any way realize or disseminate his professed beliefs in any way before refusing to perform military service, such as working for or contributing to anti-war, anti-violence, or peace-related non-governmental organizations."
One of the interesting things is: after investigation, the defendant in the case was very fond of playing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and he himself admitted to it in court. The court held that the shooter was full of elements of war and violence, which proved to a certain extent that the defendant was not opposed to war and violence. Although video games are not the same as reality, the court found that the defendant's refusal to serve in the military was due to his opposition to violence and anti-war beliefs, and that his preference for games such as PUBG allowed them to question the veracity of his claims.
Even more interesting: the court sentenced the defendant to serve 18 months in prison, which is the same amount of time as serving in the army! It seems that in the hearts of the accused, the army is not a place for people to stay compared to prison cells. According to a further report, this case is not the first time that South Korea has examined the authenticity of "conscientious objectors" through video game records. In a similar case in 2013, prosecutors, in order to investigate the truth of conscientious objection to military service, visited a number of game companies to find out whether the defendants had played games involving war and violence.
The above case takes place in a specific country, very unique, I believe everyone will feel quite absurd after reading it, after all, playing games and real life are two different things, many people are kind and sincere in reality, and it is inevitable that there will be a lot of blood debts in the game, and it is completely possible to coexist. However, it doesn't seem to make sense that a person who opposes war and violence likes to play gun games. What do you think?