Counter-Strike: No FNG in Nuremberg due to School Shooting - New location

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By Dominic 'immo' Koller

Apr 22, 2009 14:49

Today it was announced that the Intel Friday Night Game in Nuremberg later this year will not be held due to the school shooting in March.

Readmore revealed this today, which again forces the ESL to get another date and location for one of their events. The reason behind it is the school shooting of March in Winnenden where 16 people were killed and games such as Counter-Strike came up in political discussions again.

The IFNG in Nuremberg should have been held on May 29th with Counter-Strike: Source, Warcraft III and Counter-Strike 1.6 as the main games. However the ESL have already found a new location in Hannover, and the event will be held there at the same date. The ESL will most likely release a statement soon.

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chizZo 2 years ago

+2 thumbs

totally agree!!!

Ziiino 2 years ago

+6 thumbs

it's a real shame that german politicians are banning events like these, when there really could have been 1000 reasons that lead to these awefull shootings... hopefully ESL and the german esports association are getting into dialogue with the politicians to make them realize that violence is not accepted in the world of esports. even if the games played have violent content.

i don't see them shutting down movie theatres or tv stations for showing violent movies or tv shows??

SK|SPILLOUT 2 years ago

+4 thumbs

it's because they are stupid old men.

eMMede 2 years ago

+3 thumbs

really sad :S

Popcorn1 2 years ago

+3 thumbs

That really sucks.

iamnone 2 years ago

+2 thumbs

good move it would only cause anger and bad memories for community
isn't hannover bigger anyways?

Hendrik 2 years ago

+1 thumbs

Hannover is only slightly bigger than Nürnberg. Like 20km² . Both cities got around 510000 habitants. Wouldn't make a big difference when it comes to the size of both cities

iamnone 2 years ago

+1 thumbs

yeah so there is nothing worse about having it in hannover. at least its still on

p.s. sorry i don't know too much about european city populations, maybe one day =]

Hendrik 2 years ago

+1 thumbs

i took a look at wikipedia to see the population and size of these cities :p

i only know the population of berlin and the city i live in :)

aTTicus- 2 years ago

+3 thumbs

The last IFNG was in Offenbach (17.04.09) and there was a discussion by the politicians and they decided to run the event. But they send youth welfare specialists to the event to ensure the protection of minors. and they want to check the general mood and the presentation.

After they visited the event they said it was a positive event but the only thing that sucks is nobody talking about how addicted these games can be.

After such a statement I don't understand how other cities could deny such an event..