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Students playing the addictive Counter Strike are nothing uncommon today, but things went seriously wrong for Texas teenager when he got suspended from Clements High School for playing Counter Strike in his home computer, on a level which closely resembled his high school.

The whole story came into light a day after Virginia Tech Shooting when a parent called the Clements High School to inform that their child was playing a video game which involved killing and took place inside an animated map of Clements High School. School authorities then found a website which had that map for download, but unfortunately the creator of the map was a student at their school.

Law enforcement authorities were informed and they questioned the teenager. According to the police, the teenager never intended to cause any violence or to kill someone. His locker and computer were searched, but they found nothing illegal.

Whether he was right or wrong, I leave that question to you, but what the school authorities did was seriously wrong. It’s simply a game and millions of kids across the globe play CounterStrike, why hurt his education just because he created a school map for the game?



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  1. According to me it is Really Wrong.They Destroyed those kids future.

  2. I think adults are becoming more sillier than kids. I mean, I remember creating a small racing game with my colony and regional places as the circuit. I did it with a game maker.

    This is so primitive. What the authorities did was seriously wrong !! I think we should put these guys in jail !!!!

  3. the school authorities must be gone crazy …that too with a high school student huh

  4. I think they have done wrong. He did not jumped to school with a real gun or something. And he had done everything on his own computer.

  5. No Way were the actions ‘wrong’

    The school did its best to ensure the security of its students and everyone

    Remember the 1999 Columbine High School massacre

    It just started like the boy above started a game

    the both killer in the Columbine High School massacre first made a site on which they spread violence and later committed the act

    You never know whats coming

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  7. I’m a regular cz player but I prefer the stock maps. I think the school overreacted. They should have just talked to the kid.

  8. School manager did the right thing i guess.

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