N3CRO
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A 46-YEAR-OLD fan of Call of Duty tracked down and attacked a schoolboy who had killed his computer game character.
Mark Bradford, 46, admitted he 'just lost it' after a 13-year-old player gunned-down his character then proceeded to mock him over the microphones used in the game Call Of Duty: Black Ops.
Jobless father of three Bradford confronted the youngster at an address in Plymouth, Devon (UK), and started to strangle him.
The attack only ended when the teenager's horrified mother pulled Bradford off the boy then he left without any explanation.
The teenager's mother said: “It’s pathetic that a grown man would attack a defenceless child like this.
“If you can’t handle losing to a child then you shouldn’t be playing games.”
Bradford admitted the attack was 'moment of madness' as the child 'would not shut up'.
He said: “I'd been playing the whole day and he was baiting me and baiting me and just would not shut up.
“He went on and on and I just lost it. I hold my hands up, I lost the plot. In a moment of madness I went round to his house. I didn't know what I was going to do.”
Bradford admitted one count of assault by beating. Magistrates ordered a probation officer to prepare a full report on his background before he is sentenced.
[Edited on 30-09-2011 by TheNobleOne]
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CorsAsh
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I imagine this happening to BarnshaW one day.
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adiohead
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The kid must of given his address, so it's his fault, tbh.
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JonnyJ
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TBH the 13 year old shouldn't have been playing COD anyway, its an 18. Poor parenting.
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Jake
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barnshaw would turn up to your house wearing a load of mop heads but leaving his head uncovered so you can see his is a skinhead and nutter etc
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Cavey
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then he'd go and hide in a bush in your garden and wait for you to walk by
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Marc
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Anyone else have this image in their head:
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adiohead
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
exactly what was in my head 
quote: Originally posted by JonnyJ
TBH the 13 year old shouldn't have been playing COD anyway, its an 18. Poor parenting.
yes! that too.
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CorsAsh
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quote: Originally posted by Cavey
then he'd go and hide in a bush in your garden and wait for you to walk by
Or leave claymores by your front door.
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Dave
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The teenager's mother said: “It’s pathetic that a grown man would attack a defenceless child like this.
“If you can’t handle losing to a child then you shouldn’t be playing games.”
With a mother of this intelligence, there is clearly no hope for the child, should've just let the bloke do the decent thing really.
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Eddx14xe
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Why didnt he just mute him or leave the lobby?
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N3CRO
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quote: Originally posted by Eddx14xe
Why didnt he just mute him or leave the lobby?
Prehaps coz he's mental
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Aleex
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this is in my home city of plymouth
such a wonderful place to live.
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John
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This is OP in a couple of years.
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Ben G
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why isn't the child getting told off? obviously he was pushing and pushing the guy, probably calling hima sad loser shitcunt with no life etc, basically being a troll, trying to get a reaction from the older guy.
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Eddx14xe
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Thats understandable Ben but as i said before, he only has to leave the lobby or mute him. I get annoyed at people online, especially on racing games when they just crash into you to make you lose. I'm sure people on here have also got annoyed with people on games. We dont find out where they live and hurt them though.
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Ben G
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yeah he could just mute him i guess the older guy was clearly just a bit psycho.
[Edited on 01-10-2011 by Ben G]
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Eddx14xe
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Also is this guy some sort of elite hacker or something. How did he know where this kid lived, looked like etc. There must be more to it than just a game on the internet, maybe he knows him. The mans sons friend or something.
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MoesTavern
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The bloke must be a psycho, I've been absolutely RAGING playing online before but as soon as I switch the game off I'm fine again.
I can't imagine actually going round someone's house in real life and giving them a beating, no matter how much they've annoyed me on MW2 or whatever.
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Russ
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quote: Originally posted by JonnyJ
TBH the 13 year old shouldn't have been playing COD anyway, its an 18. Poor parenting.
Thats what I thought even reading it.
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taylorboosh
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i cant ever imagine me fighting some one because of the internet ever at all
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JamesMc
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i can imagine the cheeky little kid being one of those cunts who when you talk to someone start playng music or talking crap and dont stop until you mute them, and isnt the guy meant to have mental health issues anyway?
what pissed me off more is in the paper they insisted on adding that COD promotes violence, im suprised they didnt blame the riots that happened because of it.
[Edited on 01-10-2011 by JamesMc]
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fazza
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quote: Originally posted by MoesTavern
The bloke must be a psycho, I've been absolutely RAGING playing online before but as soon as I switch the game off I'm fine again.
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Ben G
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quote: Originally posted by JamesMc
i can imagine the cheeky little kid being one of those cunts who when you talk to someone start playng music or talking crap and dont stop until you mute them, and isnt the guy meant to have mental health issues anyway?
what pissed me off more is in the paper they insisted on adding that COD promotes violence, im suprised they didnt blame the riots that happened because of it.
[Edited on 01-10-2011 by JamesMc]
the people involved in the riots were poor people who couldn't afford COD, so they stole some basmati rice instead.
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Dave
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It said in the paper they knew each other outside of the game. Probably an "uncle" who comes round to see his mum.
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