A disgruntled Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Seige gamer who called in a fake emergency to Ubisoft’s Montreal office was sentenced this week to three years of community service, according to The Montreal Gazette.
Man… I am amazed how people can make false reports that endanger other’s lives and get such low punishment.
Maybe you should stop thinking about punishments for crimes?
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Well you’re amazed at the low punishment, right?
But why? What good would a harsher penalty do?
Yes, they made a reckless move that could have endangered someone else’s life. Luckily it didn’t.
Now if we punish this person further, and lock them up for X years they’ve now become a burden on all of society and when they get out they’ll constantly be at a disadvantage (I.e. employment, housing, banking, etc), increasing the chances of them committing other crimes to survive.
Not to mention, it’s 99.99% safe to say this dickhead won’t be a repeat offender and committing this again, so yeah why think in terms of punishment?
Too much bad intent not to punish this behavior but I see your points also. But this is a big issue, people need to understand that others can get injured.
3 years of community service feels pretty light for a serious offense. Swatting has lead to deaths and we need to do more to treat it like the crime that it is.
“I have put over $1,500 in cosmetic enhancements in my profile.”
I don’t think anything can be done for this guy. He’s just hopeless.
I’m impressed that, even after being charged, he asked Ubisoft to unban his account.
Siege. It’s not that hard
