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Chinese student expelled for Counter-Strike maps of high school

Posted May 2, 2007 at 2:06PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: Counter-Strike, Virginia
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Counter-Strike map causes Chinese student to be expelled - Image 1Recently, a Chinese student in Clements High School was expelled for having played Counter-Strike in a level that had hallways reminiscent of his own school's hallways. Following the parents' appeal for reconsideration, the Ford Bend Independent School District had postponed the meeting because four of the school board's members refused to show up.

The appeal was the fourth part of a long appeal process, ultimately ending up with a meeting with the Board of Trustees.

Defending their stand, the FBISD trustees who stayed away said that the meeting itself "circumvented" the disciplinary process. Board member Stan Magee stated that the meeting could have expedited the resolution of the case. Unfortunately, third-party onlookers have began to say that the board's rash decision was an overreaction to the Virginia Tech incident.

Coupled with the video game-related banter coming from anti-video game media icons, even Magee admits that their resolution was an effect of fear, stating, "I think we overreacted as a result of the Virginia Tech ordeal." Although the Chinese community rallied behind the 17 year old boy, there are many sentiments that have risen against the act despite people applauding the quick response of the board.

FBISD spokeswoman Mary Ann Simpson stated, "This goes back to Columbine. Ever since that horrid incident took place schools today have to take every incident that is reported very seriously." She iterates that these things had to be taken seriously, and that students needed to know that such things aren't taken lightly anymore.

Only Magee, Simpson and Ken Bryant appeared in the meeting on Monday at the districts headquarters. The other four members, namely Steve Smelley, Sonal Bhuchar, Cynthia Knox and Laurie Caldwell, did not arrive for the 5:30 p.m. meeting, which became cause for the meeting to be cancelled.

Ultimately, the 12th grader has been barred from graduating from the school and has been transferred to  M.R. Wood Alternative Education Center. What do you think? Feel free to discuss, but keep it clean people. We might just give out two-cents worth on this, too.

Via Houston Chronicles



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# sighGuest 2007-05-02 15:46
my friend recreated our high school in source. yah know what? It was awesome, really brought me back to the good ole days...





who cares?

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# ...Guest 2007-05-02 15:52
Indeed, I did the same thing, recreating my old high school, but using... get this...



BUILD for DUKE3D.



Geez, this generation of people sadden me...

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# Most people who make maps...Guest 2007-05-02 16:09
Build a map like that, or of the mall close by, or somewhere that they and their friends frequent, just to see how good their mp skills are.

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# racistGuest 2007-05-02 16:23
i can so tell that they only over react because that guy that did it is a chinese... if its just an american guy he probly would get away w/it. racist

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# Dear DiaryGuest 2007-05-02 16:33
I now have something to add in my media press about shooting games.

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# yohooGuest 2007-05-02 16:33
i was thinking the same but if you remember eric and dylan did the same thing. I still people need to chill out though

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# wordGuest 2007-05-02 16:37
or what could be the problem is that damn jackthompson f$%ker said cho(guy who slaughtered 32 at virginia tech) also played counter strike i hate stupid political ***** let kids ahve fun

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# This is not coolGuest 2007-05-02 16:37
How in the F*#@ does the school get away with this? Some kid makes a map of a school just to play counter strike on and he gets expelled? What's going to happen next? Some kid makes a map of his school to play candy land and gets expelled because of the little metal pieces for no reason? Virginia Tech, F that sh*t, that can happen anywhere. People get slaughtered in Africa left and right and nobody does anything about it, yet one little school shooting freaks everyone out. People, come to reality I'm tired of this stuff and people like Jack Thompson trying to f*ck over our rights to freedom.

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# wowGuest 2007-05-02 16:41
Jack Thompson is the biggest douche bag ever. WTF is he doing, taking away fun from kids. I bet he hasnt gotten a girl yet let alone touch one

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# LOLGuest 2007-05-02 16:41
haha... I created a map of my HS too while back for CS... it was fun as hell to play...

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# Created a map of my neighborhood...Guest 2007-05-02 16:50
...back in the old days. It wasn't anything great, but seeing as the Unreal Engine map was being rendered through a 2MB video card, I didn't have my fingers crossed.



Come to think of it, I was kicked out of my old neighborhood. Connection, anyone?

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# KGuest 2007-05-02 16:59
FU

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# sdfGuest 2007-05-02 17:26
woahhh i go to the high school next to clements...weird



my friends go to clements



kempner high school



i played a map of my school one time...hope that guy who made it doesnt get busted

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# buh?Guest 2007-05-02 17:33
I made a Doom map of my house. Doesn't mean that I'm plotting to kill my family.

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# gfdGuest 2007-05-02 17:36
i betcha jack thompsons in houston right now...





hey to the guy above my comment..I GO TO KEMPNER HIGH TOO!!



cougar pride...ehhh not really but whatever

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# ...Guest 2007-05-02 17:37
LMAO

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# .Guest 2007-05-02 17:48
i say blast the mutha f*kas

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# I guess...Guest 2007-05-02 18:12
the real question is "did he make the map?" The article doesn't seem to state that he did; just that the map resembled the school which he attends. It could be a other student's creation or something of the sort. It could be the map was that of a different high school that just resembled his high school. Not to mention, how many other people were also playing on the same map. Why is this one Chinese student being castrated for this?

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# Quite so.Guest 2007-05-02 18:20
I've been searching high and low for more information as to who was the author of the map, but all the articles I've found said the police "caught the map creator."



Gee...way to s*****feed the facts, huh?

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# sigh indeedGuest 2007-05-02 18:24
yeah i remember thos :( when it was actually easy to conseel a weapon at school then have fun during lunch :D

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# understanding what they wantGuest 2007-05-02 18:58
I used to be a high school teacher and am a police officer now. To me, attitudes like this make what those boys in Columbine did and what Cho did at VT a success for them. They are now immortalized through the fear of every day people who over react to the mundane. Shame on you people. Be afraid of terrorists and you let them win, they have power over you.

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# wow.... just wow....Just_a_guy 2007-05-02 21:38
I can't beleive how paranoid people are becoming. Can't they see that most people aren't out to kill everyone they know, or themselves?

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# I have a QuestionGuest 2007-05-02 21:43
How did the school find out this student played a map on CS that looked like the school?

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# huh?Guest 2007-05-03 00:56
that's some crazy *****... Of course people are going to make maps of places they know, it makes the tatical elements of the game more fun if the players spend time in the locations in real life, it doesn't mean the actually want to kill eacj other when they get to school, I remember a friend recreating part of our school in Unreal, but then he also made a replica of the Simpson's house... (textures weren't geat though LOL)



People need to stop being afraid of kids, and they need to realise these guys don't shoot up schools because they played a violent computer game, they shoot up schools because they don't feel like they belong there and feel totally disenfranchised with the rest of the world, maybe instead of overreacting to violent video games or stereotyping races, how's about some kids just think about being nice to the weird kid in their class for once?

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# RE: This is not coolGuest 2007-05-03 01:29
Excellent response my friend! Bravo

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# stupidGuest 2007-05-03 03:30
Ok I personally don't play violent video games but I don't care if other people do. that cho guy was sick simple as that. I mean if he shot up a school and all he had for video games was viva pinata and cars then what? no he prolly had 15 video games and that was the most violent so they went w/ it. This kid was playing a GAME that just so happened to have a map of a place that "resembled" his school. I don't see that as an issue. what would of been an issue is if he went to school trying to reinact the game in stead of reinacting his school on a game. if that makes sense. This just reminds me of this dude that got arrested or w/e the otherday because he wore a bulletshell belt to his college. Empty bullet shells made put together to make a belt. it's fashion. like all ready said you get one school shooting and everyone is up in arms if a kid looks funny at someone else. 2 years from now it will be forgotten and 5 years from another shooting will happen and soething else will be to blame. it's just a never ending cycle.

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# Its a race issue.Guest 2007-05-03 04:03
I used to live there and my mother was a Chinese teacher at the school. Let's just say the white people in the community started to worry about how the neighborhood turned oriental.

This is the first step to make it more, White. Not to mention my own brother was assaulted at Bixby, just because he's Chinese.

If this kid isn't Chinese, at least people will come to the meeting and we will see some protests.

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# I never would have...Guest 2007-05-03 07:02
I knew better than that when I was in high school. We were explicitly told that making maps of our school for any reason would get us expelled. I can only the principal had warned his students of such reprecussions...I mean otherwise...he'd be criminally incompetent.

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# LAWSUITGuest 2007-05-03 08:16
I'd get a civil rights lawyer and sue the School Board for civil rights violation.



This is pure BS.

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# ..Guest 2007-05-03 08:23
This just shows how racist the Fort Bend area still is.



I don't remember people going crazy over Columbine (white kids killing), or the Oklahoma bombing (white guy). Now that we have a Korean guy killing at VT, all of a sudden, it's all the Asians must be planning the same thing...



Until we get these RACIST PIGS off and out of the country, the US will never be a melting pot.

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# in reply to "racisim"Guest 2007-05-03 10:09
Don't forget that gaming culture as a whole is under the same attack because of supposed video game induced killers.



I don't remember the Columbine details, but I'm pretty sure those kids didn't play video games.



I always thought it would be fun to have a Doom map of my high school. Some of my friends agreed with me too, but back then I don't think the faculty really knew what a game was. They certainly wouldn't have had this kind of reaction to it even if they found out about it.

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# omgGuest 2007-05-03 11:24
for someone to blame a shooting on a video game is retarded, i love CS and im not ganna kill anyone

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# Order.Guest 2007-05-03 11:37
O_o Why would you touch a girl if they aren't your girl? Isn't that a bit... Indecent?

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# sdfgbhgdavGuest 2007-05-03 11:40
Maybe they play CS...

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# Sigh.Guest 2007-05-03 11:50
Just like alot of Amercians overreacted to 9/11 and went haywire on security, now this. Hell, they're actually making a tracking system in Virginia Tech so that the locations of all the students can be tracked with their mobile phones! I feel sorry for anyone who lives there, I really do.

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# You guys are so wrong...Guest 2007-05-03 13:09
I live about 2 hours from Columbine School and still to this day, it is a big topic. I remember after it happened I heard about it non stop for weeks if not months. Also, the two boys that were involved in the shooting played a lot of the game DOOM, which was credited to the shooting. The reason Virgina Tech is getting so much attention is not because the shooter was Vietnamese, but because it was one of the largest shooting massacres in the US. Instead of playing the race card all the time, do a little research huh?

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# asdfdfGuest 2007-05-03 13:23
when could you play cs at high school ?... maybe its just me -_-

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# BOOMGuest 2007-05-03 14:21
HEADSHOT!!!

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# actuallyGuest 2007-05-03 15:07
He was not Vietnamese. It was not DOOM but DOOM 2 and counterstrike suxx. CIVILIZATION 4 4 LIFE.

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# fgGuest 2007-05-03 17:05
R0FL MY W@FFL3S



MY PR1nC1iPl3 PL@Y5 CS!!!!



H3S S0 L33T LOLZ

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# MapGuest 2007-05-05 07:59
I go to Clements High School, and I know the kid that made this map pretty well. He's a smart, funny guy, and by NO means is he a terrorist. This whole situation is completely rediculous, apparently some kid found out about the map(it was hosted on a site) and then showed his mom. His mom then alerted the principal and from there disciplinary actions were taken. His house was searched, and he was initially suspended for 3 days and on the third day they called him and told him he was expelled. I feel bad for the kid, he's been at Clements for all four years and now he's not graduating with his class.

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# ...Guest 2007-05-09 02:30
Since when was hell fun?



Sorry, just had to.

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# wowGuest 2007-05-09 10:57
This is the funniest and most messed up thing I've read today. Here I am thinking in my 2nd period class everybody else is playing CS in my AOIT class and my teacher is watching and going "yeah knife his ass!!" and now here I am reading about how a Chinese kid getting expelled because of CS. They are either totally racist towards Asians or they really have the wrong idea.

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# The answer to how the school found out....Guest 2007-05-12 15:55
The school found out because a parent of the 17 year old boy called saying her child played the game that "involved killing" and "took place in an animated map of clements high school." after the call the officials at the suburban Houston school found the kids website were the map was being distributed.

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# nameGuest 2007-05-19 19:18
wats the name of the high school

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# nameOath 2010-07-20 05:07
Clements HighSchool

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