Sore loser — Long Island man threatens to shoot 11-year-old boy over 'Fortnite' loss
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It’s game over for this loser.
Long Island police have arrested a 45-year-old man who allegedly threatened to shoot an 11-year-old boy after getting trounced in the popular video game Fortnite, authorities said Tuesday.
After losing to the child, Michael Aliperti of Huntington repeatedly threatened to shoot his victim “possibly at his school,” Suffolk County police said Tuesday.
The threats were sent on Sept. 17 through voice and text messages that were sent through the boy’s Xbox, officials said.
He and Aliperti were playing each other on Fortnite and had activated the chat feature where they can talk to — or taunt — their opponents, officials said.
Cops tracked the messages to Aliperti and arrested him at his West Neck Road home at 1:40 a.m. and charged him with aggravated harassment and acting in a manner injurious to a child.
His arraignment was pending.
Fortnite is a massively popular — and addictive — third-person shooter video game that pits players against each other in a battle royale-style blood feud. The winner is the last person standing.
The game has become so popular, that it has been cited in 200 divorce proceedings in England this year alone, according to the website AVclub.com.
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I've never played video games other than for a minute or two here and there when someone asked me if I wanted to try it. Never saw the attraction. Like many of us, I was too old when the craze started to get into it as a kid.
Obviously the games are capable of making some people look like fools.
I used to watch my sons play call of duty online with the audio on years ago. The taunts by the adults getting their asses handed to them from grade school kids were hilarious. Several years ago the US Army was using some war video game as a recruitment tool. If I recall correctly, they had to discontinue it because 10 year olds were kicking the shit out of the career servicemen recruiters.
I used to listen to my son while he played his video games. He was mean! The language he used to talk to people! I have no idea where he got that from....
Are you sure about that?
I once heard some guy say to a kid "tell your mom she left her underwear here".
That almost sounds like something my boy would say
Unbelievable.
Double loser.
One would like to not take these threats seriously but after what happened in Jacksonville last month these type of threats need to be reported to the police immediately.
IMO any adult who makes such a threat has issues.