International Committee of the Red Cross Challenges Gamers to Play First-Person Shooters by the Real Rules of War

[Tsing]

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a humanitarian organization based in Geneva that aims to protect victims of international and internal armed conflicts, is making a call to all FPS gamers to play by the Rules of War, a set of rules that were implemented to protect the humanity and dignity of people all over the world. Four rules have been listed by the ICRC on a landing page for its "Play by the Rules" campaign, including no targeting of non-violent NPCs, no targeting of civilian buildings, and no thirsting (shooting at an incapacitated, downed player). Some of the world's top FPS streamers demonstrated how well they could adhere to these rules in PUBG: Battlegrounds as part of an event that ran on April 15 via Twitch.

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[Dan_D]

By these rules, tea-bagging is still permissible.

 

[Grimlakin]

Honestly that would make for a neat game setting. 1 side has to abide by the rules, the other doesn't. 1 side has top gear equipment the other side gets AK's or the like. GO!!

I'd love to see how that works and it might expose how the units trained to deal in urban environments are so well trained.