Red Cross forbids violating corpses in FPS games like CoD
There's no teabagging or griefing allowed in gaming anymore, as the Red Cross forbids it in Call of Duty and other titles.
26th Apr 2023 22:20
Images via Activision
Red Cross forbids violating corpses in FPS games like CoD
There's no teabagging or griefing allowed in gaming anymore, as the Red Cross forbids it in Call of Duty and other titles.
26th Apr 2023 22:20
Images via Activision
Apparently, there's a fine line between flexing bad manners and breaking the rules of war, as the Red Cross has decided that video game users shouldn't be practising war crimes - including teabagging and griefing.
In the line of duty, even soldiers have to follow the rules to protect human life when necessary, especially civilians and wounded enemies.
But when it comes to first-person shooter games like Call of Duty, this legislation is long forgotten. Now, the Red Cross is imploring gamers not to ignore them.
Red Cross is imploring gamers to stop teabagging and committing war crimes
The humanitarian group Red Cross has created the Play by the Rules website to encourage gamers to abide to the real-life rules of war in games. This includes killing injured (downed) enemies, teabagging, shooting dead bodies, and shooting bots.
"We, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), rally all FPS gamers to play by the Rules of War, which protect the humanity and dignity of people all over the world," the group have said on their website.
The group have listed games like Call of Duty and Fortnite as titles which should take up these morals to reflect real-life war, without "taking away the joy and fun of playing first-person shooter games."
Red Cross is challenging gamers to stop teabagging
"We're challenging you to play FPS by the real Rules of War, to show everyone that even wars have rules—rules which protect humanity on battlefields IRL," they said.
The organisation has now set four rules that gamers should abide by:
- When an enemy is down and can't respond, you can’t keep shooting at them.
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Bots that don’t fire unprovoked are considered civilians, and you can’t target or harm them.
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In any given game map, houses, schools, or hospitals are considered safe zones that you cannot harm. When fighting in these spaces, you must do everything you can to avoid damage."
- If you have an unused med kit that works on others, you must give it to those who need it—be they friendly or enemy.
The latter might be one step too far for gamers, as Call of Duty players definitely aren't going to drop self-revives for enemies in Warzone, and instead, will shoot injured players to send them back to the Gulag.
Maybe these rules could be arranged in some capacity, but you'll have a hard time stopping players from taunting dead bodies and slaying bots.
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Jack is an Esports Journalist at GGRecon. Graduating from the University of Chester, with a BA Honours degree in Journalism, Jack is an avid esports enthusiast and specialises in Rocket League, Call of Duty, VALORANT, and trending gaming news.
