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Shinjuku police arrested a 39-year-old male Saitama resident on February 26 for allegedly sending death threats to Square Enix employees.

According to police, the suspect sent 37 threatening messages through a Square Enix game's customer support form from November 2 to 19, threatening to kill the designers of a game with "such unfair rules." The police did not reveal which game the suspect was supposedly referring to, but speculated that the suspect became emotional over being "unable to win" at the game.
Square Enix canceled a live stream scheduled for November 20 after receiving the messages.

In a similar incident, police arrested a 25-year-old male nursing home employee in March 2019 for sending a threatening message to Square Enix. In the message, the man threatened to kill the company's staff. Later that same year, police also arrested a 40-year-old for sending a threat through the Square Enix company website's inquiry form.

Police Arrest 39-Year-Old for Sending Death Threats to Square Enix

Suspect allegedly sent 37 threats using Square Enix game's support form

www.animenewsnetwork.com

 

[killatopak]

Salty pulls

 

[93xfan]

For his prison sentence, they should add in that he cannot leave the prison until he beats the game

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Salty pulls

Satire, irony and a gâcha reference all in one - this day is starting well.

 

[Bernkastel]

For his prison sentence, they should add in that he cannot leave the prison until he beats the game

I think he was salty about a pay to win mobile gacha game. No other reason to hide what game it was about.

 

[GreatnessRD]

Imagine being this type of clown. Life gotta suck.

 

[Enjay]

Take notice naughty dog. Square enix doesn't piss and moan when they get death threats.

 

[PumpkinPie]

I nearly did it myself after buying FF15.

 

[Aggelos]

As Cloud so eloquently said to Don Corneo 「げす野郎」 (gesuyarou) . Gesuyarou means sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife.

I mean what kind of Gesuyarou would live a life like that? Sending death threats to people for a video-game...



Timestamped it.

 

[West Texas CEO]

I nearly did it myself after buying FF15.

 

[Gandih42]

I have such a hard time imagining how an adult human being can get so upset by a videogame that they chose to spend their time on, that they cannot stop themselves from threatening people. I am sure that in 99% of these types of cases, the person would never ever follow through with the threat, and in reality it is more just an expression of their frustration. But seriously, c'mon man. If you have the means to be playing a videogame, just play something else that makes you happy.

Though on the other hand, playing DotA 2 with friends, some of them definitely show a similar kind of illogical rage when losing ... Maybe I'm the weirdo.

 

[tassletine]

Having played Ghosts and Goblins, I understand his predicament.

 

[Jaguar Victory]

I nearly did it myself after buying FF15.

FFXV is actually pretty great man.

 

[Somebody_Important]

I never understand people who make death threats. Its just so pathetic.

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

39 years old. what a looser.

 

[MasterDerico]

Then the police arrive at the scene and ...

 

[nush]

Square just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Japanese culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Japan, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the japanese public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase FFXIII for either system, nor will they purchase any of Square's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Square has alienated an entire market with this move.

Square, publicly apologize and cancel FFXIII for 360 or you can kiss your business goodbye.

PS, I'm gonna kill you.

 

[Spukc]

Square just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Japanese culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Japan, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the japanese public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase FFXIII for either system, nor will they purchase any of Square's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Square has alienated an entire market with this move.

Square, publicly apologize and cancel FFXIII for 360 or you can kiss your business goodbye.

PS, I'm gonna kill you.

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODS!!!!!!

 

[Captain Toad]

This has to be a mobile game with endless microtransactions. People literally become addicted to these and can be put into debt, as strange as that sounds.

He probably felt trapped and blamed the game maker instead of getting actual mental help.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Square just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Japanese culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Japan, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the japanese public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase FFXIII for either system, nor will they purchase any of Square's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Square has alienated an entire market with this move.

Square, publicly apologize and cancel FFXIII for 360 or you can kiss your business goodbye.

PS, I'm gonna kill you.

 

[HaveButOneLife]

I nearly did it myself after buying FF15.

Great game.

 

[Bernkastel]

Not the first time this happened.

40-Year-Old Man Arrested For Threatening Square Enix With “A Repeat Of Kyoto Animation”

https://www.siliconera.com/2019/08/09/40-year-old-man-arrested-for-threatening-square-enix-with-a-repeat-of-kyoto-animation/ A 40-year-old man named Kenichi Hiratsuka was arrested for allegedly sending death threats to Square Enix, including a threat of a “Repeat of Kyoto Animation” referencing...

www.neogaf.com

 

[West Texas CEO]

this is one Hell of a mid-life crisis.

 

[DGrayson]

Whats his GAF username tho?

 

[Cob32]

Bet he tried to pug Eden savage in ffxiv.

 

[mansoor1980]

looks like the EXCITEMENT finally got to him

 

[MasterCornholio]

SquareEnix

This kind of crap should never be tolerated. Glad to see someone do something about it.

 

[OrionNebula]

Imagine being this type of clown. Life gotta suck.

Imagine being this type of clown. Life gotta suck.

The issue with being that stupid is that it tends to be tougher for the people around than for the actual stupid person

I cannot find a single reason for death threats to be acceptable (for a fucking game?? Really??), and I’m glad when I hear police cracking down on some 40 years old morons too dense to see how fucking crazy they are

 

[Azzurri]

Which Reset Era member was this?

 

[futurama78]

circlesony who is phone?

 

[Life]

Glad I never picked up FF 14. I can only imagine it's someone who is addicted and has spent countless hours with the game.

 

[MeatSafeMurderer]

Square just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Japanese culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Japan, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the japanese public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase FFXIII for either system, nor will they purchase any of Square's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Square has alienated an entire market with this move.

Square, publicly apologize and cancel FFXIII for 360 or you can kiss your business goodbye.

PS, I'm gonna kill you.

What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I'm the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You're fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You're fucking dead, kiddo.

 

[FMX]

You can almost guarantee that he is a Sony fanboy.

 

[Dick Jones]

Death threats? Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Also 39 year old? I'm fucking scarlet for you.

In the past year Ian Wright (former footballer) got racially abused on Twitter because some idiot got his FUT card in a pack.

Can't these fuckers just break their controllers in privacy and leave us be. There are too many clowns embarrassing adults who play games.

 

[The_Mike]

Ok Gaf which of you did it?

 

[Mr Moose]

 

[Dick Jones]

Ok Gaf which of you did it?

 

[Griffon]

Good to see those morons get serious heat for that. There needs to be a few strong examples made against that retarded behavior

 

[Umbasaborne]

Good riddance

 

[ButchCat]

He’s probably one of those hikikomoris, no wonder their population is in decline.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Square just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Japanese culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Japan, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the japanese public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase FFXIII for either system, nor will they purchase any of Square's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Square has alienated an entire market with this move.

Square, publicly apologize and cancel FFXIII for 360 or you can kiss your business goodbye.

PS, I'm gonna kill you.

 

[*Nightwing]

Yup sounds like a mentor in FFIV alright

 

[TheContact]

while death threats are never ok, people should start getting angry at SE for not doing anything with the Xenogears IP....

 

[Zog]

This has to be a mobile game with endless microtransactions. People literally become addicted to these and can be put into debt, as strange as that sounds.

He probably felt trapped and blamed the game maker instead of getting actual mental help.

We've spent a ridiculous amount of money researching and implementing the best ways to get you addicted so we can get richer but REMEMBER, if you get addicted it's all your own fault.

 

[Crouton Of Doom]

What a sad sack of shit.

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

39 years old. what a looser.

It is sad, but age does not guarantee wisdom, maturity or mental health, unfortunately.

 

[Neff]

Getting the Caladbolg is serious business

 

[EverydayBeast]

Dude planted a seed of doubt in Square Enix I think everyone on the planet knows Final Fantasy needs to change its combat.

 

[Fret Runner]

Whats his GAF username tho?

Just kidding Fuz.

 

[Tazzu]

Versus XIII will be amazing.