Professor protests within America's Army

**Jason** · 05-27-2006, 11:35 AM

Joseph DeLappe can often be found logging into an online session of America's Army for hours at a time, but this Associate Professor from San Francisco isn't running around shooting terrorists. Instead, Prof. DeLappe spends the entire session typing. He may stop occasionally when his character is killed and he has to wait for a respawn, or he'll stop to take a screenshot of a reply sent to him from another player, but otherwise, he's just typing.

Prof. DeLappe expects to be typing for some time. This is because he's typing in the name of every single American soldier killed in Iraq since the war started, which according to the Department of Defense is currently 2,456. DeLappe knows this project will take a while. "I tend to do probably 2-3 hours a week" he says, "That'll get me somewhere between 40 and 75 names." The name of his project is "dead-in-iraq", it is also the name that he signs in as when he logs on to America's Army.

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elf · 05-27-2006, 08:38 PM

And what purpose does this serve? Realtively few people will ever see him in game, and as soon as he leaves people forget about it and get on with their fragging.

I think more than anything, if he joined my game, I'd be angry that he was just an idle player in the game which will put one team at a disadvantage.

**DumberDrummer** · 05-31-2006, 01:06 AM

I'd get pissed and kick him if it were my server... yes, there's a time and place for it, and this is not it.... spamming a server and ruining everyone's fun

05-27-2006, 11:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jason Faugh a ballagh Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pasco, FL Posts: 8,476 OS: Windows Vista My System Blog Entries: 2	Professor protests within America's Army Joseph DeLappe can often be found logging into an online session of America's Army for hours at a time, but this Associate Professor from San Francisco isn't running around shooting terrorists. Instead, Prof. DeLappe spends the entire session typing. He may stop occasionally when his character is killed and he has to wait for a respawn, or he'll stop to take a screenshot of a reply sent to him from another player, but otherwise, he's just typing. Prof. DeLappe expects to be typing for some time. This is because he's typing in the name of every single American soldier killed in Iraq since the war started, which according to the Department of Defense is currently 2,456. DeLappe knows this project will take a while. "I tend to do probably 2-3 hours a week" he says, "That'll get me somewhere between 40 and 75 names." The name of his project is "dead-in-iraq", it is also the name that he signs in as when he logs on to America's Army. Story Link

05-27-2006, 08:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
elf Manager, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN or Austin, TX depending Posts: 7,038 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 and Windows 7 My System	And what purpose does this serve? Realtively few people will ever see him in game, and as soon as he leaves people forget about it and get on with their fragging. I think more than anything, if he joined my game, I'd be angry that he was just an idle player in the game which will put one team at a disadvantage. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! I do not subscribe to threads, so if I stop replying, PM me with a link to your thread so I can find it again.

05-31-2006, 01:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
DumberDrummer Cymru am byth Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,385 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 My System	I'd get pissed and kick him if it were my server... yes, there's a time and place for it, and this is not it.... spamming a server and ruining everyone's fun __________________ Living with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane _____________________________________________ ... and with those words so begins my lifetime of longing for the devil's warm embrace