Argentine invasion against British 'terrorists' online game

The stench of desperation and the piercing noice of the tantrum being thrown with this latest 'statement' are both making me severely queasy. Maybe because this game is bringing the potential of military action to the minds of the Argentine public in a manner that may lead them to believe that it is the best and only course of action.

It's just a custom map for Counter Strike, which anyone can make. It wouldn't surprise me if there was one where Nazis had to save people from Jews or something as stupid, but I won't be opposed to it because it's just a game.

I'm interested to see who they think the hostages are, if it's a hostage map, because as far as I'm aware, there are no Falklanders who aren't British/opposed to the Falklands being an overseas territory. Who exactly does Argentina think they're saving from the tyranny of Britain?

That said, this is offensive to those who died liberating the island from the tyranny of Argentina.

Well as far as I can see, all this company did was create a map. The teams of terrorists versus counter-terrorists were already in the game, and you can choose who to play as. I don't understand why the terrorists are described in the article as 'British'.

Well as far as I can see, all this company did was create a map. The teams of terrorists versus counter-terrorists were already in the game, and you can choose who to play as. I don't understand why the terrorists are described in the article as 'British'.

Think about it.

I guess there was emphasis to put the British as the terrorists though, which are meant to be the bad guys. It's like reskinning any Nazi shooting game with Britons and have the map as the Falklands.

I don't understand this emphasis. Is it suggested in the game that the terrorists are British?

- We are in the midst of a new revival of the Falklands dispute.
- The Argentinians see the British as colonists, whilst we see the islands as having always been ours.
- An Argentinian company create a map for a game so that players can invade the Falklands, and remove unnamed 'terrorists'.
- They show no British flags, supposedly 'in respect for the dead', most of whom were Argentinian conscripts.

How could this possibly be construed as innocent, unless the company directors have been living under a hedge for thirty years?

I don't understand this emphasis. Is it suggested in the game that the terrorists are British?

The terrorists in the game are of five varieties:


None of these are British.

No, they reskinned terrorists as British soldiers. No-one is saying Valve made any British terrorists, or whoever made CS.

And if the same map was created by a British company? The company would be considered to be supporters of an Argentinian claim to the islands? I don't see how - and if not, then it's nothing to do with the map but just a circumstantial fact that the company is Argentinian.

Of course they would be considered to be supporters of an Argentinian claim to the islands, for exactly the same reasons, but it would be a very weird thing to do.

It's entirely about the timing. If a company did this with some undisputed teritory nobody would insinuate anything - even three years ago people probably wouldn't have noticed - but it's very well publicised that Argentinia are currently claiming the islands, and making a huge political fuss. If the company really wasn't politically motivated then they are idiots.

This is quite a non-story. There are plenty of Cod maps where you're fighting 'terrorists' in the Middle-East.