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Man Kicked Out Of Library For Being Awesome, Playing Halo 3

The man you see in the photo above is awesome. He reportedly walked into a NYC library, took out a wireless router, an Xbox 360, monitor, controller, and headset, then sat down to go to work.

After building his gaming command center, the dude started playing Halo 3, Call of Duty and other games using the New York library's public Wi-Fi, barking orders at his team-mates over the headset as he did. Killjoy library officials reportedly shut down his one-man LAN party in like two minutes. 

My question: If the dude can't afford an internet connection at home, how can he pay for Xbox Live?

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  • TRAX22

    LMAO

    Posted: August 27, 2009 8:51 AM | Reply | Report
    TRAX22
  • Shockwave562

    well $50 per month for home internet or $50 per year XBL... I could see it. funny as hell though. he should've gone to a restaurant or something

    Posted: August 27, 2009 8:55 AM | Reply | Report
    Shockwave562
  • RRODisBack

    Some people can't afford to pay to play games online it appears.

    Posted: August 27, 2009 8:59 AM | Reply | Report
    RRODisBack
  • Crabb90

    Nice. Hey, it's free Wi-Fi.

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:00 AM | Reply | Report
    Crabb90
  • Taboo5289

    Awesome? How about annoying especially seeing as he was yelling orders in a library where your supposed to be quiet. Not to mention everyone knows Halo players have temper tantrums like a 12 year old whenever they die so he was probably going beyond annoying.

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:00 AM | Reply | Report
    Taboo5289
  • infamouscole15

    Maybe it wasn't his account...

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:11 AM | Reply | Report
    infamouscole15
  • sousamagic

    I don't think they should kick him out for just playing the game, it had to be him barking orders to his teammates. Other people play games on the computers and don't get kicked out so if that was the case I see gamer discrimination.

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:12 AM | Reply | Report
    sousamagic
  • pumathehero

    amazing

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:15 AM | Reply | Report
    pumathehero
  • UndiscoveredBum

    Taboo5289
    Awesome? How about annoying especially seeing as he was yelling orders in a library where your supposed to be quiet. Not to mention everyone knows Halo players have temper tantrums like a 12 year old whenever they die so he was probably going beyond annoying.

    If that kid isnt a nerd/dork/geek I dont know what one is. It is awesome. Its totally awesome and hopefully this man will be the pioneer is library LANs. Im down!!! "Where you're supposed to be quiet" ROR

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:17 AM | Reply | Report
    UndiscoveredBum
  • darkwasp

    lol, that would be awesome, i would totally do that. granted i wouldnt be yelling over the mic, i wouldnt say anything, but i would totally bring my set up to a library or restraunt or whatever just to game lol

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:25 AM | Reply | Report
    darkwasp
  • contactone

    It sounds cool at first, but is him playing in the library a sign of his gaming addiction? Was it a prank or did he need a gaming fix that bad that he went through all that work.

    I wouldn't be surprised if that guy didn't have a job or girlfriend and lived at home. His mom probably turned the internet off to motivate him to leave the house.

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:32 AM | Reply | Report
    contactone
  • godlike79

    AWESOME.maybe i should try that .lol

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:34 AM | Reply | Report
    godlike79
  • Greibach

    If he had no sound on (or had headsets), and wasn't barking over a team-speak, then yeah, I'd call bogus. As it was, he was most likely disturbing the quiet of a library, a place where people *actually* go to study and learn, so I feel no sympathy.

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:36 AM | Reply | Report
    Greibach
  • IcemanMX

    I would like to nominate this man for "Balls of the Year" candidate.

    -M

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:36 AM | Reply | Report
    IcemanMX
  • __Monkey__

    Hey Stephen Johnson! You can easily get xbox live gold for free! just godda have connections! You can lift a year of xbox live from target or best buy or gamestop(little hard at times cus the store is very small but do able) I got a pal that works for block buster an they get those xbox live games that come with free months and they get handfull of those i got 2 years free just from the ones from gta4 its easy

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:39 AM | Reply | Report
    __Monkey__
  • KillCanvas

    Total badass

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:47 AM | Reply | Report
    KillCanvas
  • Reaper24683

    well it's obvious he signed up for live with a silver account. Then once you get a silver accound they give you a free 1 month gold account trial duh!

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:48 AM | Reply | Report
    Reaper24683
  • Fiddytree

    Wait, they still have libraries? I thought they were all replaced by Wikipedia

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:50 AM | Reply | Report
    Fiddytree
  • UndiscoveredBum

    contactone
    It sounds cool at first, but is him playing in the library a sign of his gaming addiction? Was it a prank or did he need a gaming fix that bad that he went through all that work.

    I wouldn't be surprised if that guy didn't have a job or girlfriend and lived at home. His mom probably turned the internet off to motivate him to leave the house.

    WTF is wrong with you? You probably dont have a job or a girlfriend and live at home.....what exactly did you read to bring you to this conclusion? Nothing in the above article would lead you to this so you are pretty much stereotyping like a tool. No one likes a tool or a republican.
    And gaming addicition??? He was playing Halo for 2 minutes how does that classify as an addicition??
    What a re re and a disgrace to Americans. (please be Canadian??)

    Posted: August 27, 2009 9:55 AM | Reply | Report
    UndiscoveredBum
  • Raverenz51

    I bet it was the "yelling / talking" on the mic that got him kicked out, or possibly the fact that a xbox 360, Monitor, ect used up a lot of outlets that got him kicked out. If people can bring in laptops and play games on those, I see no reason for the 360, other than the previously stated facts.

    Posted: August 27, 2009 10:04 AM | Reply | Report
    Raverenz51

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