Two men arrested at Pokemon World Championship over threats

[The Blackrose]

Also known as what happens when keeping it real in children's card games go wrong.

BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) –Two men have been arrested after allegedly threatening violence to attendees at the Pokemon World Championship in Boston.

A release from the Boston Police Department says they were notified of the social media threats on Thursday and were able to stop the two suspects as they attempted to enter the event a few hours later. The men were not arrested at that time.

Detectives discovered that the two men had driven from Iowa with several guns in their vehicle that they did not have licenses for.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/298...d-championship

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...n-pokemon.html

Both people were invitees for the TCG Masters Division: http://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokem.../tcg-invitees/

[Abandon]

oh my god

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/bostonpolice/sta...39972913766400

Pic of the guns that were recovered. The guys made a FB group where they posted pics of their car and the guns so people knew what to look for.

[Qalbert]

were they hiding in tall grass

[6souls]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=QbX8tMiRqOw

Stumbo is Nebraska's #1 pokemon player.

[Byrthnoth]

“Kevin Norton and I are ready for Worlds Boston here we come!!!”
“Good luck!” wrote a Facebook user named Joey Faux.
“With killing the competition?” asked Norton.
“Haha yes,” replied Faux.

For real though, do we think these guys were going to shoot up a Pokemon tournament? Looks like a gun/pokemon nerd let his passions get a little too close to one another and triggered some folks.

[AnnaMolly]

To be fair, there are some annoying as fuck builds out there. Shuckle don't give a fuckle.

[jmc]

For real though, do we think these guys were going to shoot up a Pokemon tournament? Looks like a gun/pokemon nerd let his passions get a little too close to one another and triggered some folks.

Supposedly made references to the marathon bombings, columbine and a new Boston massacre.

Probably just some basement dwelling idiots, but they are now held without bail until sept 1.

[Grey Jorildyn]

Team Rocket would be disappointed.

[Guyverarmor]

And Team Rocket is blasting off again...

[Dimmauk]

Nerd on nerd crime? What is this world coming to?