Unfortunately, armed conflicts are an everyday occurrence. The International Committee of the Red Cross wants to make people aware of the horrors of war and, to the surprise of many, it chose video games as its best alternative.
The institution teamed up with several Twitch streamers in a unique project that challenges fans of popular shooters to play without committing war crimes during their games. This involves following a series of special rules, such as not shooting downed enemies and more.
Red Cross teams up with streamers and challenges gamers
Content creators joined in a special stream where they played games like Fortnite, Call of Duty: Warzone, PUBG Battlegrounds, Escape from Tarkov and more shooters following certain rules that, in theory, should be taken into account in real armed conflicts to avoid war crimes.
The agency simplified them and adapted them to video games. So participants were forbidden to shoot at downed or unresponsive enemies, target non-violent NPCs or civilian buildings. Another rule was to use medical kits on everyone.
The International Committee of the Red Cross even created a Fortnite map called Play by the Rules, which is part of this campaign. Anyone interested can take a look at it with the code 1685-6108-3920.
"Every day, people play games set in conflict zones right from their couch. But right now, armed conflicts are more prevalent than ever. And to the people suffering from their effects, this conflict is not a game. It destroys lives and leaves communities devastated. Therefore, we’re challenging you to play FPS by the real Rules of War, to show everyone that even wars have rules—rules which protect humanity on battlefields IRL." the institution said.
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