Closing command for Counter-Strike.

The computer-ESL league says a tournament in Karlsruhe, which CDU triumphs. A victory of the values on the Ballerkram? Or rather despicable campaign province theater? We look behind the scenes of a political decision-making process - and in the shallows a new generation conflict.

 

First AktKarlsruhe, 5 May, Main Committee of the Municipal
Actually, no special events. Mayor Heinz Fenrich promulgated under the item "Other", that the urban Black Hall on 5 June for a computer game tournament will be used.

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Fein is because municipalities need the money. But since the 11th March, since the Amoklauf of Winnenden is a lease for an e-Sports event no decision is more routine, but political dynamite. Fenrich leaders of party, the CDU, Böll just after nationwide bans all sorts of things except weapons. They are okay, because certainly in shooters and hunters hand - and the wood to hunt birds or know everything that moves in the woods, but usually no people. Unlike computer?

The 64-year-old Heinz Fenrich see games like Counter-Strike criticism, but on discussion events bans. Fenrich, "representatives of all political groups have encouraged me."

His CDU Group. ONLINE blogs are public, the minutes of the meeting at which the decision was made. It says: "The CDU believes that the proposed route for the right."

Second AktBerlin, 675 kilometers from Karlsruhe, German
Ingo wave Reuther, Karlsruhe council member, but as a member of parliament this week in his home, learns from the planned tournament. "I am immediately excited," recalls the former prosecutor and judge. Because games like Counter-Strike "are killer games and where we want in Karlsruhe no forum." Especially not in a municipal hall.

What a Killerspiel, we want to know. Reuther wave can explain: "This creates a great feeling of power, there is about as many people as possible to kill a player carries out vigilantism."

On this definition, disturbs the Mayor Fenrich. It provides: games after wave Reuther definition are already prohibited. Counter-Strike, however, is allowed, for players aged 16 years. Fenrich appears the shooter as an action game. It reminds him to a Schwarzenegger movie.

The disputes Ingo Wellenreuther not. He wants to command the closing of the event. The problem: His own group has recently supported the Lord Mayor. For wave Reuther apparently one of the unfortunately side effects of democracy, if not to watch it: "That can happen, and they were overwhelmed with the agenda and I was on the day not there."

A mistake that is somehow understandable - but keep the values of the party because it was not the same, no matter where Mr. Reuther shaft is straight?

To do this he says nothing. But his group has meanwhile, in order to clarify the Interior of the country colleagues, Heribert Rech, CDU. Also wants the closing command for the event.

Short Game for bridging between the renovation break
Doris Baltinger, Group leader of the SPD in Karlsruhe: "Mr. Reuther wave but in the Bundestag should the laws change if he wants to ban the games." Here he sits in the interior and justice committee. His answer: "That I am working."

Third AktImmer still Karlsruhe, but now felt only 67.5 kilometers from Berlin
On 14 May, the mood turned, the CDU Karlsruhe in a press release calls the ban on the event and would like the mayor to help these "killer games to prohibit."

A clear formulation oblique than it did in the previous week, when it stated: "You can not scold the municipalities, if on the part of the country and the federal government is not the legal requirements are."

Because the OB games can not even ban and he wants to forget. Especially the concept of parent-Lan in advance of the tournament, convinced the 64-year-olds,
there could be teachers, parents, skeptics about the games of youth information. The patron of the parent-Lan events Armin Laschet means that he is education minister in North Rhine-Westphalia, and of course by the CDU.

Others do not believe in prohibitions: Ouaquasse Younes, president of the Student Union, is on the other hand, as Philip Miss Fields, the head of the Junge Union, the Bureau and member of the CDU member of parliament. The Cologne Fritz Schramma OB (CDU) opened last November, even the World Cyber Games. The Olympics of the self-Ducats Daddler invited the best Counter-Strike in the world to a duel.

"Because I am so happy that I am of the CDU in Karlsruhe am," replied Ingo wave Reuther, as we see it on the phone to point out how inconsistent his party presents. Strong words. A man with a mission?

Doris Baltinger of the Karlsruhe SPD seems to believe: "Mr. Reuther wants to wave the next mayor, and uses this matter to his rival Margret Mergen off."

For the controls the company, which manages the Stadthalle. So you would first need to yelp when the lease was signed. "He proposes several birds with one stone," says Doris Baltinger, "he differentiates itself from the OB, the CDU its own profile with conservative values and urged his rival to the sidelines."

"Nonsense," replied Ingo wave Reuther, "I would like to return in September in the Bundestag."

Moreover, it makes the thing. 2007, the Bundestag deputies Ingo wave Reuther incidentally in Mannheim as a candidate for the chief seats in the town hall to. He landed at around 32 percent.

Fourth AktKarlsruhe, behind the scenes
Representatives of the tournament organizer ESL travel to Karlsruhe and seek dialogue. Christian Brand, in wages and bread at Turtle Entertainment Games producer and spokesman for the ESL, recalls: "There were all the groups, many have asked critical questions."

Only by the CDU were not as many as: "But we have tough words: they are not the tournament."

Only Mayor Fenrich opposed at this time against his own group: "The ESL does the past seven years, in numerous other cities."

As recently in Offenbach, then stated the Youth "
A Rapkonzert aggressive acts. "

Nevertheless, the trend of Karlsruhe. As always, if somewhere a murder Waffennarr on tour, there is growing pressure to ban media content. Previously, it was films and videos, to video games today. Karlsruhe for the tournament was originally scheduled take place in Stuttgart. Even then it was banned.

Fifth AktSondersitzung CDU Karlsruhe
The air is thin for OB Heinz Fenrich, dark clouds gather over the Schwarzbach Hall: The CDU Karlsruhe convene a special meeting of the municipal one. The will decide the lease for the event to cancel. Turtle Entertainment, the organizers but did not want to lock this command, and on to the feed for a "city successfully defends itself against Killerspiel event" message to be. She says her from the tournament.

"Meeting canceled for Shooter games," reports the "Kölner Stadt Anzeiger" the next day. Because of the "mood in the population," explains Heinz Fenrich OB there, had been agreed with the organizer of the event in sight. "We are at the mercy of the politicians," the paper cited on the other hand, Christian Brand, spokesman for the organizers prevented. In a press release his company states: "It is clear that the great distance to our youth and the new media a serious generational conflict disclose."

After Game
Behind the scenes is Fenrich with SPD-wife Doris Baltinger quite agree. Both are wondering: If we start with Forbid, where we hear that on?

Good question. We make the Municipal Council and Members of the Bundestag Ingo Wellenreuther a few suggestions: How about, for example with the shooting galleries at the fair at the weekend? What about the Shooting of the city, the grants from the City Treasury will receive?

"That," says Ingo Wellenreuther, "is an entirely different matter."

Perhaps even other voters? On 7 June Karlsruhe elect the new council and the European Parliament.

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Before the local elections but there is sentiment at once, a "youth action" has a demonstration near the city of Karlsruhe registered. The organizers of the self-proclaimed "e-sports enthusiasts" Schlorke Norman (19) expect 500 to 1000 participants. So much political engagement of young voters Karlsruhe has long experienced.

On Friday, the original date of the tournament gamer, march them through Karlsruhe.
On its website the initiators write: "We do not want to be saddled with as scapegoats so that the policy is a nice theme for their campaign has!"

Let's go by 18 clock.