Maybe Im projecting here, but what irks me is not that this happened or the fact that people do this kind of thing.. but that they and the people that defend them come across as them feeling superior or smarter than the rest of us that choose to act with some manner of gamesmanship.
Killing on everyone on sight and acting like a socialpath is the easiest path to take in any survival game.
While Im killed waaay more often than not, I easily could have headshot the dozens of people that stopped to help me (well, the times I had a pistol). I personally choose not to kill the people that try to help me.. but thats just me.
The Road, the Book of Eli, Riddick, Mad Max the Walking Dead, Mad Max and every single movie/book about Man's need to survive in a harsh world are interesting because the protagonists rises above their environment and circumstances and still chooses to act with a system of morality or honor despite the collapse of civilization and how easy it would be to let that go.
But yes said movies are also more interesting because they are filled with the semi-human predators that will murder a famiy for a can of beans.
You havent discovered anything new here. Griefing others is much older than the Internet.
So we should all play Rust thinking, "What would Mel Gibson do?"
Give me a break.