probably already been posted but here we go anyways

http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/12/31/fe123108falsealarm.html

Don't confuse Emo teenagers with everyone that plays a video game.

I've seen much much worse in Everquest, but don't for a second pretend that it is representative of that playerbase.

Originally posted by Daffid011

Don't confuse Emo teenagers with everyone that plays a video game.

 

I've seen much much worse in Everquest, but don't for a second pretend that it is representative of that playerbase.

Unfortantially yes, didn' t someone actually kill them selves in EQ because he couldnt find his corpse?

That kid wasnt been serious afaik, people say shit like that all the time in games... internet humour I guess. Still seem pretty retarded arresting somebody for typing something on a keyboard.

Originally posted by TurboGs

That kid wasnt been serious afaik, people say shit like that all the time in games... internet humour I guess. Still seem pretty retarded arresting somebody for typing something on a keyboard.

Its not stupid because you can never tell when someone is joking or being serious. If you were to assume he was joking and then he would really do it, how would you feel then?

Real world is not a virtual gaming environment. You cant die and then just "reload" your life. Any threat at your life, whether coming from someone esle or yourself, should be treated seriously. In this case, the kid will surely have something to talk to his parents and will think twice before opening his yapper... unless he didn't learn his lesson the first time. In which case, he is destined to receive low blows all his life.

I think the title of this thread should be something more along the lines of 'A dumb ass WoW" player as you are talking about 1 person as opposed to ALL WoW players or even 2 percent for that matter.  

Originally posted by TurboGs

That kid wasnt been serious afaik, people say shit like that all the time in games... internet humour I guess. Still seem pretty retarded arresting somebody for typing something on a keyboard.

ya, but the rep doesnt know the kid.  Kid goes off and kills himself, traces his last conversation to a blizzard employee and his last words were "I am suicidal and that the game is the only thing I have to live for" wouldnt go over well.

sounds ridiculous but just this past November a local kid committed suicide live via webcam.  All the while people were in a chat room calling him names, egging him on and doing all the typical things people do when hidden annonymously online.  The so-called stunt went on longer than expected and someone called 911 and found the boy dead.  Authorities are attempting to locate several individuals in the chat room to hold them partially liable for allowing the boys suicide.

I think someone attempting suicide, claiming to kill themselves online holds just as much weight as they did it in real life.   A lot of younger folks out there really are disconnected with life using the internet as an escape.  The problem is, its as much real life as anything else you say or do on a day-to-day basis and you need to be held accountable.

Originally posted by jimmyman99

Originally posted by TurboGs

That kid wasnt been serious afaik, people say shit like that all the time in games... internet humour I guess. Still seem pretty retarded arresting somebody for typing something on a keyboard.

 

Its not stupid because you can never tell when someone is joking or being serious. If you were to assume he was joking and then he would really do it, how would you feel then?

Real world is not a virtual gaming environment. You cant die and then just "reload" your life. Any threat at your life, whether coming from someone esle or yourself, should be treated seriously. In this case, the kid will surely have something to talk to his parents and will think twice before opening his yapper... unless he didn't learn his lesson the first time. In which case, he is destined to receive low blows all his life.

If you think your problems are so bad that you can't think of any other way to solve them than killing yourself the world is better off without you.

That goes double if said problems are related to video games.

Originally posted by Eronakis

Originally posted by Daffid011

Don't confuse Emo teenagers with everyone that plays a video game.

 

I've seen much much worse in Everquest, but don't for a second pretend that it is representative of that playerbase.

 

Unfortantially yes, didn' t someone actually kill them selves in EQ because he couldnt find his corpse?

There was a young adult, Shawn Woolley age 21 who killed himself over a supposed broken relationship (his mother claims) within EQ, it is speculated that he met somebody while playing EQ and the relationship went south...he was found by his mother in his apartment on Thanksgiving, she went there to see if he wanted to come over for dinner since he wasn't picking up the phone.

He played on the Vallon Zek server.

EQ was still running when she found him, he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

His mother, Elizabeth Woolley has become a activist against MMO's and gaming companies who do not reveal the addiction level of their games, i believe she has taken SoE to court on several occasions but nothing came from it.

Shawn has problems beyond this supposed in-game affair and i for one feel a deep remorse for his family and friends, as gamers we have to remember that some of us take it too far and as gamers we should try to step in, if we can, and try to help them see that a game is slowly taking over their lives.

Here is information about Shawn, rest in peace brother.

http://www.virtualworldlets.net/Resources/Hosted/Resource.php?Name=EverQuestBlame

Those types of players and that behavior is representative of any mmorpg community; period.  Which is why the 'ol "but this has a better community" comments is flawed.

Kid wasn't serious but you need to take talks like that serious anyway. You never know when you bump into a deeply disturbed individual online. People have killed themselfes before cause of videogames and it will happen again. Not that I blame games for it, they just act as a trigger. As much a trigger as lost love, severe loss, hatred, self loathing etc can trigger these things.

What I find idiotic is that they handcuffed him as if he was a voilent criminal. Fucking ridicilous. But I guess policeofficers are known to be idiots...

Blaming an MMO for someones suicide is like blaming a bridge for allowing people to jump from it to their deaths. May as well blame gun makers while were at it for all the horrible crimes and suicides that have been comitted with their guns.

Originally posted by Forumfall

What I find idiotic is that they handcuffed him as if he was a voilent criminal. Fucking ridicilous. But I guess policeofficers are known to be idiots...

Or maybe they handcuffed him because he could be dangerous to himself and others? They did not know at the time of arrival that he was joking. It was only later they found that out.

carebear wowers

www.youtube.com/watch

kotaku.com/gaming/moscow-times/lineage-ii-gamer-kicks-player-to-death-232857.php

Originally posted by Calind0r

carebear wowers

 

www.youtube.com/watch

kotaku.com/gaming/moscow-times/lineage-ii-gamer-kicks-player-to-death-232857.php

 

Umm, yeah..and so the idiot media blows it out of proportions. So what else is new?? More people die every day due to drugrelated issues than all the gamerelated killings ever in the entire history of videogames. Don't see those deaths make headlines..Pfft, the news suck.

Originally posted by Forumfall

What I find idiotic is that they handcuffed him as if he was a voilent criminal. Fucking ridicilous. But I guess policeofficers are known to be idiots...

If someone is unstable enough to kill themselves then they are unstable enough to harm others. Authorities have to keep themselves safe as well as the person trying to harm themselves.

Oh what you get busted with to be so negative about cops lol

Originally posted by slask777

 

Umm, yeah..and so the idiot media blows it out of proportions. So what else is new?? More people die every day due to drugrelated issues than all the gamerelated killings ever in the entire history of videogames. Don't see those deaths make headlines..Pfft, the news suck.

Agreed! Drugs don't get the attention anymore because we're numb to it. Video games are the new drug in a lot of people's eyes.

I mean hell my step dad still thinks dnd is demonic. It's the culture he grew up in and never found out for himself lol.

Oh brother, this is one situation where "Can I has your stoof" could apply.

The issue is that people die all the time.

I wager that 100X more people die riding motercycles or mountainclimbing, or scuba diving. yet there is little outrage against that.

Shrug