623 posts Just above your head, in the big bad storm cloud.... joined
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i was expecting to see some indignated comments, but i see some of you cant just see beyond all this (coincidence all WoW players)
this is not the first time it happens, i saw in the tv some really freakin shock tratments (like those who were done in the old asylums) in china for MMO addicted players (not necessary WoW)
curious, it happens mostly in asia (especially in korea and china). dunno why but they are already makinga whole program of anti-addiction, but i doubt it will work since Online Gaming is one of the msot lucrative business of there
this is another proof of how far MMO addiction can go...
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Ghost27i knew that yellow ppls are stupid, it is normal that they die cue of online playing, they go to PC play like 3,5 day and die, then another come and grab dead corpse of man that die few minutes earlier, drop them somwhere on ground and he start playing for 3,5 day then die, then another come and grab dead corpse....etc
yellow ppls are stupid?
...heh. alot of people are like that, no matter what color of their skin...
This is barely news though. Origin was sued several times, once because some player couldn't get ahead in the game and felt OSI should reimburse him for the wasted chunk of his life that he threw away witout any prompting from anyone.
There was a guy who died because he played Everquest. The truth, later discovered, was that he was suffering from depression and Everquest was his escape. One day he quit his job, bought a TON of cheetos, locked himself in a closet with his computer and went on a non-stop gaming spree. The found him dead with cheetos everywhere and his long-dead EQ character on the screen.
There hasn't been an MMO based company that hasn't been sued by someone because they think it's the game developer's fault that a certain person decided to do something stupid. And the sick thing is, to keep things from going overboard these companies will often have their own blood-sucking lawyers to reduce the case as far as possible in as short a time as possible, and then pay off whatever's left in the suing party's wish list to close it before it gets news-worthy.
More than likely the parents simply found "the evil game", as many parents call these games, on their kid's computer screen after some completely unrelated incident causing their child's death, and assumed it was due to the game because they're too lazy to look around and find out what REALLY caused the problem in the first place. The kid could have been suffering from depression as well, and got bored in Wow... so decided to see if he could respawn too. -shrugs-
I haven't read the article at all though. I just don't have time to read about stupid people doing stupid things because somehow they believe that large amounts of moeny will make them forget the loss.
On the serious side, THIS is not the first time it happened. I can remember how a Korean was found dead at an internet cafe and played WoW a day straight. Another one involved a couple who went out but returned to find their baby daughter starve to death.
No matter, there will be idiots everywhere. And it's these parents that make themselves stupider than the addicted idiots.
*sigh* they always forget to read the warning lable
Woooaaaah,you're gonna need a BIG magnifier so u can "read" this.Btw i bet ppl already did but still who will even believe it....Anyways Wow is dangerous just by throwing the box into somebody's head.Mine is heavier than a melon itself.
WELL I AM NOT. All that I have now is love and thats all I also need.
Sure...
Its their problem that they let their kid play it and it was their responsobility to look after him.I say its their own fault and blizzard is innocent..
I agree Its the same as some1 lets his dog walk on a highway and if the dog dies that person accuses the car makers (Did that make sense? )
That is warning is not on the front at all. I looked. mmos are a form of escape. Anyone being bullyed or in stress or with their life in a mess can be equal with other ppl, can make freinds, can do stuff and start a new perfect life on wow where they feel no pain. The person would go into denial, and just not care about anything else, just ignoring it, and shutting themself off from everything. Nobody can bully them on wow, nobody can hurt them, they get no stress and can have fun.
Their house would get into a big mess if they lived on their own and they would not clean it (save a meter or two around the computer). They would get loads of food and water that dont need to be cooked (like gaal said about the cheetos)They would probably sleep at their desk (maybe even do /sleep comand and then log off, so they can imagine they r the wow character)
The problem is that soon enough real life would catch up with them and just before they died they would relize how foolish they had been.
The above is an example of what can happen, and i beleive in anti adiction mesures to be made, they r very important. Blizzard should definately do more to prevent adictions ( maybe have a 6 hour limit for each acount on wow, and if they relize someone is on it about 10 hours a day, they should send him an email and tell him that he ought to stop)
623 posts Just above your head, in the big bad storm cloud.... joined
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Ramza
WELL I AM NOT. All that I have now is love and thats all I also need.
Sure...
Its their problem that they let their kid play it and it was their responsobility to look after him.I say its their own fault and blizzard is innocent..
Its the same as some1 lets his dog walk on a highway and if the dog dies that person accuses the car makers (Did that make sense? )
not that simple Ramza...blizzard will not be charged in anything for now because:
1-it is still not illegal addicting MMO games
2-if a charge comes anyway, blizzard will be responsable by a minor part of it, the sh!t will go all to the local distributor wanna bet?
3-good old bribes...remenber that blizz get a obscene amount of money with WoW, MMo is the recipe for success nowadays
but if you think in the moral part of the history, you would see some guilt in blizz, i mean, the guys who produce cocaina or any other drug KNOW they are making lethal addicting products, so they can be responsible for the poster deaths. same thing for blizz. but money moves the wheel of the world, and like i said before, MMO is the recipe for succes nowadays...
better get used to it, this is not the first time it happens, nor the last...
The above is an example of what can happen, and i beleive in anti adiction mesures to be made, they r very important. Blizzard should definately do more to prevent adictions ( maybe have a 6 hour limit for each acount on wow, and if they relize someone is on it about 10 hours a day, they should send him an email and tell him that he ought to stop)
THats a great idea, but Blizzard cant force peepz to stop from gaming. There should be a line in the law saying its forbidden to computer more then 4 hours a day or sumthing. (They cant check if they play single player but thats alot more boring so they will stop anyway)
Quote: Its their problem that they let their kid play it and it was their responsobility to look after him.I say its their own fault and blizzard is innocent..
I agree Its the same as some1 lets his dog walk on a highway and if the dog dies that person accuses the car makers (Did that make sense? icon_razz.gif )
not that simple Ramza...blizzard will not be charged in anything for now because:
I know. I agreed with him. I think Blizzard will not be charged either.
Quote: Its their problem that they let their kid play it and it was their responsobility to look after him.I say its their own fault and blizzard is innocent..
I agree Its the same as some1 lets his dog walk on a highway and if the dog dies that person accuses the car makers (Did that make sense? icon_razz.gif )
not that simple Ramza...blizzard will not be charged in anything for now because:
I know. I agreed with him. I think Blizzard will not be charged either.
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