Some of these people read like they've been playing "Heather Mills Online"!
Got trouble with playing MMOs and an attention seeking GF? Get her interested in one, that's what I did.
Never had MMOs when I was at school/college so not a problem, we were more worried about getting laid than how our scantily clad female night elf was afk leveling.
Want to kill yourself because you lost some gold and exp online? Just wait until you're married with two kids and have to pay the bills every month!
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
No offence, but thoughts about suicide over a game are signs of mental ailments or mental instability. This is what I really define as SERIOUS addiction. This one kid hung himself after making a "good bye" post on his guild website. He said he lost everything because his friend cheated on him and stole all his items in runescape, which made him feel like he had no friends etc and hung himself. TBH when I used to play RS my friend and I both used to steal each others goods, it was ... fun
Anyway, dont feel ashamed. The past is past, think of the future and try not to get addictedo anything again.
I agree 100%. At the time I didn't think of myself as having a problem. I knew that I was addicted, but I thought "ok so what, I'm addicted to Tibia, big deal". But looking back, it was definitely a big problem. The only good thing is that I was not stupid enough to let the game affect my school or my behaviour. (by that I mean I didn't skip meals, sleep, didn't punch out my parents (lol), etc.)
So luckily after I stopped Tibia, there was no serious consequence. Of course, I only stopped because I got bored and moved on to City of Heroes...then WoW, lol.
Yeah... I've made some bad choices before, not hanging out and playing WoW instead etc...
If you killed yourself over an MMO-would you drop any good loot?
I don't think so with suicide, maybe murder. What if you're a tank and had epic armour and tried to hang yourself? You'd be dangling there waiting to die for hours!
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
Originally posted by lionexx Once, but then i stoped reading this thread and the thought of suicide went away.
Lol!
Regarding the question this thead asks: No thoughts of suicide.
Actually there is debate regarding the inability to stop playing a video game as is it addiction or compulsion? I'd say it's a compulsion, but just as damaging as an addiction. If you have a tendency to think of suicide for whatever the reason, recognize it as a problem and go seak help people!
Bottom line- too much of anything is usually bad for you expecially if gaming is all you do while sacrificing real world activiites, friendships, responsibilities, etc. At one point I would have listed myself as a compulsive WoW player, but that is in the past.
----------------------- Past MMOs- Planetside, WoW. Current MMO: Current Games: L4D, Skyrim Tried- ATITD, EQ2, SoR, Vanguard,SL,LOTRO,SotNW,SWTOR. Anticipating- GW2, Planetside2
The suicide of a young Chinese boy in the Tianjin province has highlighted once more the growing dangers of game addiction, when those responsible don't understand or notice the risks of unhealthy play. Xiao Yi was thirteen when he threw himself from the top of a twenty-four story tower block in his home town, leaving notes that spoke of his addiction and his hope of being reunited with fellow cyber-players in heaven. The suicide notes were written through the eyes of a gaming character, so reports the China Daily, and stated that he hoped to meet three gaming friends in the after life. His parents, who had noticed with growing concern his affliction, were not mentioned in the letters.
"My kid was like someone taking drugs who could not control himself," said Xiao Yi's father. "His mother and I were very worried about him. But we knew little about the Internet and we did not know how to save him." Previously, Xiao's parents had found him starving after two days and nights in an internet cafe playing online role-playing games. When questioned about his bizarre behaviour, his father said that a tearful Xiao had told him that he had been poisoned by games and could no longer control himself.
This is not the first incident of this kind, but it is certainly the severest, with Asia being a hot-spot for such socially-derived issues. On the reasoning why gamers can be sucked into virtual worlds to a dangerous degree, software association head Liu Min commented "In the hypothetical world created by such games, they become confident and gain satisfaction, which they cannot get in the real world."
Foreign influences in games played by Chinese youngsters (most of which are imported) were accused of having a negative influence, of promoting 'demon worlds', to their impressionable audiences, though it seems more likely that it was issues in the victims own life which drew him to seek such extreme escapism. A sad tale, regardless.
His mother, Elizabeth Woolley, describes Shawn's playing as addictive, arguing that the last few epileptic fits he had were caused by the amount of time he spent playing EverQuest and it was this addiction that ultimately led to his suicide. Shawn began playing EverQuest in 2000, and Elizabeth Woolley asserts that by 2001, it had taken over his life. During this time Shawn Woolley was evicted from his apartment and had to move back in with his mother, a move which is also suggested as being a result of Shawn's addiction.
Soon after being evicted his mother recommended he stay in a group home to make some friends other than, "online friends" and get support. After months of doing so it seemed that he was beginning to get his life back on track. He told his mother that he was interested in getting a new apartment and living on his own. She was told by his group home that living on his own with a job would be an important step in his recovery. After getting a job at a local pizza shop Shawn moved in to a new apartment eventually earning enough money to buy a new computer and quickly returned to his online-gaming addiction.
A week before the suicide he had quit his pizza parlour job in order to play upwards of 12 hours a day, and bought a gun. He was finally pushed over the edge by unknown events that had occurred within the game, which might have included the betrayal of a six-month associate who stole Woolley's character's money and refused to return it. Elizabeth Woolley said that he was in tears after this particular incident. Furthermore, he made a character that was supposed to look like him as much as possible, and named it "iluveyou", suggesting to his mother that he might have been rejected by a girl online, in the game, something which furthered his depression.
"Don't corpse-camp that idea. Its never gonna rez" Bladezz (The Guild)
This is the most stupidest thread I have ever seen. You need to get some serious help.
You obviously have not hung out in The Pub that often...Hope your other 9 posts are as insightful as this one.
Never thought about suicide in a game, can't remember ever thinking about something remotely close to it. I play a lot of Guild Wars and have played for over 2 years at 4+ hours a day (more on the weekends). However, my marriage is healthy and going strong and I play numerous sports during the week. So I believe you can be addicted or feel compulsion to playing a game and still have a healthy life.
*edit*....The post above me:
Nothing to reflect on besides human nature. People always look to blame someone/something else. She was a bad parent and the only way she could cope with the situation is by blaming the game.
"It is easier to be cruel than wise. The road to wisdom is long and difficult... so most people just turn out to be assholes" Feng (Christopher Walken)
I used to think harsh penalties in games were the norm, these days not so much. Imagine it taking a month to grind up one skill box out of a tree of 18 with a weapon that makes you attackable to anyone in the game, and if you die you lose XP and if you died 3 times you lose you character permanently. You may have had to master 20 out of the 30+ professions to even get to that special character which took months. The reward was being 3-4 times stronger than average players, but of course now everyone in the game wants to kill you and you have Bounty Hunters looking for ya.
I was so into my mmos that I forgot I had children. I heard they have moved out and gotten married. Oh... wait I have to go kill this mob!!!!!..............
I was so into my mmos that I forgot I had children. I heard they have moved out and gotten married. Oh... wait I have to go kill this mob!!!!!..............
Consider yourself lucky that you aren't facing jail time like these two.
RENO, Nev. - A couple who authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect.
The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a boy age 22 months and a girl age 11 months, were severely malnourished and near death last month when doctors saw them after social workers took them to a hospital, authorities said. Both children are doing well and gaining weight in foster care, prosecutor Kelli Ann Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Michael Straw, 25, and Iana Straw, 23, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts each of child neglect. Each faces a maximum 12-year prison sentence.
Viloria said the Reno couple were too distracted by online video games, mainly the fantasy role-playing "Dungeons & Dragons" series, to give their children proper care.
"They had food; they just chose not to give it to their kids because they were too busy playing video games," Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Police said hospital staff had to shave the head of the girl because her hair was matted with cat urine. The 10-pound girl also had a mouth infection, dry skin and severe dehydration.
Her brother had to be treated for starvation and a genital infection. His lack of muscle development caused him difficulty in walking, investigators said.
The Straws have been given public defenders. Jeremy Bosler, head of the county public defender's office, declined to comment to The Associated Press on Saturday.
"Don't corpse-camp that idea. Its never gonna rez" Bladezz (The Guild)
I was so into my mmos that I forgot I had children. I heard they have moved out and gotten married. Oh... wait I have to go kill this mob!!!!!..............
Consider yourself lucky that you aren't facing jail time like these two.
RENO, Nev. - A couple who authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect.
The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a boy age 22 months and a girl age 11 months, were severely malnourished and near death last month when doctors saw them after social workers took them to a hospital, authorities said. Both children are doing well and gaining weight in foster care, prosecutor Kelli Ann Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Michael Straw, 25, and Iana Straw, 23, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts each of child neglect. Each faces a maximum 12-year prison sentence.
Viloria said the Reno couple were too distracted by online video games, mainly the fantasy role-playing "Dungeons & Dragons" series, to give their children proper care.
"They had food; they just chose not to give it to their kids because they were too busy playing video games," Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Police said hospital staff had to shave the head of the girl because her hair was matted with cat urine. The 10-pound girl also had a mouth infection, dry skin and severe dehydration.
Her brother had to be treated for starvation and a genital infection. His lack of muscle development caused him difficulty in walking, investigators said.
The Straws have been given public defenders. Jeremy Bosler, head of the county public defender's office, declined to comment to The Associated Press on Saturday.
Again...lets blame a game (not saying you are, but the public in general) for two people for two people being absolutely stupid. The two people would have done the same things if they were playing a D&D game or not. Neglect is neglect and abuse is abuse...it is not the sign of a normal human being not to care for their young. It is the sign of true pyschological trouble.
"It is easier to be cruel than wise. The road to wisdom is long and difficult... so most people just turn out to be assholes" Feng (Christopher Walken)
I was so into my mmos that I forgot I had children. I heard they have moved out and gotten married. Oh... wait I have to go kill this mob!!!!!..............
Consider yourself lucky that you aren't facing jail time like these two.
RENO, Nev. - A couple who authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect.
The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a boy age 22 months and a girl age 11 months, were severely malnourished and near death last month when doctors saw them after social workers took them to a hospital, authorities said. Both children are doing well and gaining weight in foster care, prosecutor Kelli Ann Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Michael Straw, 25, and Iana Straw, 23, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts each of child neglect. Each faces a maximum 12-year prison sentence.
Viloria said the Reno couple were too distracted by online video games, mainly the fantasy role-playing "Dungeons & Dragons" series, to give their children proper care.
"They had food; they just chose not to give it to their kids because they were too busy playing video games," Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Police said hospital staff had to shave the head of the girl because her hair was matted with cat urine. The 10-pound girl also had a mouth infection, dry skin and severe dehydration.
Her brother had to be treated for starvation and a genital infection. His lack of muscle development caused him difficulty in walking, investigators said.
The Straws have been given public defenders. Jeremy Bosler, head of the county public defender's office, declined to comment to The Associated Press on Saturday.
Wow sadly I think a crack head would have been a better partent. And matted hair with cat urine OMFG Hang these two. LOOSERS
"The most important thing is to have the design support the players in setting their own goals in both cooperative and competitive interaction with one another." - Ironore -
And people wonder why games are associated with nerds, honestly if you think about games enough to dream about them let alone commit sucide over them, maybe its time to take a very serious look at your life.
edit: btw i mean dream about playing the game you are addicted to, not dreaming about making them etc ;p
No...for me it was the opposite. I was heavily into some pretty bad "stuff" at one time and my sister had to take me in for a time. She was going to school to become a software engineer and was heavily into online gaming from back when there were games on AOL and stuff. I got off the bad stuff and got hooked on gaming. Finished school and have been clean ever since. I guess in a sense I traded one drug for another, but at least this drug doesn't ruin my mind and body as the others did. Hooray for MMORPG's!
rotfl you guys didn't realize that that was a joke?????? lol kids grew up and got married??? And I didn't notice it? lol sorry I said that now. lol it was meant to make you laugh. sorry
When you become so addicted to a game into which you can't put it down, you are in turn, trading your own life, for the virtual life; a virtual life which is much more dangerous and complicated than regular life.
However,, you can not completely cut yourself off of the real life. There are still much things that need to be taken care of such as physical health(hunger, disposal, cleansing yourself, etc) and other things such as accomodations. Most people believe that the virtual life offers nothing but a good time for the player, while having serveral negative effects on your real life. When you think about it, when we are at work, we don't have a life, but we have a life outside of work.
It would be simplistic if these addictees were employed by the companies they spend their lives with, then they could actually be doing something. Showing that kind of devotion to a virtual life is the kind of motivation and experience people need. I mean it shouldn't be hard, but it's so limited.
This does however, encourage addiction and that is nothing we would want. MMORPGs are meant to be a break from reality and nothing more. If they really want to achive that personal expereince, they should stop making games so time-consuming and start making them more casual.
I believe there should be a set ammount of rules, a declaration, if you will, that sets how and what to do about online games. This is one of the most important issues of the present and future and should be addressed A.S.A.P. before it gets out of hand.
6/3/05 The suicide of a young Chinese boy in the Tianjin province has highlighted once more the growing dangers of game addiction, when those responsible don't understand or notice the risks of unhealthy play. Xiao Yi was thirteen when he threw himself from the top of a twenty-four story tower block in his home town, leaving notes that spoke of his addiction and his hope of being reunited with fellow cyber-players in heaven. The suicide notes were written through the eyes of a gaming character, so reports the China Daily, and stated that he hoped to meet three gaming friends in the after life. His parents, who had noticed with growing concern his affliction, were not mentioned in the letters. "My kid was like someone taking drugs who could not control himself," said Xiao Yi's father. "His mother and I were very worried about him. But we knew little about the Internet and we did not know how to save him." Previously, Xiao's parents had found him starving after two days and nights in an internet cafe playing online role-playing games. When questioned about his bizarre behaviour, his father said that a tearful Xiao had told him that he had been poisoned by games and could no longer control himself. This is not the first incident of this kind, but it is certainly the severest, with Asia being a hot-spot for such socially-derived issues. On the reasoning why gamers can be sucked into virtual worlds to a dangerous degree, software association head Liu Min commented "In the hypothetical world created by such games, they become confident and gain satisfaction, which they cannot get in the real world." Foreign influences in games played by Chinese youngsters (most of which are imported) were accused of having a negative influence, of promoting 'demon worlds', to their impressionable audiences, though it seems more likely that it was issues in the victims own life which drew him to seek such extreme escapism. A sad tale, regardless.
Shawn Woolley
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shawn Woolley (1980 - November 22, 2001), of Wisconsin, was an avid player of the computer gameEverQuest, an MMORPG, who had been diagnosed with epilepsy, depression and schizoid personality disorder, and committed suicide at the age of 21. He shot himself and was found dead at his computer, which was still running EverQuest. His mother, Elizabeth Woolley, describes Shawn's playing as addictive, arguing that the last few epileptic fits he had were caused by the amount of time he spent playing EverQuest and it was this addiction that ultimately led to his suicide. Shawn began playing EverQuest in 2000, and Elizabeth Woolley asserts that by 2001, it had taken over his life. During this time Shawn Woolley was evicted from his apartment and had to move back in with his mother, a move which is also suggested as being a result of Shawn's addiction. Soon after being evicted his mother recommended he stay in a group home to make some friends other than, "online friends" and get support. After months of doing so it seemed that he was beginning to get his life back on track. He told his mother that he was interested in getting a new apartment and living on his own. She was told by his group home that living on his own with a job would be an important step in his recovery. After getting a job at a local pizza shop Shawn moved in to a new apartment eventually earning enough money to buy a new computer and quickly returned to his online-gaming addiction. A week before the suicide he had quit his pizza parlour job in order to play upwards of 12 hours a day, and bought a gun. He was finally pushed over the edge by unknown events that had occurred within the game, which might have included the betrayal of a six-month associate who stole Woolley's character's money and refused to return it. Elizabeth Woolley said that he was in tears after this particular incident. Furthermore, he made a character that was supposed to look like him as much as possible, and named it "iluveyou", suggesting to his mother that he might have been rejected by a girl online, in the game, something which furthered his depression.
I do remember reading all of the news reports about these and many others, Good read none the less. The 2nd one tho is much longer then that and has a lot more detail of why he did commit suicide.
Playing: Everthing Played: DAoC,AC2,EvE,SWG,WAR,MXO,CoX,EQ2,L2,LOTRO,SB,UO,WoW. I have played every MMO that has ever come out.
Comments
Some of these people read like they've been playing "Heather Mills Online"!
Got trouble with playing MMOs and an attention seeking GF? Get her interested in one, that's what I did.
Never had MMOs when I was at school/college so not a problem, we were more worried about getting laid than how our scantily clad female night elf was afk leveling.
Want to kill yourself because you lost some gold and exp online? Just wait until you're married with two kids and have to pay the bills every month!
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
CS Lewis
LOL @ the title of this thread.
Hope you got your things together. Hope you are quite prepared to die. Looks like we're in for nasty weather. ... There's a bad moon on the rise.
So luckily after I stopped Tibia, there was no serious consequence. Of course, I only stopped because I got bored and moved on to City of Heroes...then WoW, lol.
Yeah... I've made some bad choices before, not hanging out and playing WoW instead etc...
When we were young, we were DARN stupid
now the real question:
If you killed yourself over an MMO-would you drop any good loot?
I don't think so with suicide, maybe murder. What if you're a tank and had epic armour and tried to hang yourself? You'd be dangling there waiting to die for hours!
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
CS Lewis
Once, but then i stoped reading this thread and the thought of suicide went away.
Playing: Everthing
Played: DAoC,AC2,EvE,SWG,WAR,MXO,CoX,EQ2,L2,LOTRO,SB,UO,WoW.
I have played every MMO that has ever come out.
no, the worst I would do is delete the damn game for being so utterly rubbish.
This is the most stupidest thread I have ever seen. You need to get some serious help.
Lol!
Regarding the question this thead asks: No thoughts of suicide.
Actually there is debate regarding the inability to stop playing a video game as is it addiction or compulsion? I'd say it's a compulsion, but just as damaging as an addiction. If you have a tendency to think of suicide for whatever the reason, recognize it as a problem and go seak help people!
Bottom line- too much of anything is usually bad for you expecially if gaming is all you do while sacrificing real world activiites, friendships, responsibilities, etc. At one point I would have listed myself as a compulsive WoW player, but that is in the past.
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Past MMOs- Planetside, WoW.
Current MMO:
Current Games: L4D, Skyrim
Tried- ATITD, EQ2, SoR, Vanguard,SL,LOTRO,SotNW,SWTOR.
Anticipating- GW2, Planetside2
Read this and reflect upon it.
Chinese suicide shows addiction dangers
From Play.tm
by Luke Guttridge
6/3/05
The suicide of a young Chinese boy in the Tianjin province has highlighted once more the growing dangers of game addiction, when those responsible don't understand or notice the risks of unhealthy play. Xiao Yi was thirteen when he threw himself from the top of a twenty-four story tower block in his home town, leaving notes that spoke of his addiction and his hope of being reunited with fellow cyber-players in heaven. The suicide notes were written through the eyes of a gaming character, so reports the China Daily, and stated that he hoped to meet three gaming friends in the after life. His parents, who had noticed with growing concern his affliction, were not mentioned in the letters.
"My kid was like someone taking drugs who could not control himself," said Xiao Yi's father. "His mother and I were very worried about him. But we knew little about the Internet and we did not know how to save him." Previously, Xiao's parents had found him starving after two days and nights in an internet cafe playing online role-playing games. When questioned about his bizarre behaviour, his father said that a tearful Xiao had told him that he had been poisoned by games and could no longer control himself.
This is not the first incident of this kind, but it is certainly the severest, with Asia being a hot-spot for such socially-derived issues. On the reasoning why gamers can be sucked into virtual worlds to a dangerous degree, software association head Liu Min commented "In the hypothetical world created by such games, they become confident and gain satisfaction, which they cannot get in the real world."
Foreign influences in games played by Chinese youngsters (most of which are imported) were accused of having a negative influence, of promoting 'demon worlds', to their impressionable audiences, though it seems more likely that it was issues in the victims own life which drew him to seek such extreme escapism. A sad tale, regardless.
Shawn Woolley
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shawn Woolley (1980 - November 22, 2001), of Wisconsin, was an avid player of the computer game EverQuest, an MMORPG, who had been diagnosed with epilepsy, depression and schizoid personality disorder, and committed suicide at the age of 21. He shot himself and was found dead at his computer, which was still running EverQuest.
His mother, Elizabeth Woolley, describes Shawn's playing as addictive, arguing that the last few epileptic fits he had were caused by the amount of time he spent playing EverQuest and it was this addiction that ultimately led to his suicide. Shawn began playing EverQuest in 2000, and Elizabeth Woolley asserts that by 2001, it had taken over his life. During this time Shawn Woolley was evicted from his apartment and had to move back in with his mother, a move which is also suggested as being a result of Shawn's addiction.
Soon after being evicted his mother recommended he stay in a group home to make some friends other than, "online friends" and get support. After months of doing so it seemed that he was beginning to get his life back on track. He told his mother that he was interested in getting a new apartment and living on his own. She was told by his group home that living on his own with a job would be an important step in his recovery. After getting a job at a local pizza shop Shawn moved in to a new apartment eventually earning enough money to buy a new computer and quickly returned to his online-gaming addiction.
A week before the suicide he had quit his pizza parlour job in order to play upwards of 12 hours a day, and bought a gun. He was finally pushed over the edge by unknown events that had occurred within the game, which might have included the betrayal of a six-month associate who stole Woolley's character's money and refused to return it. Elizabeth Woolley said that he was in tears after this particular incident. Furthermore, he made a character that was supposed to look like him as much as possible, and named it "iluveyou", suggesting to his mother that he might have been rejected by a girl online, in the game, something which furthered his depression.
"Don't corpse-camp that idea. Its never gonna rez"
Bladezz (The Guild)
You obviously have not hung out in The Pub that often...Hope your other 9 posts are as insightful as this one.
Never thought about suicide in a game, can't remember ever thinking about something remotely close to it. I play a lot of Guild Wars and have played for over 2 years at 4+ hours a day (more on the weekends). However, my marriage is healthy and going strong and I play numerous sports during the week. So I believe you can be addicted or feel compulsion to playing a game and still have a healthy life.
*edit*....The post above me:
Nothing to reflect on besides human nature. People always look to blame someone/something else. She was a bad parent and the only way she could cope with the situation is by blaming the game.
"It is easier to be cruel than wise. The road to wisdom is long and difficult... so most people just turn out to be assholes" Feng (Christopher Walken)
I used to think harsh penalties in games were the norm, these days not so much. Imagine it taking a month to grind up one skill box out of a tree of 18 with a weapon that makes you attackable to anyone in the game, and if you die you lose XP and if you died 3 times you lose you character permanently. You may have had to master 20 out of the 30+ professions to even get to that special character which took months. The reward was being 3-4 times stronger than average players, but of course now everyone in the game wants to kill you and you have Bounty Hunters looking for ya.
I was so into my mmos that I forgot I had children. I heard they have moved out and gotten married. Oh... wait I have to go kill this mob!!!!!..............
Consider yourself lucky that you aren't facing jail time like these two.
RENO, Nev. - A couple who authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect.
The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a boy age 22 months and a girl age 11 months, were severely malnourished and near death last month when doctors saw them after social workers took them to a hospital, authorities said. Both children are doing well and gaining weight in foster care, prosecutor Kelli Ann Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Michael Straw, 25, and Iana Straw, 23, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts each of child neglect. Each faces a maximum 12-year prison sentence.
Viloria said the Reno couple were too distracted by online video games, mainly the fantasy role-playing "Dungeons & Dragons" series, to give their children proper care.
"They had food; they just chose not to give it to their kids because they were too busy playing video games," Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Police said hospital staff had to shave the head of the girl because her hair was matted with cat urine. The 10-pound girl also had a mouth infection, dry skin and severe dehydration.
Her brother had to be treated for starvation and a genital infection. His lack of muscle development caused him difficulty in walking, investigators said.
The Straws have been given public defenders. Jeremy Bosler, head of the county public defender's office, declined to comment to The Associated Press on Saturday.
"Don't corpse-camp that idea. Its never gonna rez"
Bladezz (The Guild)
Consider yourself lucky that you aren't facing jail time like these two.
RENO, Nev. - A couple who authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect.
The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a boy age 22 months and a girl age 11 months, were severely malnourished and near death last month when doctors saw them after social workers took them to a hospital, authorities said. Both children are doing well and gaining weight in foster care, prosecutor Kelli Ann Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Michael Straw, 25, and Iana Straw, 23, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts each of child neglect. Each faces a maximum 12-year prison sentence.
Viloria said the Reno couple were too distracted by online video games, mainly the fantasy role-playing "Dungeons & Dragons" series, to give their children proper care.
"They had food; they just chose not to give it to their kids because they were too busy playing video games," Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Police said hospital staff had to shave the head of the girl because her hair was matted with cat urine. The 10-pound girl also had a mouth infection, dry skin and severe dehydration.
Her brother had to be treated for starvation and a genital infection. His lack of muscle development caused him difficulty in walking, investigators said.
The Straws have been given public defenders. Jeremy Bosler, head of the county public defender's office, declined to comment to The Associated Press on Saturday.
Again...lets blame a game (not saying you are, but the public in general) for two people for two people being absolutely stupid. The two people would have done the same things if they were playing a D&D game or not. Neglect is neglect and abuse is abuse...it is not the sign of a normal human being not to care for their young. It is the sign of true pyschological trouble.
"It is easier to be cruel than wise. The road to wisdom is long and difficult... so most people just turn out to be assholes" Feng (Christopher Walken)
Consider yourself lucky that you aren't facing jail time like these two.
RENO, Nev. - A couple who authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect.
The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a boy age 22 months and a girl age 11 months, were severely malnourished and near death last month when doctors saw them after social workers took them to a hospital, authorities said. Both children are doing well and gaining weight in foster care, prosecutor Kelli Ann Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Michael Straw, 25, and Iana Straw, 23, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts each of child neglect. Each faces a maximum 12-year prison sentence.
Viloria said the Reno couple were too distracted by online video games, mainly the fantasy role-playing "Dungeons & Dragons" series, to give their children proper care.
"They had food; they just chose not to give it to their kids because they were too busy playing video games," Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Police said hospital staff had to shave the head of the girl because her hair was matted with cat urine. The 10-pound girl also had a mouth infection, dry skin and severe dehydration.
Her brother had to be treated for starvation and a genital infection. His lack of muscle development caused him difficulty in walking, investigators said.
The Straws have been given public defenders. Jeremy Bosler, head of the county public defender's office, declined to comment to The Associated Press on Saturday.
Wow sadly I think a crack head would have been a better partent. And matted hair with cat urine OMFG Hang these two. LOOSERS
"The most important thing is to have the design support the players in setting their own goals in both cooperative and competitive interaction with one another." - Ironore -
MMOs have never made me want to commit suicide ... murder maybe, but not suicide.
And people wonder why games are associated with nerds, honestly if you think about games enough to dream about them let alone commit sucide over them, maybe its time to take a very serious look at your life.
edit: btw i mean dream about playing the game you are addicted to, not dreaming about making them etc ;p
No...for me it was the opposite. I was heavily into some pretty bad "stuff" at one time and my sister had to take me in for a time. She was going to school to become a software engineer and was heavily into online gaming from back when there were games on AOL and stuff. I got off the bad stuff and got hooked on gaming. Finished school and have been clean ever since. I guess in a sense I traded one drug for another, but at least this drug doesn't ruin my mind and body as the others did. Hooray for MMORPG's!
ROFL /QFT Man is this ever true
Heh yeah, never in a million years thought of taking my life... not when there or so many others I have to take first.
Put me down on the roster of the "Not suicide... Homicide!" club.
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This is where I draw the line: __________________.
rotfl you guys didn't realize that that was a joke?????? lol kids grew up and got married??? And I didn't notice it? lol sorry I said that now. lol it was meant to make you laugh. sorry
When you become so addicted to a game into which you can't put it down, you are in turn, trading your own life, for the virtual life; a virtual life which is much more dangerous and complicated than regular life.
However,, you can not completely cut yourself off of the real life. There are still much things that need to be taken care of such as physical health(hunger, disposal, cleansing yourself, etc) and other things such as accomodations. Most people believe that the virtual life offers nothing but a good time for the player, while having serveral negative effects on your real life. When you think about it, when we are at work, we don't have a life, but we have a life outside of work.
It would be simplistic if these addictees were employed by the companies they spend their lives with, then they could actually be doing something. Showing that kind of devotion to a virtual life is the kind of motivation and experience people need. I mean it shouldn't be hard, but it's so limited.
This does however, encourage addiction and that is nothing we would want. MMORPGs are meant to be a break from reality and nothing more. If they really want to achive that personal expereince, they should stop making games so time-consuming and start making them more casual.
I believe there should be a set ammount of rules, a declaration, if you will, that sets how and what to do about online games. This is one of the most important issues of the present and future and should be addressed A.S.A.P. before it gets out of hand.
lol thats funny stuff
When you die in runescape and lose your mil's worth of stuff, then yeh, you do feel suicidal.
But meh, that was in the past, i'm over it. (Btw i was exaggerating, not really suicidal).
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I do remember reading all of the news reports about these and many others, Good read none the less. The 2nd one tho is much longer then that and has a lot more detail of why he did commit suicide.
Playing: Everthing
Played: DAoC,AC2,EvE,SWG,WAR,MXO,CoX,EQ2,L2,LOTRO,SB,UO,WoW.
I have played every MMO that has ever come out.