I foresee another bad day.

[Zarbon]

My WoW clan board just got hacked.

Ouch.

[Amadeus]

You should be really carefull about MMORPGs. Many people ruined their lives beacuse of it. And there wher elot sof casualties.....and I dont mean fictional casualties. Some guy after playing EverQuest a whole year totally screwed his life and only found the solution in suicide. A baby died beacuse his mother was lost in a virtual world. In South Korea, where MMORPGs are the most popular, players tend to deal with other players in a mob way. So when entering into MMORPG buissness, make sure you dont screw your personall life with it.

[Amadeus]

Actually I dont blame Blizzard. They didnt expect the game to become so popular, thus werent ready for the explosion. I mean heck in some stores, the game was already sold out by pre-order. THis especially goes to Europe. WoW is one of the rare MMORPGs I actually consider to buy. But I would be careful not to egt addicted

[Hellfighter 17]

I bet there are examples for almost anything that people have died over. I mean anything. Such as a Dr. Pepper. People have probably died over fighting for one. I have had people jack mine and I'll fight them for it. Moral of the story is don't steal my Dr. Pepper.

NOTE: This was a real example, I am not just trying to make a stupid point so people believe it and i can laugh atthem, I have much more easier ways of that.

[Zarbon]

I'm not addicted, everyone in my clan is. I've been in the game only 3 months, only level 33, and thats pretty low for WoW.

Pretty much, I enjoy wandering outside and listening to the birds over WoW. Then again, it depends on the day...

[Tobias]

I read a story were a kid shot his dad while they argued over how to cook a chicken.

[Bra]

'Kay. MMORPG's may suck, but they're not responsible for anyone's death.

If you're so fucking stupid as to lock a kid in a closet and forget about them, it's not the game's fault. It's yours.

And if you kill yourself over a game, it, too, is not the game's fault. Though that one may not necissarily be "your" fault. (I understand the difficulties surrounding suicide, etc, etc)

Yeah, it's harsh. But let's face it; a video game cannot become a scapegoat for the immense stupidity of individuals. (Referring to the kid locked in the closet thing)

I apologize. I'm just so tired of media entertainment taking the heat for shit that has nothing to do with them.

[Krillin]

Originally posted by Bra
'Kay. MMORPG's may suck, but they're not responsible for anyone's death.

If you're so fucking stupid as to lock a kid in a closet and forget about them, it's not the game's fault. It's yours.

And if you kill yourself over a game, it, too, is not the game's fault. Though that one may not necissarily be "your" fault. (I understand the difficulties surrounding suicide, etc, etc)

Yeah, it's harsh. But let's face it; a video game cannot become a scapegoat for the immense stupidity of individuals. (Referring to the kid locked in the closet thing)

I apologize. I'm just so tired of media entertainment taking the heat for shit that has nothing to do with them.

Preach it. I'm equally tired of all these problems surrounding Grand Theft Auto, and how RockStar is conspiring to cause little kids to kill people. Bullshit.

[Hellfighter 17]

Originally posted by Bra
'Kay. MMORPG's may suck, but they're not responsible for anyone's death.

If you're so fucking stupid as to lock a kid in a closet and forget about them, it's not the game's fault. It's yours.

And if you kill yourself over a game, it, too, is not the game's fault. Though that one may not necissarily be "your" fault. (I understand the difficulties surrounding suicide, etc, etc)

Yeah, it's harsh. But let's face it; a video game cannot become a scapegoat for the immense stupidity of individuals. (Referring to the kid locked in the closet thing)

I apologize. I'm just so tired of media entertainment taking the heat for shit that has nothing to do with them.

I wuv you, Bra.

I too do know the circumstances and situations suurounding suicide, but if the person was going to do it because their charcater on a MMORPG died, then they most likely were already facing problems in life. Their are many variable in a self-inlficted death, one of which a charcater for you have put alot of work into may be, but it is not the cause

[Bra]

Yeah, thankfully I've never had to ever deal with anyone's attempted/successful suicide. But I realize it's not completely their fault if they do make an attempt. There is obviously a series of things that is triggering those thoughts, because it's simply very, very hard to override your natural self-preservation instincts. I can't imagine how hard it would be to will yourself to attempt suicide, let alone how hard it must be to deal with the things that cause you to lead up to even thinking about such a path of action.

As such, I feel really bad for anyone who's had to go through those kinds of tribulations.

[Hellfighter 17]

That is why I hate seeing somebody going through torture at the hands of another person, who is neither more or less important than them, but some people can just be so cruel. I can't help but be empathetic towards those who have to face it alone.

[Amadeus]

Most times the accusations on the game industry are preety stupid. Just beacuse the people in the game shoot at each other doesnt neccesarily mean they will actually take a gun and shoot like nuts. However, MMORPGs are a lot more dangerous. People have a nack of making it a priority to play MMORPGs. Everthiny else is a evil must to them. THeir family and social life goes to bits and like Bojack said, there are a lot of people who failed school beacuse of MMOs.