Omg!

skidude · 11-22-2005, 09:03 PM

Thats bullshit, they are just overlooking the larger problem here- lousy parenting.

Blue · 11-22-2005, 10:03 PM

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Thats bullshit, they are just overlooking the larger problem here- lousy parenting.

I'm still not 100% certain that it would fall under the category of lousy parenting. Perhaps it has more to do with mental issues of the child. Unfortunately that article said very little although it where fairly long. It mentioned little if the incident. Where did the child jump from? Did he suffer any mental illness? Is the article for real? How do anyone know the child was acting out a scene from WOW? because it was the last thing he said to his parents before he leaped to his death? Are they just guessing he was acting out a scene? See there are too many unanswered questions for me to go pointing fault at anyone

. Does someone have a link to an article on the topic that might go into a bit more detail? for those of us that prefer as much information as we possibly can get before coming to our conclusion.

Hairy_Lee · 11-22-2005, 10:14 PM

why is every body linking this to the game, sure he played WoW a fair bit; but he actually went as far a saying goodbye to his online buddies and writing a letter. i think this is more of a case that the parents are in denial of not being there for him when he needed them most, and because there is a part of the game where you have to perform a leap of faith the game is blamed because jumping off a mountain and jumping off a building both involve a gravity assisted way of travelling.
if this kid had the presence of mind to say goodbye to friends and write a letter surely meant that this was planned and he knew the consequences and that there was something not quite right in this poor kid's life that nobody else saw.

Blue · 11-22-2005, 10:43 PM

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why is every body linking this to the game, sure he played WoW a fair bit; but he actually went as far a saying goodbye to his online buddies and writing a letter. i think this is more of a case that the parents are in denial of not being there for him when he needed them most, and because there is a part of the game where you have to perform a leap of faith the game is blamed because jumping off a mountain and jumping off a building both involve a gravity assisted way of travelling.
if this kid had the presence of mind to say goodbye to friends and write a letter surely meant that this was planned and he knew the consequences and that there was something not quite right in this poor kid's life that nobody else saw.

Where did you get your info? There was very little information on the child and his intentions from the article that I read via the link provided.

Hairy_Lee · 11-22-2005, 11:30 PM

just spent the last half an hour or so trying to find the article on all of the sites i generally visit for news and i cant find it anywhere.
i did a quick search on the net and there seems to be a few different versions of the story which are slightly distorted and some omit pieces of information.

Hairy_Lee · 11-23-2005, 02:26 AM

finally stumbled across that article i mentioned - http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/11/22/su...aft/index.html

Mr.Suave · 11-23-2005, 02:51 AM

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http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/11/22/su...aft/index.html

wow thx for the article. answered alot of questions.
but thats still sux that you get punished for playing too long i hope that doesnt happen here in the states.

Modoman · 11-23-2005, 03:10 AM

parents are awful quick to blame any "contributing" (if you will) factor, rather than wake up and realize that there is no one to blame but themselves. but, that's too real to handle for most people.

MCanavan6 · 11-23-2005, 04:18 AM

The sad thing is, is that the parents will most likely win because their kid thought that the Magic Belt of Flight worked in real life.

Blue · 11-23-2005, 05:35 PM

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finally stumbled across that article i mentioned - http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/11/22/su...aft/index.html

Yea thanks allot, It is really appreciated. I'll give it a look over as soon as I can.

11-22-2005, 09:03 PM	#11 (permalink)
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Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	why is every body linking this to the game, sure he played WoW a fair bit; but he actually went as far a saying goodbye to his online buddies and writing a letter. i think this is more of a case that the parents are in denial of not being there for him when he needed them most, and because there is a part of the game where you have to perform a leap of faith the game is blamed because jumping off a mountain and jumping off a building both involve a gravity assisted way of travelling. if this kid had the presence of mind to say goodbye to friends and write a letter surely meant that this was planned and he knew the consequences and that there was something not quite right in this poor kid's life that nobody else saw. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

11-22-2005, 11:30 PM	#15 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	just spent the last half an hour or so trying to find the article on all of the sites i generally visit for news and i cant find it anywhere. i did a quick search on the net and there seems to be a few different versions of the story which are slightly distorted and some omit pieces of information. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

11-23-2005, 02:26 AM	#16 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	finally stumbled across that article i mentioned - http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/11/22/su...aft/index.html __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

11-23-2005, 03:10 AM	#18 (permalink)
Modoman Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 553	parents are awful quick to blame any "contributing" (if you will) factor, rather than wake up and realize that there is no one to blame but themselves. but, that's too real to handle for most people. __________________ X2 3800+ Toledo @ 2.0GHz w/ Zalman 9500 2GB OCZ DC EL Plat. 2-3-2-5 2T MSI K8N-Neo4 2 x WD 36GB SATA Raptors eVga 7800GT @ 470/1200 FSP AX500-A 500w

11-23-2005, 04:18 AM	#19 (permalink)
MCanavan6 Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 102	The sad thing is, is that the parents will most likely win because their kid thought that the Magic Belt of Flight worked in real life.

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