what do you think of this?
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That's very disturbing... I'm quite used to seeing people addicted to gambling, since I live within a stone's throw of 7 casinos, but never a video game. Sheesh..
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I felt so sorry for the poor mother until I read the line "Elizabeth Woolley, who says her son, Shawn, was addicted to EverQuest, wants to sue the makers." When will people learn they must take responsibility for their actions? The man knew what he was doing, as did the mother, but that nor the effect is any concern of the makers of Everquest. The man was an epileptic diagnosed with severe depression and schizoid personality disorder. He was, as we Brits say, an accident waiting to happen. It all comes back to the "sue the gun manufacturer as they shot my son". Pathetic; madening and pathetic. Nowadays when someone dies the first thing their family do is call their lawyers to see how much they can get out of it. :mad: :| ____________________ David Wulff :bob: I know who you are mate.
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I felt so sorry for the poor mother until I read the line "Elizabeth Woolley, who says her son, Shawn, was addicted to EverQuest, wants to sue the makers." When will people learn they must take responsibility for their actions? The man knew what he was doing, as did the mother, but that nor the effect is any concern of the makers of Everquest. The man was an epileptic diagnosed with severe depression and schizoid personality disorder. He was, as we Brits say, an accident waiting to happen. It all comes back to the "sue the gun manufacturer as they shot my son". Pathetic; madening and pathetic. Nowadays when someone dies the first thing their family do is call their lawyers to see how much they can get out of it. :mad: :| ____________________ David Wulff :bob: I know who you are mate.
Yup, this is just anther case of a screwed up person who just happened to losing playing a game. Tim Smith I know what you're thinking punk, you're thinking did he spell check this document? Well, to tell you the truth I kinda forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this here's CodeProject, the most powerful forums in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question, Do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk?
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I felt so sorry for the poor mother until I read the line "Elizabeth Woolley, who says her son, Shawn, was addicted to EverQuest, wants to sue the makers." When will people learn they must take responsibility for their actions? The man knew what he was doing, as did the mother, but that nor the effect is any concern of the makers of Everquest. The man was an epileptic diagnosed with severe depression and schizoid personality disorder. He was, as we Brits say, an accident waiting to happen. It all comes back to the "sue the gun manufacturer as they shot my son". Pathetic; madening and pathetic. Nowadays when someone dies the first thing their family do is call their lawyers to see how much they can get out of it. :mad: :| ____________________ David Wulff :bob: I know who you are mate.
David Wulff wrote: take responsibility for their actions But wouldn't this be discriminating the darwinistically challenged? :eek: :eek: :eek:
the programmers just set it so that when in doubt, the women still think they're involved with you. It's much less frustrating that way - BGII Quest Directory
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David Wulff wrote: take responsibility for their actions But wouldn't this be discriminating the darwinistically challenged? :eek: :eek: :eek:
the programmers just set it so that when in doubt, the women still think they're involved with you. It's much less frustrating that way - BGII Quest Directory
peterchen wrote: But wouldn't this be discriminating the darwinistically challenged? I'm hoping that this clown killed himself before he had a chance to reproduce so Darwin's theories can be put into practice. ;P
Mike Mullikin If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kick boxing.
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I felt so sorry for the poor mother until I read the line "Elizabeth Woolley, who says her son, Shawn, was addicted to EverQuest, wants to sue the makers." When will people learn they must take responsibility for their actions? The man knew what he was doing, as did the mother, but that nor the effect is any concern of the makers of Everquest. The man was an epileptic diagnosed with severe depression and schizoid personality disorder. He was, as we Brits say, an accident waiting to happen. It all comes back to the "sue the gun manufacturer as they shot my son". Pathetic; madening and pathetic. Nowadays when someone dies the first thing their family do is call their lawyers to see how much they can get out of it. :mad: :| ____________________ David Wulff :bob: I know who you are mate.
David Wulff inquired: When will people learn they must take responsibility for their actions? never, as long as reaping a huge cash settlement by blaming others remains a possibility. -c
"Do you mind if I smoke?" "Madam, I don't care if you burn." -Oscar Wilde Smaller Animals Software, Inc.
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A disgusting ploy to make money off others misfortunes. If this "loving mother" was so concerned about her son, why didn't she take action before he killed himself. I remember when the same things were said about D&D and Pokemon.
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I felt so sorry for the poor mother until I read the line "Elizabeth Woolley, who says her son, Shawn, was addicted to EverQuest, wants to sue the makers." When will people learn they must take responsibility for their actions? The man knew what he was doing, as did the mother, but that nor the effect is any concern of the makers of Everquest. The man was an epileptic diagnosed with severe depression and schizoid personality disorder. He was, as we Brits say, an accident waiting to happen. It all comes back to the "sue the gun manufacturer as they shot my son". Pathetic; madening and pathetic. Nowadays when someone dies the first thing their family do is call their lawyers to see how much they can get out of it. :mad: :| ____________________ David Wulff :bob: I know who you are mate.
David Wulff wrote: Pathetic; madening and pathetic. I vehemently disagree, if you continue with that attitude, how will I ever have a chance of Suing CP for stealing my life ! :-) ps: 2 Ps in maddening :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
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A disgusting ploy to make money off others misfortunes. If this "loving mother" was so concerned about her son, why didn't she take action before he killed himself. I remember when the same things were said about D&D and Pokemon.
Stuart van Weele wrote: If this "loving mother" was so concerned about her son, why didn't she take action before he killed himself. Does anyone actually follow their mum's advice ? :-) I mean to say mum's might actually be correct, but we don't follow their advice. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
I think it's interesting that we often qu-ote each other in our sigs and attribute the qu-otes to "The Lounge". --- Daniel Fergusson, "The Lounge"
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peterchen wrote: But wouldn't this be discriminating the darwinistically challenged? I'm hoping that this clown killed himself before he had a chance to reproduce so Darwin's theories can be put into practice. ;P
Mike Mullikin If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kick boxing.
Mike Mullikin wrote: before he had a chance to reproduce One of the "experts" in the article describes the key features of those likely falling prey to games: "sexually anorexic". A term I definitely like.
the programmers just set it so that when in doubt, the women still think they're involved with you. It's much less frustrating that way - BGII Quest Directory
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When I read this story, I thought, "400,000 players, 1 death"? Gosh, there aren't many things in the world that are that SAFE.
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OK, serious: He was known epileptic. Neither this, not the usual disclaimers for epileptics stopped him. Why should just another disclaimer do? In the best case, she's just fighting of the guilty feeling *she* didn't stop him. Now who can I blame? Could we get agree on a "Doing things can be hazardous to your health" sign shown at birth, and return to normality? And "they made it deliberately addictive": WTF? - isn't that what everybody wants to write, wants to play: an addictive game? How much would it cost to sue "The Creator" (what form it ever may be) for making me dependent on food and at the same time not growing enough of it on trees? What's the PC term for an epileptic? "temporary motorically challenged"? Why I have only questions today?
the programmers just set it so that when in doubt, the women still think they're involved with you. It's much less frustrating that way - BGII Quest Directory
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Mike Mullikin wrote: before he had a chance to reproduce One of the "experts" in the article describes the key features of those likely falling prey to games: "sexually anorexic". A term I definitely like.
the programmers just set it so that when in doubt, the women still think they're involved with you. It's much less frustrating that way - BGII Quest Directory
peterchen wrote: One of the "experts" in the article describes the key features of those likely falling prey to games: "sexually anorexic". A term I definitely like. Good, now let's hope he was an only child and that his mother is post-menapausal. That is one gene pool that needs to be drained.
Mike Mullikin If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kick boxing.
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Mike Mullikin wrote: before he had a chance to reproduce One of the "experts" in the article describes the key features of those likely falling prey to games: "sexually anorexic". A term I definitely like.
the programmers just set it so that when in doubt, the women still think they're involved with you. It's much less frustrating that way - BGII Quest Directory
sexually anorexic? I have always liked "situationally celibate". :) Tim Smith I know what you're thinking punk, you're thinking did he spell check this document? Well, to tell you the truth I kinda forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this here's CodeProject, the most powerful forums in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question, Do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk?
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OK, serious: He was known epileptic. Neither this, not the usual disclaimers for epileptics stopped him. Why should just another disclaimer do? In the best case, she's just fighting of the guilty feeling *she* didn't stop him. Now who can I blame? Could we get agree on a "Doing things can be hazardous to your health" sign shown at birth, and return to normality? And "they made it deliberately addictive": WTF? - isn't that what everybody wants to write, wants to play: an addictive game? How much would it cost to sue "The Creator" (what form it ever may be) for making me dependent on food and at the same time not growing enough of it on trees? What's the PC term for an epileptic? "temporary motorically challenged"? Why I have only questions today?
the programmers just set it so that when in doubt, the women still think they're involved with you. It's much less frustrating that way - BGII Quest Directory
I'm an oxygen addict. It makes me see things all the time. I tried giving it up but I found the withdrawal symptoms were just too painful, and its just too hard when everyone else around you is using it. Who can I sue? -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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When I read this story, I thought, "400,000 players, 1 death"? Gosh, there aren't many things in the world that are that SAFE.
I remember a similar thing when D&D was being blasted for a suicide 'caused' by playing. An independent investigation was done, and from the number of suicides of players of RPGs whether or not the suicide was related to the game, the results showed that RPG players committed suicide at rate several orders of magnitude BELOW the general population. This lead the investigators to report that playing RPGs significantly lowered the risk of suicide. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."