Man Charges Back Into Burning House to Save His Xbox

[joshuaayt]

Luckily for me, most of my gaming value is tied up in Steam; all my old consoles have broken over the years (Actually, that's not lucky at all), and I haven't bought a physical game for months.

Combining this with the the magic of Dropbox, I really don't have anything physical I need to keep safe, other than keepsakes on my bedside table. I like to call this my "Treat fires like an unfortunate, unavoidable and omnipresent part of daily life" strategy.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

I'd probably want to save my pretty personalized and awesome custom built PC. But I wouldn't risk my life for it.

 

[porous_shield]

It obviously depends on how bad the fire is but I'd definitely stop and consider going back to get my HDD since I have years of work saved on that things and all my pictures over the last ten years.

...that reminds me I should get around to backing up my backup.

 

[lljurill]

Seriously...the insurance would have covered it.

 

[immortalfrieza]

If I had the time after saving my cats (doubtful, and they I would die for in a second) then sure, why not? I'm not going to take ridiculous risks though. I've got way too many consoles and games to save them all anyway.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Sounds like a contender for a Darwin Award to me.

If it was a person, or a pet, sure, I can understand that. A game console? Really? The guy is a fucking idiot

 

[Lotet]

If my house was on fire, assuming wasn't surrounded by flames, I would try to save SOMETHING by throwing it out the window. Boxes of Warhammer will survive easily. Consoles, well, the memory should be intact even if it smashes from a 2 story drop.

 

[Voulan]

To be fair, in a disaster situation people do the strangest things to cope and don't think straight. After a 6.3 earthquake and arriving home, my mum started cleaning and was attempting to do the washing, but of course there was no water or power. I had to explain that it wasn't safe to be indoors with aftershocks hitting hard and fast, and everything would just fall back on the floor anyway.

I mean, I would attempt to save photos and important things. Probably not my PS3, but definitely my laptop, if anything because it has photos backed up on it.

 

[FalloutJack]

That's weird. Terry Pratchett always said you're suppose to take the fire out...

*Sigh* An X-Box or ANY machine is not worth charging back in for. Ya wanna save it? Help the firefighters aim their hoses.

 

[Sould1n]

I already had this sort of conversation with my parents before. I'm pretty sure in the case of a fire that I'd be doomed. There is little to no way I'd leave the house without rescuing all of the pets. The problem there is that the pets consists of 3 dogs, 1 cat... and 2 chinchillas in large metal cages. The first 2 types of animals, easy enough to save them, but the chinchilla's would be a right pain.

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't rush back into a house to rescue a video game console though. Maybe, if I had enough time to get it out and it was nearby on the way out of the house, but as noted before, I'd be too busy trying to save the pets.

 

[lancar]

I wouldn't have to charge back in. Having nothing else of real value in the apartment, I would've grabbed my PC (its size be damned) on the way out the first time around.

 

[Frostbyte666]

For a gaming console or personal computer no, not a chance considering the cost of all the other damage. I have insurance for a reason. For the backup external hard drive that contains the actual in office hours paid work to clients, YES! Though within reason and it would more than likely be something I grabbed on the way out the 1st time since it would take me all of 10 seconds extra from leaving.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I'd grab my laptop, failing that, my backup drives. However as others have echoed, insurance covers this stuff.

 

[Akytalusia]

during my housefire, i left my laptop in the room, -hoping- it would have gotten torched. alas, in the end my room was the only room in the house that escaped all fire and smoke damage, and the laptop was perfectly fine. shoulda stayed in bed. -.-;;

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

I'd do that for my PS3 and computer, but not before saving my dog.

 

[Lo Flying Frying Pan]

The backup-drives are the only gaming things I'd care to grab (and I mean more like a passing snatch). But in the end it's just stuff. I'm not, as are friends and family, exactly "replaceable." House-fires are a coring experience of miserable despair for the victims, and gaming is a low-priority in that light.

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

"Infant son burned alive."

 

[hazydawn]

Uh-huh...Digital Content...

*cough* You got me xD
It's not just the porn though. Admittedly, I first wanted to write that. I hoard all kinds of stuff... on my hard drive I mean. Comics, non-H pictures, funny videos, holiday pictures, music and other stuff
I guess it falls into the category of compulsive behaviour by now:S

 

[Fijiman]

There are several things I would charge back into my house to save if it were on fire. While I love my 360, it is not one of them.

 

[Lil_Rimmy]

Thank god I own a laptop. Seriously, I would grab my laptop (the bag would be easier, so I might stuff it in there. The bag is easier to carry and run with not to mention my phones and all the cables and such are in there.) and run to my dog. If the cat was already out of the house, we'd be all good.

The thing is, I would most defiantly do simply because I am a programmer. I'd lose my scripting, coding, everything if I lost my laptop, not to mention my D&D works, my games, my saves, my videos and my school work. I know it's covered under contents, but the contents of the contents isn't covered. Besides, if I just backed it up to a disk, that just means I'm letting a perfectly amazing gaming laptop burn, because if I take my bag that leaves my hands free and I can stuff a ton of stuff in it. So all in all yes - it's a good idea to run back into a burning house to save my laptop - it'll let me save more stuff, leave my hands free and my pets are usually outside. YAY!