Man Let Son Suffocate Because He Was Playing WoW
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I honestly hope you are being sarcastic, or at the very least, you are just being hyperbolic, because that is absolutely crazy. People get addicted to video games all the time, WoW isn't the only one. It is this man's job to have the willpower to care about his own child, who actually exists. This isn't the game's fault at all.Hectix777 said:
exactly, both the developer's and the idiot father's fault (though more blame simply lies with the father. much more. damn idiot, someone who gets that engrossed in a game like WoW has something wrong with them...)vansau said:
blizzard, zynga, and all those other studios who make their games so addicting (on purpose) that people won't bother to put it down even if their infant child dies.... they are evil and i will only pirate games from them from now on. (kinda useless in xynga's case though)
EDIT: Again reinforces the superiority of the singleplayer games
I'm going to sound like a bad person., but this is why I believe we need to bring back Lynching. And that you need to take a test to be a parent. OR even breath (EDIT: not intended to the kid).
I've said this about WoW, and I'll say it again: When a game, you're supposedly trying to have "fun" with turns into an involuntary arrangement (ie a fucking job), you know that it's time to stop playing.
Ugh, this is just so, so sad.
Ugh, this is just so, so sad.
he coulda spent that time and money putting smiles on that kids face. and on his wife's face as wellPlurralbles said:
...which has its own benefits that are much better than any game can give
this is why whenever i hear my fiance's voice, i will literally drop the controller and put all my attention on her(i once mentioned her ability with a pickle)
still, MMOs should have a way to be paused. that's something that's always annoyed me because i can get randomly called away and lose everything in them
I feel bad for everyone... the guy was careless, but it's not nearly as bad as some of the others (wasn't there a woman who played Farmville and let her children go without food/water for like 3 days?). guy sits down, plays long ass marathon of WoW, tragedy strikes. the guy should be charged with neglegence... but damn... it's just horrible... there are much worse people who get off much better than this guy...
Mass media feed and love this kind of material its what keeps them running.Daemascus said:
Blaming a game is such an easy thing for mass media to do and just as easily get away without justifying anything.
While some blame could be placed on the game, the majority of the blame goes to the idiots who have no self control. When I played the game I still made time for real life, and I didn't let it rule me.fire-exit-man said:
OT: A prison sentence is too good of a punishment for this jackass. There is no excuse, 'lack of pause' or not for allowing this to happen. Such horrible parenting.
Look, don't you find it a bit hard to believe that a man will just think "Well my son's dieing, but shit I gotta finish this raid."Daemascus said:
I think there's a good case to be made against WoW, assuming this isn't just a case of one man's gross negligence. Perhaps its time we analyze Wow for its potentially dangerous addictive qualities.
AT first, I thought this was about a stern disciplinarian teaching his son the ultimate lesson for playing WoW:
"Man Let Son Suffocate Because He[the son] Was Playing WoW."
This turned from the Father being Lawful Evil to just Chaotic Stupid.
"Man Let Son Suffocate Because He[the son] Was Playing WoW."
This turned from the Father being Lawful Evil to just Chaotic Stupid.
It was a while ago but the report I read on here said the woman shook her infant because he wouldn't stop crying while she was trying to play farmville, she stopped, had a fag, shook him some more and went back to her game, not even knowing when her child had died. It may not be the one your thinking of but it was the first that came to mind. Either way, both are equally vile.BanthaFodder said:
Wow. Pay attention to your kid, and don't surround an infant with pillows- it's outdated parenting.
I hope his raid group was made of tools who needed on all the drops.
Just in case the whole going to jail for killing children doesn't get through his head.
Just in case the whole going to jail for killing children doesn't get through his head.
i feel like a bad person because despite this tragedy he first thing i thought was "if my sister reads this she won't let me babysit her children anymore"
this guy may not have been as bad a parent as this makes him appear but if you have children you have to accept that they have to come first over EVERYTHING else for at least 15 years. WoW was just what occupied him at the time but if he did not check on his crying sin he could just as well have been obsessed with raising puppies.
this guy may not have been as bad a parent as this makes him appear but if you have children you have to accept that they have to come first over EVERYTHING else for at least 15 years. WoW was just what occupied him at the time but if he did not check on his crying sin he could just as well have been obsessed with raising puppies.
I'm not denying that most of the blame lies with the idiot parent but the game is still somewhat culpable. I definately agree that there is no excuse for what he did, especially as he's trying to use such a pathetic excuse.Tank207 said: