Nine-Year-Old Dies Imitating Wrestling Videogame

[scotth266]

Wait, I know its wrong to insult a dead person, but how on earth could ANYONE think jumping off a 13 story building is in any way safe...

As stated in the article, the child should never have owned the game in the first place too.

*sighs* Unfortunately, most parents don't seem to be willing to take the time to PARENT: as in, actually researching anything that their kids are into.

 

[vamp rocks]

It's called a Swanton! the finisher is a god damn SWANTON thats it's NAME. Hardy goes to the top rope (or top of the ladder) leapes down turning over and landing back first on his opponent. While he has done it from dangerous hites (I believe he did it from ontop of the Titantron once) 90% of the time he does it from the top rope. why this kid thought HE could fall 13 stories onto concrete and live is dumb. the fact he brough a Parachute means he wasn't trying to do a Swanton.

ahhhh dont yell at me!!!

*cry*

the newspaper article called it the swan dive!! and i have no wrestling knowledge to back it up...

im sorry but i think i am going to go with... the newspaper:

"He tried to do a swan dive like Jeff Harding does in 'SmackDown.' That was his favorite game. He played it all the time," Shakar said.

 

[vamp rocks]

and another thing to add to my slightly insane theory!!!

the article sayes that the jumper was supposed to have his best friend and said friends brother over that dya to play but they never showed up.... maybe they did show up, encourage this feat of suicidal awesomeness... and as soon as his body hit the concrete, they fled.. claiming they were never even there....


PS sorry for 2 posts in a row, lol got onto a roll and ment to edit this in..

 

[NeoAC]

Heck with WWE, what about the plastic bag company? They should be putting on their bags "Warning: Not to be used as a parachute!"

 

[Solstrana91]

Same thing happened years ago when Dragonball came out when a kid jumped from a building and called for the magic cloud or whatever its the name in english.


If you wondering nothing showed up and the kid died.

That doesnt work. D=

 

[bad rider]

Same thing happened years ago when Dragonball came out when a kid jumped from a building and called for the magic cloud or whatever its the name in english.


If you wondering nothing showed up and the kid died.

Maybe it did, but it was cloud so...

 

[Dommyboy]

God bless video games!

Video games, is there anything they can't do?

 

[bad rider]

Same thing happened years ago when Dragonball came out when a kid jumped from a building and called for the magic cloud or whatever its the name in english.


If you wondering nothing showed up and the kid died.

Maybe it did, but it was cloud so...

in english it's name was Nimbus... and it can only be stood upon by the pure of heart which explains a fucking lot.

So nimbus did show up, yay!


(Crush my dream and i will find you)

 

[DeleteMe1112311]

Why dont you just teach your damn kids that they cant fly next time?! God I hate to see irresponsible parents try to blame other things for their own short comings.

I feel horrible for their daughter too, I can only imagine what that must feel like...but again, the parents fault for not teaching her responsibility and/or hiring a more capable babysitter.

 

[dreadedcandiru99]

Natural selection: It works!

"Whatever happened to natural selection? Survival of the fittest? The kid who swallows too many marbles doesn't get to grow up and have kids of his own. Simple stuff! Nature knows best!"
--George Carlin

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

Natural selection: It works!

No dumbass, not in this case. Nine year olds are naturally stupid, that's why they need parents to look after them. This particual kid was way more creative and brave than an avarage child, so it's actualy a waste to the gene pool that he died.
Think before you write.

Every idiot is creative and brave, that still doesn't stop them from dying though.

No, they're not. For instance, you're neither particularly creative nor brave.

I'm getting in your face on this because I don't like the /b/tardisation of the Escapist that seems to be progressing at an alarming pace. I don't like that at all; I want intelligent discussion, not knee-jerk assholery and certainly not the unimaginative sociopathy that passes for humour in all too many other Internet forums. You're not being funny, you're not being insightful, and you're not being helpful. That's not measuring up to the standards here at the Escapist, and I for one don't want to see the standards lowered because other online forums turned into cesspits without similar standards.

Lurk moar, noob, and maybe consider that when you were 9 years old you probably tried something just as dangerous and either lucked out or were stopped before things went horribly wrong. Also consider that, maybe, someday it might be your 9-year-old others are cracking Darwin jokes about.

-- Steve

I'm not a /b/tard, and I have an icredibly clean track record here on the Escapist, don't go blaming me for all the problems the Escapist has with newbies.

And another thing, why are you getting all up in arms about me, when there are about 20 older members that made the same Darwin crack as me?

 

[MiracleOfSound]

News just in: Kid plays Pays Fallout 3 and decides to move to Africa to help with the water crisis!

Also, kid plays Lemmings then goes around being kind to small animals!

Also, kid reads bible and (censored)

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Exactly where do video games tie into this death?

Cos, y'know, that wrestler dude, the 'suicidal roof parachutist'. He's such a bad role model.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Wait, I know its wrong to insult a dead person, but how on earth could ANYONE think jumping off a 13 story building is in any way safe...

*sigh* It's amazing what people will do [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cap4mOJ6N2E] in the name of wrestling. It's not 13 stories, but some how they convinced themselves it was safe.

Warning: The video I posted I personally found hilarious, but it is also can be seen as very disturbing. If you don't have much tolerance for suicidal stupidity (no one dies here), then don't click the link. Otherwise, laugh away at possibly the 3 dumbest people on the planet.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAa hahahahahahahahaha

Oh my god I almost fell of my chair laughing at that... 'WAAAAAAAAAA!!!!'

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

As disheartening as this is...

Why didn't they try and blame it on the actual wrestling?