Couple Arrested for WoW Neglect

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21 Jun 2005, 12:36 PM
Yoshi

Couple Arrested for WoW Neglect

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/06...s_6127866.html

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Originally Posted by GameSpot

In a story out of Korea which is just now surfacing in the Western press, a couple in Incheon, South Korea, were arrested last week when their four-month-old daughter died after being left alone by the couple for hours. The mother and father reportedly had gone to a nearby Internet cafe, lost themselves in playing Blizzard's massively multiplayer online PC game World of Warcraft, and returned to their home only to find the infant dead from suffocation. "We booked the pair on criminal charges, judging that when you consider the situation, they were responsible for their daughter's death," a policeman told the Chosun Ilbo newspaper. The couple reportedly told police, "We were thinking of playing for just an hour or two and returning home like usual, but the game took longer that day." The infant was the couple's only child.

My money is on Dave being the "wife".
21 Jun 2005, 12:40 PM
Despair

Man, they must have been on that UBRS raid and fight over blue happened.
21 Jun 2005, 01:49 PM
Chux

They just didn't know when to stop farming...

Honestly though, most of these stories come from the east, what's up with that?
21 Jun 2005, 02:12 PM
Mman

Cause we have computers in our homes.

This is the reason I don't have kids.
21 Jun 2005, 02:21 PM
Jeremy

Really sad news, sorta. It reminds me of Dragnet when the druggie parents forget their kid is in the tub and they end up finding her dead.
21 Jun 2005, 02:34 PM
Cowutopia

a) How does playing a monthly sub game at a computer cafe work?

b) The reason it doesn't happen here is the same reason why all the best computer game players are in Asia. They can put their entire lives second to the game.

Many of my asian friends here do the same, and have 3 or 4 characters at 60.
21 Jun 2005, 02:54 PM
Giltch

Another baby dies because of an MMORPG

Linky

Quote:

Originally Posted by GameSpot

In a story out of Korea, which is just now surfacing in the Western press, a couple in Incheon, South Korea, were arrested last week when their 4-month-old daughter died after being left alone by the couple for hours. The mother and father reportedly had gone to a nearby Internet cafe, lost themselves in playing Blizzard's massively multiplayer online PC game World of Warcraft, and returned to their home only to find the infant dead from suffocation. "We booked the pair on criminal charges, judging that when you consider the situation, they were responsible for their daughter's death," a policeman told the Chosun Ilbo newspaper. The couple reportedly told police, "We were thinking of playing for just an hour or two and returning home like usual, but the game took longer that day." The infant was the couple's only child.

When will these people learn?
21 Jun 2005, 02:55 PM
George

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Originally Posted by Swift

When will these people learn?

You mean, to use the search function?

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...ad.php?t=36943
21 Jun 2005, 02:55 PM
Shapermc

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...ad.php?t=36943
21 Jun 2005, 02:56 PM
Cowdisease

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swift

When will these people learn?

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...ad.php?t=36943

You're right. When will people learn?

EDIT: You beat me to it.
21 Jun 2005, 02:57 PM
Giltch

Gasp. My bad. Someone lock this.
21 Jun 2005, 02:58 PM
Six

Shouldn't both these these threads be in Sound Off? Sure, they are related to games iin so much as WoW is involved but the posts are actually more about the failures of individuals to prioritize.
21 Jun 2005, 03:12 PM
Frogacuda

It's like nerd Trainspotting.
21 Jun 2005, 04:25 PM
kedawa

"We were thinking of playing for just an hour or two and returning home like usual, but the game took longer that day."

In other words, they were only planning on being somewhat shitty parents.
21 Jun 2005, 04:36 PM
Tommy Tallarico

Horrible thread title. This should be titled "Another baby dies because of shitty parents."
21 Jun 2005, 04:38 PM
Brand X

Poor baby. :cry:
21 Jun 2005, 04:40 PM
Giltch

Tommy Tallarico shits on everything!
21 Jun 2005, 04:43 PM
Mzo

We only need one of these.
21 Jun 2005, 04:43 PM
Cowutopia

Better than that kid making it to adolescence.
21 Jun 2005, 05:30 PM
Zerodash

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Originally Posted by Cowutopia

Better than that kid making it to adolescence.

IBTN.

Those Koreans are teh hardcore, and Blizzard is their god.
21 Jun 2005, 05:51 PM
Chux

Zerg Rush FTW.
21 Jun 2005, 05:57 PM
dave is ok

I bet the play session took to long because of an idiot priest like Yoshi insisting on mind control pulls.
21 Jun 2005, 06:04 PM
epmode

I think they were just stuck in Molten Core. It's perfectly understandable, right Dave?
21 Jun 2005, 06:13 PM
Opaque

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Originally Posted by Chux

Honestly though, ALL of these stories come from the east, what's up with that?

Fixed.
21 Jun 2005, 06:20 PM
FirstBlood

They must have been running LBRS with Rumpy.

ba-zing!
21 Jun 2005, 11:17 PM
gamevet

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

It's like nerd Trainspotting.

I was thinking the same thing.
21 Jun 2005, 11:54 PM
Mr_B

Damn, I might honestly have to play WOW. If its so good that it can make people lose track of their children.

I honestly am sympathetic towards the loss of life though. This is a terrible event.
22 Jun 2005, 01:14 AM
gamevet

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Originally Posted by Mr_B

Damn, I might honestly have to play WOW. If its so good that it can make people lose track of their children.

I honestly am sympathetic towards the loss of life though. This is a terrible event.

The fact that they left the child unattended at thier home, is beyond bad parenting. I guess WOW was like crack to them. :bang:
22 Jun 2005, 01:28 AM
avatar

Is WoW really that adicting? I had a friend who skipped half a day of school becuase of wow, but this is insane.
22 Jun 2005, 01:32 PM
Zerodash

So...is this the Parent's fault or Blizzard's fault?
22 Jun 2005, 01:39 PM
Mr_B

Well starcraft did some crazy things to me and my group of friends. I blame blizzard.
22 Jun 2005, 02:20 PM
K3V

Clearly Blizzard's fault.
22 Jun 2005, 06:27 PM
Zerodash

All Blizzard employees are child killers.
22 Jun 2005, 06:46 PM
Rumpy

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Originally Posted by FirstBlood

They must have been running LBRS with Rumpy.

ba-zing!

Had they only wanted to play for an hour or two, I would have been there. None of our raids took more than an 2:30, even with 3 partial wipes.

They were all like "Molten Core yes?" and I was like, "Me have no timey right now. Good luck have fun!"