some guy shot himself because of EVERQUEST!!!!

[Voro]

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anyways read this....


This is so sad, it's almost funny. read the article the dude was a psycho to begin with. Personally i had never played the game.

A few bits...

'Elizabeth Woolley remembers when her son was betrayed by an EverQuest associate he had been adventuring with for six months. Shawn's online brother-in-arms stole all the money from his character and refused to give it back.

"He was so upset, he was in tears," she said. "He was so depressed, and I was trying to say, 'Shawn, it's only a game.' I said he couldn't trust those people."

"The manufacturer of EverQuest purposely made it in such a way that it is more intriguing to the addict," Parker said. "It could be created in a less addictive way, but (that) would be the difference between powdered cocaine and crack cocaine"
She is angry that Sony Online Entertainment, which owns EverQuest, won't give her the answers she desires. She has hired an attorney who plans to sue the company.'

[adam]

There was a somewhat similar situation several months ago. A man died of exhausion after playing EverQuest for about 3 days straight.

I don't really see how you can sue a game manufacturer for making their games too engrosing. I guess its worth a shot though.

[marcusaxavier]

It's been the same arguement for a long time. People get addicted to games, music, movies, etc., and when something bad happens to them, it's always the fault of the addiction, not the addict.

When I was playing Dungeons and Dragons, this was the biggest problem, people would get too attached to thier character and start getting upset if bad things happened to the character. When this would happen, the DM (Dungeon Master) would kill the character and kick the person out of the session, telling them that they could no longer play until they learned that it was just a game.

People need to realize that these are just games, not real life. These are created to help people relax and have fun, not get upset and postal. I think the kid's mom should have sat him down and talked to him more, or even had him go to counciling once she seen the negative impact that the game was having on his personality.

[CMP1223]

I guess its worth a shot though

Yeah, Worth a shot in the head!

-CMP1223[/quote]

[devinemi83]

Ah, the worlds better off. He should have gotten a life.