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And you thought you liked wow!
- Thread starter vene-nemesis
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I know an adult like this, with kids of his own. I had talked to him at work about his gaming; you didn't have much choice to talk about anything else if you did talk to him.
One night he needed a ride home from work (I can't remember why he needed a ride now) so I took him home. On the way he called his wife and told her to set an extra place at the table and then offered me breakfast. Sure, why not, right?
We got there, walked in the kitchen door, he introduced me to the wife and kids, said good morning to them and then whisked me down into his "dungeon lair" (his basement), one corner of which was set up with several computers, all running online games. I'm not a gamer so I can't tell you which ones he played, but once he sat down he forgot all about me being in the room. Seriously, I, and the rest of the world, ceased to exist. He talked to, cursed and yelled at his monitors but didn't once say a word to me.
A few minutes later his wife called down from upstairs but didn't call his name, she called my name. When I walked over to the steps and asked if I should get him for breakfast she dismissed the idea and said he'd be down there for hours until he was ready to go to sleep.
It was a bizarre experience.
One night he needed a ride home from work (I can't remember why he needed a ride now) so I took him home. On the way he called his wife and told her to set an extra place at the table and then offered me breakfast. Sure, why not, right?
We got there, walked in the kitchen door, he introduced me to the wife and kids, said good morning to them and then whisked me down into his "dungeon lair" (his basement), one corner of which was set up with several computers, all running online games. I'm not a gamer so I can't tell you which ones he played, but once he sat down he forgot all about me being in the room. Seriously, I, and the rest of the world, ceased to exist. He talked to, cursed and yelled at his monitors but didn't once say a word to me.
A few minutes later his wife called down from upstairs but didn't call his name, she called my name. When I walked over to the steps and asked if I should get him for breakfast she dismissed the idea and said he'd be down there for hours until he was ready to go to sleep.
It was a bizarre experience.
- Oct 7, 2000
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If that wasn't real then those kids are the greatest actors I ever saw.
That kid needs help. That was way more disturbing than funny to me, although I have to admit to laughing a bit. Similar to the squirrel slingshot.
That kid needs help. That was way more disturbing than funny to me, although I have to admit to laughing a bit. Similar to the squirrel slingshot.
That's the headline of a [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] currently running on aol.
"...a 16-year-old gets addicted to a violent video game shot both his parents when they tried to limit his gaming time. Talk about every parent's worst nightmare.
Daniel Petric, the now 17-year-old in question, recently got 23 years to life for killing his mother (his father survived his wounds) and claimed insanity at his trial. An obsession with the sci-fi shooter game Halo 3 supposedly kept Daniel in his room playing the game for up to 18 hours a day -- and he began to confuse the land of Halo with that of reality..."
"Another instance of a teenager flying into a rage after being deprived of a video game took place in 2006, in Arkansas. After grounding her grandson, Allen Gann, from playing games the night before for not doing his chores, he sat down and played a full day's worth, including Resident Evil, Smackdown vs. Raw and Midnight Club 2.
When she reminded him of the punishment, the 17-year-old flew into a rage, choking her and later, throwing a hammer at a state trooper. The teenager was then shot by the trooper in the leg and charged as an adult with aggravated assault. Not a pretty picture."
"As you can see in these Invalid Link Removed, some children behave like toddlers when their gaming privileges are taken away or managed."
Make sure you chekc out the other videos in that link!
"...a 16-year-old gets addicted to a violent video game shot both his parents when they tried to limit his gaming time. Talk about every parent's worst nightmare.
Daniel Petric, the now 17-year-old in question, recently got 23 years to life for killing his mother (his father survived his wounds) and claimed insanity at his trial. An obsession with the sci-fi shooter game Halo 3 supposedly kept Daniel in his room playing the game for up to 18 hours a day -- and he began to confuse the land of Halo with that of reality..."
"Another instance of a teenager flying into a rage after being deprived of a video game took place in 2006, in Arkansas. After grounding her grandson, Allen Gann, from playing games the night before for not doing his chores, he sat down and played a full day's worth, including Resident Evil, Smackdown vs. Raw and Midnight Club 2.
When she reminded him of the punishment, the 17-year-old flew into a rage, choking her and later, throwing a hammer at a state trooper. The teenager was then shot by the trooper in the leg and charged as an adult with aggravated assault. Not a pretty picture."
"As you can see in these Invalid Link Removed, some children behave like toddlers when their gaming privileges are taken away or managed."
Make sure you chekc out the other videos in that link!
He flops around more than a tasered grandma!
Thought this was pretty damned hilarious!
I was buying it for the first two videos on this kid's channel, but the third one (with the truck) is making me quite skeptical.
This one makes me think that it is all fake. Still funny though.
Yeah totally fake i though he was gonna put that bat in his ass to get back at his parents!
However they had a giant truck, an H2 and a new challenger yet they bough their kid that? *** the kid should have beaten his parents with the bat...
