Gaming

[LuckyDuck]

Hello Onrpg’ers,
I have seen a couple of threads about stories from the gamers out there. I was wondering if you guys could help me find these links.

I am currently doing a research on how gaming affects your social life for school.

I visit these forums often, as i am a pretty big gamer myself. I've come across a few threads on stories of gamers which have happen in real life.

i remember a few months back, there was a thread of how this man went to some girls house after meeting her from WoW. freaky.

I'm sure there is a lot more stories like that and i was hoping the people on these forums could help me find links to these stories. Or other sites where i can find true stories like it.

or.. anything related to how gaming affects you socially

Thanks in advance

[TheWiseGuy]

well i remember a while ago there was this lady that sold her body for some gold in wow i forgot what site i read that from though

[LuckyDuck]

well i remember a while ago there was this lady that sold her body for some gold in wow i forgot what site i read that from though

haha i remember that, and she got her expensive mount or something

[Cynical]

i have some friends who met girlfriends/hookups from wow.

rediculous.

[xtinCt]

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=31536

http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/gam...of-mir-3-sword

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1525082/posts

http://forum.vgcats.com/archive/index.php?t-1598.html

http://www.cryosphere.f2s.com/articl...addiction.html

all i could find

in the future there will be more to come

[LuckyDuck]

i have some friends who met girlfriends/hookups from wow.

rediculous.

oh LOL, unless they were hot.. actually even if they were hot there has to be something wrong with them for meeting a total stranger from a game...

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=31536

http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/gam...of-mir-3-sword

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1525082/posts

http://forum.vgcats.com/archive/index.php?t-1598.html

http://www.cryosphere.f2s.com/articl...addiction.html

all i could find

in the future there will be more to come

awesome, thanks a bunch

[livejamie]

In June of 2005 it was reported that a four month old child had suffocated due to neglect by her World of Warcraft-addicted parents who were reportedly at a nearby cafe playing World of Warcraft.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=59697

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The recent deaths of two net gamers have once again raised the issue of the impact of addiction on the online gaming community, and the health risks involved.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Two-F...oW-11821.shtml

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Dr. Maressa Orzack, a clinical psychologist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, was interviewed August 8, 2006 stating that many of the then 9 million subscribers are addicted. She is quoted as saying "... 40 percent of the players are addicted."

http://www.twitchguru.com/2006/08/08...yers_addicted/

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What you're doing seems a lot like The Daedalus Project.

http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/

[LuckyDuck]

In June of 2005 it was reported that a four month old child had suffocated due to neglect by her World of Warcraft-addicted parents who were reportedly at a nearby cafe playing World of Warcraft.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=59697

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The recent deaths of two net gamers have once again raised the issue of the impact of addiction on the online gaming community, and the health risks involved.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Two-F...oW-11821.shtml

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Dr. Maressa Orzack, a clinical psychologist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, was interviewed August 8, 2006 stating that many of the then 9 million subscribers are addicted. She is quoted as saying "... 40 percent of the players are addicted."

http://www.twitchguru.com/2006/08/08...yers_addicted/

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What you're doing seems a lot like The Daedalus Project.

http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/

oh that first one is sad... WTF?!

[Kashis]

yet again...WoW is saving or ruining someone's life. Go! Team! Blizzard!!!

*sigh*

[livejamie]

yeah, also you might wanna put these kinda threads in the 'general' section.

[LuckyDuck]

yet again...WoW is saving or ruining someone's life. Go! Team! Blizzard!!!

*sigh*

ahhah...but how is it saving people?

[livejamie]

ahhah...but how is it saving people?

haha you never heard?

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/12/...rvives-mo.html

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also:
http://digg.com/search?s=Warcraft&su...oted&sort=most

[LuckyDuck]

haha you never heard?

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/12/...rvives-mo.html

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also:
http://digg.com/search?s=Warcraft&su...oted&sort=most

oh thats funny

digg.com? never seen that one, googles my friend - thanks

[livejamie]

(Video might be NSFW)

also any of this dude's videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/dr34d0g

[LuckyDuck]

(Video might be NSFW)

also any of this dude's videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/dr34d0g

ahah thanks! helps alot, that video is so funny, i remember watching a couple of years ago

DOUBLE POST! (edit, that's cool.. they make it so you cant double post.._

well i think that should be enough... i knew that there would be alot but didnt expect to get much replies =P

thanks everyone! hope i can put all of this into good use.

[liaght]

lol can't help but think that the support team of blizzard is composed of ******s.