This is probably the most ridiculous news item I've seen in a while. Not only does it mention WoW, but it's a freaking moose attack. Seriously.
TL:DR: Enraged Moose autotargets the sister, boy pulls aggro by taunting it. Moose switches to boy, boy feigns death and lives to tell the tale!
This 12 year-old Norwegian boy saved his sister and himself from a moose attack using skills he picked up in the online role playing game 'World of Warcraft.'
Hans Jørgen Olsen and his sister got into a spot of trouble when they encroached on the territory of one of these antlered cold weather staples (otherwise known as a moose). When the beast went on the offensive, Hans knew the first thing he had to do was taunt it so that it would leave his sister alone and she could run to safety. "Taunting" is a move one uses in World of Warcraft to get monsters off of the less-well-armored team members.
Once he was a target, Hans remember another skill he'd picked up at level 30 in 'World of Warcraft' -- he feigned death. The moose lost interest in the inanimate Hans and wandered off into the woods. When he was safely alone Hans ran back home to share his tale of video game-inspired survival.
Make fun of video games all you want, but if one can teach you a skill that saves your (and your sister's) life, then we'd say that was a video game worth playing.
Weird, mooses are usually scared and run away sometimes (if stressed enough) until they die of heartattack or exhaustion. To my understanding they attack if you come too close to a mother with kids or if they are drunk after eating fermented apples in peoples backyard. The latter seems to be the most common alternative but I guess it just gets more media attention.
Ahahaha lolooool :D Can't believe this haha. It would be funny if actually truth was that his parents banned his PC or internet because he was playing WoW too much and he made this story with his sis to get access to his precious WoW > : D
Am i the only one that thinks is sad? Got kids these days treating life as a video game? Taunting the moose would seem as a common thing to do if your protecting your little sister, as for the feigning dead, risky stunt. Luckily he pulled it off and good for him. But to thank a video game for it?? Seriously?? Next thing you know we're gonna see people on the track running with a knife, because apparently u run faster with a knife out~
That isn't a WoW skill, just something that's used in WoW. That may be where he picked it up from, but it's not like it's some kind of revolutionary tactic.
This is both funny and kind of disturbing. Like others said..you're using survival skills from a game? Parents need to be taking their kids out camping and getting in touch with nature to learn real skills not stick them infront of wow. Don't get me wrong, playing the game is fine as I've played it, but really if the kid is thinking hey moose I'll feign death then that's..yeah..that's pretty scary.
He probably learned that going limp is a good way to get out of a bad situation vs some animals after playing WoW and seeing feign death. I can see a reporter writing it up in a way to give WoW more credit to get more attention. I don't buy the thought process of "oh fiegn death on this mob!" but I can understand learning about something because of something in a video game.
On October 09 2009 06:10 keV. wrote: How does WoW get credit for common sense.
It isn't common sense. In a lot of intense situations, people's definition of common sense isn't the same if they were in a less stressful situation. Your instinct is to run and to keep running, not to drop and play possum.
On October 09 2009 05:56 Alizee- wrote: This is both funny and kind of disturbing. Like others said..you're using survival skills from a game? Parents need to be taking their kids out camping and getting in touch with nature to learn real skills not stick them infront of wow. Don't get me wrong, playing the game is fine as I've played it, but really if the kid is thinking hey moose I'll feign death then that's..yeah..that's pretty scary.
yes. parents need to realize that their children can be ambushed by a fucking moose at any moment.
i, for one, am thankful that my parents wasted my youth teaching me survival tactics for animals with which i will likely never encounter.
On October 09 2009 06:10 keV. wrote: How does WoW get credit for common sense.
It isn't common sense. In a lot of intense situations, people's definition of common sense isn't the same if they were in a less stressful situation. Your instinct is to run and to keep running, not to drop and play possum.
what are you talking about.
It's CLEARLY common sense, to TAUNT A FUCKING MOOSE, and DROP DEAD after your sister has run to safety.
In fact, it's SO COMMON SENSE that the last time i acted on these instincts, my sister died, because the bus that was coming towards her was immune to taunt. It was so fucking imba.
On October 09 2009 06:10 keV. wrote: How does WoW get credit for common sense.
It isn't common sense. In a lot of intense situations, people's definition of common sense isn't the same if they were in a less stressful situation. Your instinct is to run and to keep running, not to drop and play possum.
what are you talking about.
It's CLEARLY common sense, to TAUNT A FUCKING MOOSE, and DROP DEAD after your sister has run to safety.
In fact, it's SO COMMON SENSE that the last time i acted on these instincts, my sister died, because the bus that was coming towards her was immune to taunt. It was so fucking imba.
On October 09 2009 06:10 keV. wrote: How does WoW get credit for common sense.
It isn't common sense. In a lot of intense situations, people's definition of common sense isn't the same if they were in a less stressful situation. Your instinct is to run and to keep running, not to drop and play possum.
what are you talking about.
It's CLEARLY common sense, to TAUNT A FUCKING MOOSE, and DROP DEAD after your sister has run to safety.
In fact, it's SO COMMON SENSE that the last time i acted on these instincts, my sister died, because the bus that was coming towards her was immune to taunt. It was so fucking imba.
On October 09 2009 05:40 LonGGone wrote:Next thing you know we're gonna see people on the track running with a knife, because apparently u run faster with a knife out~
this is fucking stupid. distraction and imitating death arent specific to WoW. its called common sense. I didnt realize that carrying less weight allows you to run faster from CounterStrike or something...shit.
On October 09 2009 06:10 keV. wrote: How does WoW get credit for common sense.
that's not common sense. Common sense is fight or flight. He didn't do either and instead used what he had learned and succeeded. No one would do things like that instinctively you'd have to pick it up somewhere.
On October 09 2009 08:03 m4gdelen4 wrote: this is fucking stupid. distraction and imitating death arent specific to WoW. its called common sense. I didnt realize that carrying less weight allows you to run faster from CounterStrike or something...shit.
On October 09 2009 06:10 keV. wrote: How does WoW get credit for common sense.
that's not common sense. Common sense is fight or flight. He didn't do either and instead used what he had learned and succeeded. No one would do things like that instinctively you'd have to pick it up somewhere.
On October 09 2009 06:10 keV. wrote: How does WoW get credit for common sense.
that's not common sense. Common sense is fight or flight. He didn't do either and instead used what he had learned and succeeded. No one would do things like that instinctively you'd have to pick it up somewhere.
Like from.. evolution?
Whoops didnt mean to double post
what are you talking about. No uneducated person is going to see a giant moose charging them for the first time and play dead. They're going to run.
I can see the taunting thing maybe make sense, if that's the same as just trying to fight the moose yourself to protect your weaker family member.
On October 09 2009 06:10 keV. wrote: How does WoW get credit for common sense.
that's not common sense. Common sense is fight or flight. He didn't do either and instead used what he had learned and succeeded. No one would do things like that instinctively you'd have to pick it up somewhere.
Like from.. evolution?
Whoops didnt mean to double post
what are you talking about. No uneducated person is going to see a giant moose charging them for the first time and play dead. They're going to run.
You cant run once youre on the ground overpowered. You dont think its common sense to lay down quietly then?
On October 09 2009 06:10 keV. wrote: How does WoW get credit for common sense.
that's not common sense. Common sense is fight or flight. He didn't do either and instead used what he had learned and succeeded. No one would do things like that instinctively you'd have to pick it up somewhere.
Like from.. evolution?
Whoops didnt mean to double post
what are you talking about. No uneducated person is going to see a giant moose charging them for the first time and play dead. They're going to run.
You cant run once youre on the ground overpowered. You dont think its common sense to lay down quietly then?
Not to someone who has never been told it's a good idea. I'm pretty sure most people would be yelling for help or some stupid shit. Besides moose don't really 'get you on the ground overpowered' not people atleast. If they knock you down you're either fucked or you could get up and try to run again.
On October 09 2009 06:10 keV. wrote: How does WoW get credit for common sense.
that's not common sense. Common sense is fight or flight. He didn't do either and instead used what he had learned and succeeded. No one would do things like that instinctively you'd have to pick it up somewhere.
Like from.. evolution?
Whoops didnt mean to double post
what are you talking about. No uneducated person is going to see a giant moose charging them for the first time and play dead. They're going to run.
You cant run once youre on the ground overpowered. You dont think its common sense to lay down quietly then?
Not to someone who has never been told it's a good idea. I'm pretty sure most people would be yelling for help or some stupid shit. Besides moose don't really 'get you on the ground overpowered' not people atleast. If they knock you down you're either fucked or you could get up and try to run again.
I guess theres no way to convince you that after 200 000 years of living in the wild, playing dead has become an inherited trick.
On October 09 2009 03:19 mOnion wrote: if he was pro he woulda used backstab like a boss
lolz. good story though and i'm glad the kid stuck by his story of WoW rather than just saying, "I was just trying to distract the moose so my sis could get away". He stuck w/ saying.. "I used taunt ability and feigned death, moose was no match, it gg'd"
they were prolly just pillaging the area and ran in to a monstrous fiend that was too much for them. They didn't plan well enough or bring their posse, otherwise they coulda ganged that moose and won all the spoils!
The reason wow gets credit for this, is couse they boy said himself that he played a computer game called wow, and if you pretended to be dead, the attacking animal would go away, I was actually listening to this on the radio while driving home from work.
Its kinda cool that he got the ideas from skills in WoW but in reality its just common sense to do what he did. Props to him though for thinking on his feet and not just panicking.
Norwegian boys are not hardcore enough. German kids get hit by meteroids and are like "lolz that was kinda hot" and norwegian boys taunt mooses and feing death..
On October 09 2009 10:01 arb wrote: I hate to say but this isnt as impressive as the kid who saved like 5 people(or so) by using skills he had learned from Americas Army.
On October 09 2009 18:12 REDBLUEGREEN wrote: Norwegian boys are not hardcore enough. German kids get hit by meteroids and are like "lolz that was kinda hot" and norwegian boys taunt mooses and feing death..
I am bemused by the idea that distracting an animal is suddenly characterised as a skill someone learns in Warcraft. As if nobody ever distracted an animal before the advent of online games.
EPT
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