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Skjaerris
Profile Joined November 2006
Sweden5 Posts
October 08 2009 10:44 GMT
#1
*Note this post contains a horrible translation of an already horribly written article.

I found a small article on metro today about a game addict who went bonkers and tried to murder a girl when he couldn't get his Internet connection to work. Oh and his favorite game was Starcraft.

Imo the article is just another one in the ever ongoing discussion about “Games are evil”.
Yes games (and computers in general) can make you behave violently when things aren't working but unless you are already mad they are quite harmless.

I know the question has been raised before on the forum but still what are your thoughts?

Translated article:
+ Show Spoiler +
Computer game malfunctioned
-Made boy want to kill

The computer game addicted 18 year old suddenly couldn't get his Internet connection to work.
Dark thoughts grew about how it would feel to murder someone which made him grab a kitchen knife and go out in the residential area late on a Saturday night.

Seconds later he had tried to murder a complete stranger, a bypassing 15 year old girl.
The 18 year old is now convicted by Nacka district court of attempted homocide and sent to psychiatric care.

One of this years many unusual acts of violence with teenagers took place the night of 9 august this summer.

The 18-year-old felt unwell and his thoughts became even darker when his internet connection malfunctioned and he could not continue to play the war game "Starcraft".

That a 15 year old girl on her way back home from a party would be his victim was never planned. She just happened to be nearby laughing loudly with a friend.

Despite multiple stabs the girl managed to survive without any life threatening wounds. The crime was notified the next day by the 18 year olds dad who found a bent bloodstained knife in the home.

Prosecutor Jennie Soderberg had been indicted for attempted murder.
The district court however chose to classify the knife attack as attempted manslaughter because of his mental health condition, and that no intent to kill the 15-year-old girl existed.


Source(in swedish):
http://www.metro.se/2009/10/08/79624/dataspelet-kranglade-da-ville-pojken-/
SnowFantasy
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
4173 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-08 10:48:59
October 08 2009 10:48 GMT
#2
he must play terran

i can totally see it.

get dt dropped --> internet goes down at the start of the regame --> rage mode.
Foucault
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden2826 Posts
October 08 2009 10:49 GMT
#3
Yeah interesting, um but I'm not buying the part that unless you're already mad computer games are harmless. That's some bullshit

lol I've gotten so ridiculously frustrated playing TvP some times. Also I felt awesome before I started playing, and after 0-5 I smash my keyboard and curse the world
I know that deep inside of you there's a humongous set of testicles just waiting to pop out. Let 'em pop bro. //////////////////// AKA JensOfSweden // Lee Yoon Yeol forever.
SiDX
Profile Joined July 2009
New Zealand1975 Posts
October 08 2009 11:03 GMT
#4
computer games are harmless, yes. But crazy idiot + computer games is not D:
TheTyranid
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Russian Federation4333 Posts
October 08 2009 11:16 GMT
#5
The crime was notified the next day by the 18 year olds dad who found a bent bloodstained knife in the home.

Fail.
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
October 08 2009 11:24 GMT
#6
wow what an asshoole stabbing an innocent 15 yrold girl
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hifriend
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
China7935 Posts
October 08 2009 11:25 GMT
#7
any tl members want to step forward? I know plenty of sc players here in stockholm maybe I know that guy :0
meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
October 08 2009 11:29 GMT
#8
Isn't there more to life than just Starcraft?
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Patriot.dlk
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Sweden5462 Posts
October 08 2009 11:43 GMT
#9
That guy obviously sick in the head I hope the girl can recover from this. Also the story does not make sense and the article was so poorly written I raged a little inside.

RamenStyle
Profile Joined September 2004
United States1929 Posts
October 08 2009 11:51 GMT
#10
Any fool with issues + anything is dangerous. Not Starcraft, not games, just about anything. I hate how the media treats this kind of news.

I remember like 10 years ago there was a murder and the murderer liked to play LOTR role games. News media came to the conclusion that LOTR + RPG = danger. Then everybody thought all epic fantasy related stuff was some sort of satanic evil cult.

Few years the LOTR movies came out. Everybody jumps in the LOTR wagon. LOTR fanbase has grown from a geeky niche to practically everyone in the young population segment. So this makes all young people dangerous?

Now every idiot with no media filters will think SC makes people go out and stab teenagers.
Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
October 08 2009 12:04 GMT
#11
phew i thought artosis committed suicide or something after losing 0-3 to my toss today
why so 진지해?
Foucault
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Sweden2826 Posts
October 08 2009 12:14 GMT
#12
lol rekrul

any dts involved?



I think it's funny how metro wants to spin this story to be about a specific computer game in order to find a scapegoat. I don't think anyone in their right mind thinks that Starcraft is bad for you in this way
I know that deep inside of you there's a humongous set of testicles just waiting to pop out. Let 'em pop bro. //////////////////// AKA JensOfSweden // Lee Yoon Yeol forever.
Shauni
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
4077 Posts
October 08 2009 12:31 GMT
#13
Haha, I went to teamliquid to translate and post news about it today, but it seems like you beat me to it.

I'm wondering however, if he was involved with the community somehow. I guess it's hard to find out who he is, but there isn't that many swedish starcraft players. 18 year old in Nacka... hmm.

I was irritated by the use of 'war game' (krigsspel) to describe Starcraft. It's not a very accurate description of the game.
I'm taking whatever coverage I can get, because frankly, I'm busy working on this million dollar deal at my job. Early retirement is a good thing brotha man. - MessengerASL
niteReloaded
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Croatia5281 Posts
October 08 2009 12:48 GMT
#14
i want a fpstream of this guy
Monstah-_-
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
249 Posts
October 08 2009 13:05 GMT
#15
On October 08 2009 20:29 meegrean wrote:
Isn't there more to life than just Starcraft?


no
you live in the woods and drink vodka
StalkerSC
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada378 Posts
October 08 2009 13:07 GMT
#16
Lol this makes the SC community look great..probably got like DT rushed and rage mode into ninja mode.
IIf your good at Starcraft, Your good at life. - Artosis
intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9934 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-08 13:09:54
October 08 2009 13:09 GMT
#17
i see no reason for the name of the game to be included in the article, it's purely to squeeze in as much blame without being direct. do you think they would have posted this?
The 18-year-old felt unwell and his thoughts became even darker when his internet connection malfunctioned and he could not continue to play the interactive animal locomotive game "Barbie's Mystery Adventure Horse Ride".
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Monstah-_-
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
249 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-08 13:10:00
October 08 2009 13:09 GMT
#18
Poor girl, she got DT rushed irl
you live in the woods and drink vodka
Eatme
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
Switzerland3919 Posts
October 08 2009 13:31 GMT
#19
On October 08 2009 21:31 Shauni wrote:
Haha, I went to teamliquid to translate and post news about it today, but it seems like you beat me to it.

I'm wondering however, if he was involved with the community somehow. I guess it's hard to find out who he is, but there isn't that many swedish starcraft players. 18 year old in Nacka... hmm.

I was irritated by the use of 'war game' (krigsspel) to describe Starcraft. It's not a very accurate description of the game.

The use of "war game" is 100% to make it sound more dangerous than it is. Really bad journalism there.
If they want to blame anything besides the poor menthal health of the guy or whatever reason he had not recieved any help, they should blame his ISP.
I have the best fucking lawyers in the country including the man they call the Malmis.
Scaramanga
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Australia8090 Posts
October 08 2009 13:38 GMT
#20
Loda talked about the fun counter, it's AdmiralBulldog on his natures prophet
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