World of Warcraft saved the life of a 12 year old.

Waisha · Post by **Waisha** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:24 am

From a swedish newspaper- http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2409&a=722615

I translated it myself so there may be some spelling misstakes. Please point them out.

A twelve year old from Norway was attacked by a angry moose. He got away by using a trick he learned in WoW.

Twelve year old Hans Jørgen Olsen was out and walking in the woods in the north of Norway with his sister when they suddenly was attacked by an aggressive moose.

- My sister ran away, but I tried to scare the moose. When I noticed that the moose didn't stop I also started to run. The moose followed me and I couldn't keep it up, says the boy.

The moose gored(?) him in the back but the hit was absorbed by the boy's backpack. When he fell to the ground he used a trick he learned in WoW.

- When you reach level 30 you learn the skill "feign death", so that is what I did; I lied down and pretended to be dead. After a little while the moose went away, says the twelve year old.

Casey613 · Post by **Casey613** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:28 am

Not impressed at all... it's called common sense

Edit: Oh and no, there are no spelling mistakes ^-^

Waisha · Post by **Waisha** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:29 am

Casey613 wrote:Not impressed at all... it's called common sense

You missed the point.

Sylhana · Post by **Sylhana** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:31 am

Ok, thats pretty cool :s. I wouldve been too scared to think of WoW (or any common sense in that situation ._. ).

destructionmama · Post by **destructionmama** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:39 am

let see... what are my choices...

should I KD & Stab? or use castle shield? wait, arrow combo have KB! I dont' know, woo wait moose, let me decide!

***stabbed in the back by the antlers***

MrBow · Post by **MrBow** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:41 am

Waisha wrote:
- When you reach level 30 you learn the skill "feign death", so that is what I did; I lied down and pretended to be dead. After a little while the moose went away, says the twelve year old.

okay, the boy might have referred his action to WoW, but in fact this is a move started by your instinct.
It's a very common move for scared living beings. When scared, there are usually 2 'actions': 1 run away, 2 too scared to do anything and remain where you are (nailed on the ground), which could result in acting dead.

Pan_Raider(`_´) · Post by **Pan_Raider(`_´)** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:47 am

Sylhana wrote:Ok, thats pretty cool :s. I wouldve been too scared to think of WoW (or any common sense in that situation ._. ).

if you put it like that, then gaming is his way of solving things:
that kid is 1337

Trice · Post by **Trice** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:53 am

what would a SRO player do?

snow shield?
no

castle shield?
no

feign death?
no

weapon skills? nuke? stealth? invisi?
no no no no

i know some people would try to summon mercs though.
COZ ITS ALL THEY DO

Silver0 · Post by **Silver0** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:12 am

MrBow wrote:
Waisha wrote:
- When you reach level 30 you learn the skill "feign death", so that is what I did; I lied down and pretended to be dead. After a little while the moose went away, says the twelve year old.

okay, the boy might have referred his action to WoW, but in fact this is a move started by your instinct.
It's a very common move for scared living beings. When scared, there are usually 2 'actions': 1 run away, 2 too scared to do anything and remain where you are (nailed on the ground), which could result in acting dead.

not really it isnt instinct to play dead only certain animals have that quality and they learn in from there peers,
this kid learned it from wow
like i learned it from discovery channel
if it was never introduce 2 me as a concept it wouldn't be my instinct

Jstar1 · Post by **Jstar1** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:24 pm

Silver0 wrote:
MrBow wrote:
Waisha wrote:
- When you reach level 30 you learn the skill "feign death", so that is what I did; I lied down and pretended to be dead. After a little while the moose went away, says the twelve year old.

okay, the boy might have referred his action to WoW, but in fact this is a move started by your instinct.
It's a very common move for scared living beings. When scared, there are usually 2 'actions': 1 run away, 2 too scared to do anything and remain where you are (nailed on the ground), which could result in acting dead.

not really it isnt instinct to play dead only certain animals have that quality and they learn in from there peers,
this kid learned it from wow
like i learned it from discovery channel
if it was never introduce 2 me as a concept it wouldn't be my instinct

have you been in a dangerous situation like that? Its hard to tell unless you've been in one. The human body has many advanced capabilities of dealing with danger

Luoma · Post by **Luoma** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:38 pm

lol thats so gay xD

Vibrator · Post by **Vibrator** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:27 pm

Its called playing opposum.=.= dont give credit to WoW for a trick that animals have used for millions of years :banghead:

.

/fail

Swindler · Post by **Swindler** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:17 pm

hahahahha pretty funny ^^ and pretty good translation.. are you swedish or something?

nphillip · Post by **nphillip** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:41 pm

lol, i thought he did some cool skills or something.

i would have played dead or ran for my life in that situation as well, even though i don't play WoW.
and his sister ran off leaving him behind?

heroo · Post by **heroo** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:43 pm

watch discovery

you'll learn the same.

0l3n · Post by **0l3n** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:17 pm

HejsaN wrote:hahahahha pretty funny ^^ and pretty good translation.. are you swedish or something?

Ja det är han.

Waisha · Post by **Waisha** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:34 pm

HejsaN wrote:hahahahha pretty funny ^^ and pretty good translation.. are you swedish or something?

Like 0l3n said, jag e svensk. :wink:

[SD]Frites · Post by **[SD]Frites** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:36 pm

I would do the lvl 52 bicheon chains XD

skulldiver · Post by **skulldiver** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:20 pm

[SD]Frites wrote:I would try to do the lvl 52 bicheon chains, and break my legs, arms and my neck XD

Fixed.

Luoma · Post by **Luoma** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:31 pm

Waisha wrote:
HejsaN wrote:hahahahha pretty funny ^^ and pretty good translation.. are you swedish or something?

Like 0l3n said, jag e svensk.

let's not turn this to a swedish thread like seems to happen sometimes xD

jag är också en av svenskarna här

Reise · Post by **Reise** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:33 pm

WoW didn't save any lives, it's just being given credit for way too much.

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:41 pm

Lulz, I learned that when i was like REALLY young xP, my mom was watching some chinese soap (you know with like flying chinese people and sword fighting like HIDDEN DRAGON CROUCHING TIGER?) and some girl like pretended to be dead, and when the guy walk away, she flew and stabbed him.

True Story.

XemnasXD · Post by **XemnasXD** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:45 pm

Trice wrote:what would a SRO player do?

snow shield?
no

castle shield?
no

feign death?
no

weapon skills? nuke? stealth? invisi?
no no no no

i know some people would try to summon mercs though.
COZ ITS ALL THEY DO

Mercs aren't as effective against moose as you would think...

Vibrator · Post by **Vibrator** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:48 pm

Trice wrote:what would a SRO player do?

snow shield?
no

castle shield?
no

feign death?
no

weapon skills? nuke? stealth? invisi?
no no no no

i know some people would try to summon mercs though.
COZ ITS ALL THEY DO

Pull out a moose monster mask he would get scared :p

Isis · Post by **Isis** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:52 pm

I thought this story was going to be more interesting..

:roll:

Millenium · Post by **Millenium** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:30 pm

Trice wrote:what would a SRO player do?

snow shield?
no

castle shield?
no

feign death?
no

weapon skills? nuke? stealth? invisi?
no no no no

i know some people would try to summon mercs though.
COZ ITS ALL THEY DO

Disconnected from server

I'm saved bitch!!! ......not.

Fat_Smurf · Post by **Fat_Smurf** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:10 pm

greecemilly wrote:
Trice wrote:what would a SRO player do?

snow shield?
no

castle shield?
no

feign death?
no

weapon skills? nuke? stealth? invisi?
no no no no

i know some people would try to summon mercs though.
COZ ITS ALL THEY DO

Disconnected from server

I'm saved bitch!!! ......not.

ahah lol

I would have zerk that bitch

Jabo · Post by **Jabo** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:18 pm

Nice! it saved ONE life!

it also ruins thousands of addicts life ¬¬

Craven's · Post by **Craven's** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:27 pm

he rescue himself it is well the main thing, even if he think is because of the game

[SD]Frites · Post by **[SD]Frites** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:32 pm

I wonder what could have happened when he played Runescape instead of WoW

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