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Wow . . . imagine explaining that at the hospital. "Yes, doctor, I sliced up my girlfriend's face, but it's not what you think!"

Kirasu wrote:Killing yourself over 40k is tough to do. You spent so much money on the game already.. you might as well keep on living to get your moneys worth

QFT

My understanding is that cyanoacrylate ( superglue ) was used by combat medics in Vietnam on wounds.

Poeple will stay poeple.

Fateweaver wrote: If that person is known to be mentally disturbed they shouldn't play in the first place.

I am so sick of hearing this.

You ddn't actually HEAR me say it. You see it typed. Big difference.

If you are that super mentally disturbed you probably can't separate fantasy from reality. If a person can't do that they shouldn't be playing wargames and videogames.

40K isn't aimed at 13 plus for small chocking hazards. It's aimed at 13 plus due to material and the inability, generally, for youngsters to define real from make believe.

SG makes a good instant bandaid. Stings like a mother but it is a lot less painful than doing your own stitches (which I've actually seen a guy do),

gardeth wrote:Rather then ask IF anyone has ever been killed over a game of warhammer, we should ask HOW MANY people have accidently killed themselves trying to assemble some of the old model kits.

I have personally bled over several Dark Eldar models and I put myself into shock while putting together a old chimera (exacto blade in the finger and deep into the bone). Made me feel REAL smart....

Have to agree with this. It's probably way more likely someone has died from hobby-ing than wargaming. All those sharp plastic ends and exacto knives,the stripping chemicals, the sharp corners on boxes and the outrageous prices of the models has probably brought a handful of people to their graves. No doubt.

I know a guy who only has 3 fingers on his left hand,and it was because he was trying to use a dremel on pewter models. He was using some sort of homemade "auto-saw" to make a small saw move back and forth really REALLY fast.


Needless to say,he lost his pinkey,ring finger and middle finger all in one fell swoop. He was trying to convert some sort of something from the old Hive Tyrant model. I have no idea what he was going to use it for...


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Grignard wrote:My understanding is that cyanoacrylate ( superglue ) was used by combat medics in Vietnam on wounds.

Yes,it was. I had no idea! My grandfather had to tell me this.

They use it in hospitals now. My dad went for bypass surgery and the 7 inch incisioin in his chest was held with superglue. Not a single stitch involved.

I'm sure there's enough killing in the 40k universe already...

Kirasu wrote:Killing yourself over 40k is tough to do. You spent so much money on the game already.. you might as well keep on living to get your moneys worth

^ lol this.

Mistress of minis wrote:I heard about an old guy expiring during his opponents turn during a Napoleonics game. Wonder how that affected his soft scoring on his tourney card...

A joke that would be funnier if they actually had historical wargames tournaments.

Cohocat wrote:

Fateweaver wrote: If that person is known to be mentally disturbed they shouldn't play in the first place.

I am so sick of hearing this.

It's very common, this idea that people with mental health problems should be denied as much human rights as required in order to make the speaker, usually a white middle-class male, feel "safe" and not inconvenienced. It's the same mindset that supports the building of new prisons, "but not in my county".

Fateweaver wrote:SG makes a good instant bandaid. Stings like a mother but it is a lot less painful than doing your own stitches (which I've actually seen a guy do),

Doctors advise against people using regular superglue to treat their own wounds, though, presumably because it's not intended nor certified for such a use, so there might be components that cause issues.

I've glued/duct taped myself closed many a time. The only problem I had was pulling the tape off too soon once...pulled the clot/scab out...

Moral of the story: Messy cuts leave messy stains...that are still there 4 years later.

Ketara wrote:I know two people who have been killed over a game called Advance wars, for the Gameboy and DS. They were people I actually used to speak to on a forum as well, much like yourself Albatross.

Remember, the internet is serious business.

You were on Advance Wars Net? Used to post by "Lightspeed" when I was a kid, I messaged Shade a lot back in the day, he helped me out quite a bit.

Cohocat wrote:

Fateweaver wrote: If that person is known to be mentally disturbed they shouldn't play in the first place.

I am so sick of hearing this.

Who keeps saying this? Was it that elf in the closet again? Quick get the knife .. NOW.

The Emperor almost was after his opponent flipped out after realizing he had just lost the biggest Apocalypse games ever played...

I punched a hole in my wall the other day over a video game. Mainly because some weird bug caused me to die, stacked ontop of a bad day at work.

I never look at people or could even imagine hitting a person when I punch things, but I like hitting inanimate objects. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside

Lol,I used to have a big problem with this kind of thing....I've broken 3 gameboys by throwing them at the wall. I was playing the same game every time...POKEMON! Damn those gym leaders!

If I may weigh in on the superglue (CA, or Cyanoacrylate) as band-aid issue. Super glue is best used to hold the skin together on the outside, and allow the inner skin and tissue to bond together itself.

Dumping SG into a cut and holding it shut is not recommended due to toxicity, but holding the cut shut and applying a bit on the outside can be an effective way of holding a small cut closed. I've done this myself many times to heal minor splits in finger skin resulting from rock climbing.

Also, the glue used in surgery is not the same as model-quality CA. Surgical glues usually have much more pliable properties, (model CA is quite stiff and brittle) and are also less toxic.

Further reading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2187/was-super-glue-invented-to-seal-battle-wounds-in-vietnam

Bah. I've used superglue to hold cuts together. Other than a little sting I've had no problems.

I cut myself deep enough to need stitches once. I squirted some superglue in the cut, cursed like a mofo cuz it stung like a mofo and held it together for 30 seconds. 3 minutes later I was back to painting. No scar, no infection.

Tzeentchling9 wrote:You should be careful about beating an Eldar play who is fielding a Night Spinner. It means he has one of those new Prism Cannons on his person.

Indeed, because you deserve to beat him if he fields the Joke Spinner. Then he can pull out the Prism Cannon next game so you can ignore it's laughable damage potential.

Nofasse 'Eadhunta wrote:

Tzeentchling9 wrote:You should be careful about beating an Eldar play who is fielding a Night Spinner. It means he has one of those new Prism Cannons on his person.

Indeed, because you deserve to beat him if he fields the Joke Spinner. Then he can pull out the Prism Cannon next game so you can ignore it's laughable damage potential.

They're 115 point fast skimmers, what do you expect for that price?

''nooo new whfb edition i had kill myself!!!''

nordic marine wrote:''nooo new whfb edition i had kill myself!!!''

OK...

I killed myself over a game of 40k before.

Everyone had a good laugh at my expense.

I would think alot of it would have to do with prior knowledge.

Fear. We would know that our T value would probably be 1 or even 2 at a stretch.

M.A.D.- fear of the wise/gamer/nerd/vaguely intelligent person, or even tfg and WAAC 's

I have never heard of anyone being killed by any form of violance but I was almost killed when this trully fat game let out the greasest, super moist fart right next to me as he was rolling his scatter dice. That was about as close to manslaughter in a 40K game as I have seen.

However, I did see a gamer murder a plastic Wal-Mart deck chair by crushing with his butt. Now those shards could have killed someone. They left red marks and scratchs on the legs of the people near by.

I can clean up my shaving wounds with Super Glue! Works great,just scratch it off before you leave the house!

Lol I could see a wargamer getting mad at a kid and doing a Homer Simpson thing. "THAT WAS MOST FAVORITE CHARACTER DAMMIT!"
But no joke My sis is a Crime Scene person and I asked here this question. Apparently It could happen. I just happen to live outside of the worst parts of Chicago O.o. Scary Place.
Anyway it's probably going to happen Hopeful not anytime soon. Probability is against it ever since most of the psychos just buy a few models and leave. Worshiping Khorne or Slannesh.

But still Most people that play the game are Well Thought out people. Like they know what is bad and right.
Worst thing I've ever seen was when this guy was bragging about is 1,000 marines. (There goes his college Career -.-.) And a kid came by and flipped the table. To this day that kid is a Hero!
The Guy was so pissed but hey it's his fault for putting it on a broken table. Bragging, and being a complete fool!
Like Mr. T always said


I would say that more people have died from assembling models than each other. Because I have almost killed myself accidently when a knife accidently slipped and almost cut a major vain in my wrist.
Damn that would be bad.
Hell If i die from hobby at least my Parents can say "Well We always told him that one day he was going to get murdered by his hobby."

Madman49 wrote:Some people overeact, way too much, In my GW its just fun and games, even if you lose for some wierd reason you always end up laughing so I don't really know what the fuss is about

same with my GW in parramatta/sydney ... disagreements are always dealt with by the store managers before they escalate.. . ..in this store.. the customer isnt always right.. the managers are , its good though.


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njpc wrote:I have to admit, when I read the "Avatar makes people depressed" article, my first thought was: "those people are a waste, its a movie, get over it."

LOL.. did you ever realise that Avatar is smothered with beastiality aspects? ... The use that hair thing to "mate".... the same ahir thing to "ride horses"....... they even rape dragons!.. i mean.. wtf!?

So.. that whole planet is just one great big orgy.


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Samus_aran115 wrote:Lol,I used to have a big problem with this kind of thing....I've broken 3 gameboys by throwing them at the wall. I was playing the same game every time...POKEMON! Damn those gym leaders!

haha.. i follow you.. and once you do it once ... it becomes habit.. an impulse.. *defeat* "DESTROY THE GAMEBOY!" *smash* "not again" -.-


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Hoodwink wrote:I punched a hole in my wall the other day over a video game. Mainly because some weird bug caused me to die, stacked ontop of a bad day at work.

I never look at people or could even imagine hitting a person when I punch things, but I like hitting inanimate objects. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside

Yeah... my wardrobe has many a dent (wardrobe is next to my xbox and pc) ... i stopped hitting things when my mate greg hit a large metal box after being dumped and dislocated pretty much all his right hand's fingers goood times xD

I know someone who was ALMOST killed over a 40k game.