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Wasn't Little Lord Fauntleroy nearly killed by a crazy gamer?

I have seen lots of fistfights over minis games (And card games, and rpgs. Calling someone a cheater around here tends to end with violence.) but never heard of a murder. BUT, I asked a relative in the Chicago police force if SHE had ever heard of anything. She got back to me last night and said that the closest she had found was a guy who killed his buddy who owed him money. However, the debt had been accrued due from losing games for money, including poker, video games, sports gambling, and a miniatures game that (from her description) was, in fact, Blood Bowl. So, killed over a minis game? No. Killed for money lost over years of bad gambling (including minis games)? Yes! (Or so I hear, in any event.)

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

"Stacked on top of a bad day at work" - sounds like you were the victim of a "Sneaky Hate Spiral" there: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/05/sneaky-hate-spiral.html

Someone from the below thread mentions playing a guy that would yell and scream, break their mini's etc when they lost against them. He was also a bit of a cheater. After this guy played his mate the guy really lost it and attacked him and his friend with a hobbie knife. They both got a number of cuts on their arms that needed stitching but this guy came out 2nd best in the end. Best story I have heard. Its a good thread.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/295662.page

As with mental illness, there is a surpriseing number of people with some sort of mental illness and its increasing every year. Its been ages since I looked into this stuff so no figures to give you. You can tell with some people as their emotions can be extreme for a particular situation. One of the most common is anger although some people IMO are just immature and spoiled too much at home.

My ex girlfriend is a school teacher for the little kids and came across students who may have had some form of illness but the parents refused to believe anything was wrong with them or look into it. Its no wonder so many kids grow up with issues and attack or kill themselves.

Games dont kill people, its just one of many situations that can trigger someone to do bad things. Whatever the trigger, its a negative one. Loosing a game, getting yelled at, someone taking your car spot etc.

Note: Mental illness can be something so small you wouldnt realize it. Yet, yes, some can be very extreme and stand out very well. Saying "all mental people shouldnt play games" is not a nice thing to say.

Somehow seemed appropriate.

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!

Screw the gym leaders, they're easy. Try getting to fight number 90-something in battle tower only to have your 100 Accuracy attacks miss three times in a row, costing you your golden trophy! It so cheats in the higher floors.

i accidently punched someone over a video game the other day. Because the person was playing as a halo rocket noob. The worst kind and I knew who he was. I knocked on his door he opened it and I punched him in the face.
But i have heard of people flipping over tables because someone was cheating in a 40k

micahaphone wrote:Wasn't Little Lord Fauntleroy nearly killed by a crazy gamer?

Yes. Yes he was.

Asherian Command wrote:i accidently punched someone over a video game the other day. Because the person was playing as a halo rocket noob. The worst kind and I knew who he was. I knocked on his door he opened it and I punched him in the face.
But i have heard of people flipping over tables because someone was cheating in a 40k

Little lord Fauntleroy wrote:

micahaphone wrote:Wasn't Little Lord Fauntleroy nearly killed by a crazy gamer?

Yes. Yes he was.

Do tell!

Proof he is dead!

Inquisitor_Syphonious wrote:

Little lord Fauntleroy wrote:

micahaphone wrote:Wasn't Little Lord Fauntleroy nearly killed by a crazy gamer?

Yes. Yes he was.

Do tell!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/210/258425.page#1070666
And see now why making me angry is a very bad move.

Asherian Command wrote:Proof he is dead!

Key word in the sentence-Nearly. And duty goes beyond death.

That is... phew!

I split my thumb open when building some WHFB miniatures, thirteen stitches, nine on my thumb, four on my hand. Nothing over a match though.

x1,000 @Asherian

I know i'm just that awesome.

Hmm... I remember one a few years back that the man murdered his ex over her hacking his account and deleting his mmo characters.

That said: I can say I've seen real violence at the gaming table. You may all recall the 100% rukh egg decks that existed before the 4 card rule in MtG. I saw a player throw another player out the window of our FNGS when he realized what his opponent was playing. Beyond that I've only ever seen someone stabbed with an empire lancer, but it was not 'pure' GW, having a wire lance pole, and therefor does not count.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:

Somehow seemed appropriate.

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!

Screw the gym leaders, they're easy. Try getting to fight number 90-something in battle tower only to have your 100 Accuracy attacks miss three times in a row, costing you your golden trophy! It so cheats in the higher floors.

This was a couple (like 7) years ago. I was one of those kids who had his starter pokemon 50+ levels above everything else. No wonder I failed....Sigh. And Yes, pokemon does cheat. I've used protect, and been hit by earthquake. Cheating piece of crap *throws Gameboy at wall* !!!

Asherian Command... I'm with you, I hate those Halo spoilers!

As for this subject, who cares did you not see the fit woman on page one!

BaronIveagh wrote:You may all recall the 100% rukh egg decks that existed before the 4 card rule in MtG. I saw a player throw another player out the window of our FNGS when he realized what his opponent was playing.

mega troll, lol. I never knew there was a time where the 4 card rule didnt exist.

There was also the deck made of nothing but lightening bolt and mountains. These were the early degenerate decks.

Then came Channel/Fireball. Ball lightening/bloodlust/berzerk. And so on and so forth.

Originally, Garfield had this idea that players would have thier own house rules. From what I'm told, no one at WotC ever imagined Magic would take off like it did.