RuneScape Forum Archive | RuneScape Killed Someone?

Feb

2012

Agaperic

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I have a hobby of making little "Top 3" YouTube videos and my last video was about murders that were caused by online gaming. I've been playing RuneScape for 11 years, and until my research conducted for the video, I've never heard of players dying because of their misfortune in game.

Does the username Maarten ring a bell for anyone? You're more than welcome to watch the video here:

https://youtu.be/y8eWtWTJnvg

\\ Creator of RuneScape Confessions //

22-Dec-2016 06:00:33 - Last edited on 22-Dec-2016 06:00:56 by Agaperic

HeroicSnorro

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I haven't heard of a Runescape-related death (though I have heard rumours about a WoW related one). However, I do recall Runescape making it to the national news (Netherlands) one time, because some 12 year old threatened to beat up one of his classmates if he didn't give him his rares on RS.

Not quite a death, but it's something, I suppose.

-=HeroicSnorro=- Sometimes, less is more.

22-Dec-2016 06:12:15 - Last edited on 22-Dec-2016 06:13:06 by HeroicSnorro

Rowlii

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Never heard about this; but I like the clickbait title. It was a contributing factor, yes, but the game didn't kill someone. There are numerous cases of Asian internet café gamers playing for so long that they've died due to dehydration or similar, I'd consider that more the game killing someone, but hey-ho.

Suicide's tricky, and it definitely doesn't come down to just one factor, believe me. izi

22-Dec-2016 07:23:10

Apr

2011

Cosmic Star

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I once heard that some dude bashed his head off his monitor until he died because he lost a party hat. This was in like 2005 though so 95% of the player base was probably 10-13 at the time so who knows what rumors were real lol. Runescape herb farmer an farming fanatic ^_^

Purple PartyHat enthusiast

<3

22-Dec-2016 08:30:48

Dec

2011

Draco Burnz

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The only person ive heard of playing rs and dying is/was Old Night or w/e his/her name was.

Draco Burnz

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Defender of the logical

22-Dec-2016 11:43:04 - Last edited on 22-Dec-2016 11:43:19 by Draco Burnz

Nosword

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doubt it Old School

22-Dec-2016 11:44:19

Aug

2008

Team Skull

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HeroicSnorro said :
I haven't heard of a Runescape-related death (though I have heard rumours about a WoW related one). However, I do recall Runescape making it to the national news (Netherlands) one time, because some 12 year old threatened to beat up one of his classmates if he didn't give him his rares on RS.

Not quite a death, but it's something, I suppose.

Ah yes, I have heard of this case, and I am from America.

The ruling from that case regarding virtual items is quite interesting and sets new precedents. "Revenge...is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion."- Jeremy Taylor

23-Dec-2016 10:00:07