Sorry I wasn't on much for chat yesterday. RuneZoneYT, owner of RuneZone the silver-Jagex rank fansite was going through some depression due to bullies in his school. He considered suicide and he entrusted me via PM with his final words before uploading a video discussing the recent problems. He didn't mention on vid about wanting to kill himself he just said he is considering closing his video channel and quitting RuneScape -- which is why I was more worried for him than most viewers.
Anyway long story short I reported the final PM to Jagex as real-world threats in fear he might actually kill himself and hoping Jagex can inbox him and talk him out of it. *That's the best advice a player moderator can give me? Bull **** I say.* Then I sat around all night until 11AM worrying if he's alright until he finally came back on game, and actually seen just how many friends he DOES have. He may not have real life friends but RuneScape is much more real than some you come across. Emotion ties in closely with the daily ins and outs of a social videogame. And we unlike your common trolls knows there's real people behind each face on the internet, each pixel player interacting in chat. There's much more than just some game or some screen name.
I'll be back to clan and friend chat Catherby tonight though. Have no fear -- Damien is gonna be alright. Thank God!
05-May-2011 08:00:03