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The Warriors Stood in the Shape of a Heart
An anonymous reader writes "Here's a picture of Warsingers funeral. Warsinger was an in-game persona in the rather good MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot". and generally well-liked.
The real person behind Warsinger was a 32-year-old with heart trouble, who really died.
So the players on his server organized an in-game
funeral.At the funeral, players from the three realms of Camelot, who normally kill each other gleefully on sight, stood in the shape of a heart (check the pic above); the two figures in the center of the heart are Warsinger's real-life sister and girlfriend."
This guy had a girlfriend, wtf was he doing playing this game?
gLOP gLOP sAYZ tHE tROUT!
Shadowhawk gleefully stumbles upon a large group of his enemies just standing around... *slash* *slash* *knife* *skewer*
When the line between reality and fantasy becomes THIS blurred, people need to take a step away from things. There is a difference between expressing your sympathy and turning the whole issue in some sick display on online emotions. Jezus christ, those people you're talking to aren't people, they are simple electronic connections to a server using the TCP/IP protocol.
Hate me!
Maybe if he had gotten out of the house and jogged his fat ass around the block a few times instead of sitting in front of the computer playing RPGs he wouldn't have had a heart atack.
Trollburger
Don't worry, when you die a funeral will not be needed to remember you. Everyone will remember you by noticing how much the world improved when you left it.
What shape they will stand in when sumone gets laid.
hook line and sinker, trollburger.
I'm sorry for that person's death, and i give all my condolences to it's family.. but you guys, at a first glance, that picture made me laugh, it shouldn't, but it did .. c'mon, get real u people!! How much time of your life do u people offer to that game (or any game)? Do u think it's worth it .. YOU ONLY HAVE ONE REAL LIFE!! I'm a player too .. but half or one hour of UT once and a while is enough for me. More than that is addiction .. and THAT IS BAD!!
;) Mr Bill Gates who's probably posting AC about it's wonderfull new Multimedia System through several articles here in /. , and who claims microsoft spent around 500 Million Dollar on the new technology.. i have a question. Howcome ogg and xvid (opensource) are still better that your new revolucionary codecs? BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE ;D !!
And another thing, but offtopic.. To my dear "friend"
One day your head will be your box, your brain will be your client, and all energetic problems will be solved...
"Warsinger was a 32-year-old with _heart_ trouble"
Then They all gathered in the shape of a Heart...
That's pretty screwed up...
That's like paying homage to a Crucifix to represent the death of a person Crucified...
Pretty Morbid if people would do such a thing...
Being buried in plate armor is a nice touch and all, but how can we be sure it wasn't just because rigor mortis had already set in ?
In Soviet America the banks rob you!
... All stood in silence to pay their respects, except for SEXPOT_PHUCK2944, a level 99 knight, who with godly plate of the whale and the ultimate demon sword, slaughtered the unsuspecting group and took their gold.
In Soviet America the banks rob you!
"All his gay friends posted ASCII art of hearts on Slahsdot when CBN died."
With all due respect, fuck them.
You're over 30. Go enjoy your life, the great outdoors, participate in sports, instead of sitting in front of a monitor playing with child's toys like MMORPG's. He deserved it. Long time inactivity killed him.
People like him are the parasites of the society. They never built, only leech what was already invented. Ask yourself this question: "What has Warsinger offered to the world?"
Absolutely fucking nothing. He just sat there and did nothing.
Thus, he qualifies for a shiny Darwin Award.
I guy expresses an honest opinion... and here, any NEGATIVE opinion about the issue has been modded down? Is this a SACRED COW issue?
I agree that it is beyond dumb... like some kid dies in high school and the entire school acts like he was their best friend- people who didn't even know him but "knew of him." The funeral itself becomes a "fashionable event."
FRANKLY, the image looks STAGED- undoubtedly for the "publicity." I doubt these bozos could assemble in such a perfect "heart" shape.
If we kill off the stupid people then you would be the first to go.
Wow, aren't you a happy fanboy.
You misunderstood. He was not mentally retarded, nor he was a hanycapped person (disabled).
Hence your flame is redundant. Remember, I did not kill him. He killed himself, and I have no pity for sheep.
Am I the only one that took a West Virginia sort of view on that description and had to look at the pic to see if there were one or two characters in the center?
There are some odd things afoot now, in the Villa Straylight.
hey tard the us doesnt use panzers that was a german tank...dumbass
Just fucking say VAGINA. It's easy. Snatch. Pooter. Pussy. Cunt. Poon. Donkey-Hole. Slut Cavern. Alternative Anus. etc..
I find it disturbing that people accept and praise the idea of "Virutal" relationships, "Virtual" friends, and a "Virtual" life. I find it sick that people consider this online funeral "a great showing of compassion" If that were the case they should have sprang a few hundred bucks (or pooled their money so those players that couldn't afford it), flew out to the REAL funeral and made a REAL heart to honor a REAL friend. When a friend of mine from UO died I popped $450 for the plane ticket and wen't to the the funeral. REAL PEOPLE DESERVE A REAL FUNERAL AND IF YOU ARE A REAL FRIEND YOU BETTER DO SOMETHING REAL. Here is the problem, if you identify that these VIRTUAL lives you live have value you open a can of worms the like that has never been seen. If these VIRTUAL activities are EQUAL to real activities in merit and value and you hold them as EQUAL then don't be suprised if someone charges you with VIRTUAL theft, infidelity, emotinal damages, or murder. I refuse to honor such a foolish act. It is no better than those who "wept" and "sobbed" when JFK Jr. died. Sorry YOU NEVER MET HIM AND MOURNING HIM WITH SUCH A PATHETIC DISPLAY ONLY DIMINISHED THE "REAL" GRIEF OF THE FAMILY. Has society slipped to far that the the lines between reality and fiction have slipped so far? If he was a "REAL" friend you should have done something "REAL" to honor him. Next thing you'll be doing is emailing bad news like ,"Sorry Mrs. Doe, your husband died during the sugery. :( "
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