How this Tragedy CHANGED Gaming forever..



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From runescape to world of warcraft… no where is safe from tragedies. Today we look at the history of horrific events that took place in gaming worlds.

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29 thoughts on “How this Tragedy CHANGED Gaming forever..”

  1. God what a greate video. At the time of most of these i was still verry young and didnt know my way arround the internet… But what i did know was forums and pc magazines (not the PC Magazine but those in general, like email newsletter). I read all about these, and i was hooked… Couldnt stop researcheing and even going out of my way to find some of these people that were involved/there, just to talk to them. Love the video, keep em up.

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  2. I have to say im really proud of you jimmy. I've always known you as part of the OG parkour era in england and saw you in videos like 10 years ago. You have a talent for these kind of videos, wether they are parkour focused or not. Wish you all the best

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  3. LOL, I pity people who've considered any if these "events" to be actual tragedies 🤣And I'm saying it as a casual gamer myself. People who invest thousands of hours and/or real money into playing a game absolutely deserve to lose all their progress as it can be just the eye-opener they need to finally get a life.

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  4. A bit crass to make any comparison between these online events, however fascinating they are, to terrorist attacks and nuclear bombs in the real world. Changing the title was a good move as these online events have sweet fuck all to do with 9/11, which you're presumably lucky enough not to have witnessed due to your age.

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  5. I played PlayStation and Nintendo a little bit but knew nothing about computer gaming… until I went on leave one year to visit my wife’s family. Her dad was very much into WoW. He had me start just to try it and kill time so my wife could hang out with her sisters and mom so I didn’t have to tag along with them. I had my military email and used a program to keep track of aircraft maintenance, that was my computer knowledge up to that point. I’ve built programs and gaming PC’s, stopped playing and came back, and now I’ve played several mmorpg’s. WoW did help me learn more about computers, I also used it to quit partying and drinking, as well as it helping me get through a life changing injury and forced medical retirement. During that time I didn’t really know any civilians in my area and i tried to keep my military friends and family close but with deployments, long hours and orders to other places, I only had my wife and people I knew on WoW. I would probably still be playing if all the people I used to play with where still playing but life happens.

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  6. Whole Video im just waiting for the Falador massacre, i get chills when you say it… then i realize why am i so exited to hear about the one that iv heard about 5 million times, cuz i grew up playing Runescape.

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  7. You should do a video on Reckful if you're looking for more good content around video games. Dude was an absolute legend and is responsible for streaming as we know it today. Unfortunately he killed himself a couple of years ago =/

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  8. nothing will ever bring me nostalgic feels of playing WoW and hitting lvl 60 whilst running Scholomance .. And of course the portal outside of AQ right before it opened. Man, vanilla and TBC were the days…:-(

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  9. The falador massacre was because certain people were in a boxing ring in the player owned house, which lets you engage in combat, but because you're wearing boxing gloves you don't do any damage. However, upon getting kicked, people could still target players, but were no longer equipped with the boxing gloves and could thus do full damage.

    Also, that video was arguably singlehandedly responsible for the popularity of Planet Hell and a huge section of Nightwish's fanbade

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