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A 20-year-old US man is reported to have killed himself live on a webcam on a Bulgarian gamers forum
www.metalgearsolid.org
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Posted: 2006-01-21 13:04:25
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Wow....
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Posted: 2006-01-21 13:08:15
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That's horrible, consuming Antifreeze and Painkillers...? That makes me feel ill. How sad.
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Posted: 2006-01-21 14:11:49
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i dont know what the hell anti freeze is, but i guess its not edible... shame, he could of grown up into something... but have been a traumatic time for the forums aswell, poor guy...
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Posted: 2006-01-21 14:19:46
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Sad choice of the end.
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Posted: 2006-01-21 14:20:29
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@Axxxr I know the story might lose some meaning but after reading into it alittle more he didnt actually kill himself over a web cam..I guess alot of the media outlets screwed the story up to make it sound more interesting.....Here is an interveiw with one of the site admins:
GamePolitics spoke at length with "Nitroid," an admin at TUS and an online bud who tried to help Mitch during that terrible night. Here is an edited version of the AIM log:
GP: ...sorry to hear about your friend.
Nitroid: Yeah.. We just found a message from his sister a bit ago, and we've talked to his dad some more... They're all taking it pretty hard, but are supporting our endeavor to clear this up.
GP: his sister posted on TUS?
Nitroid: No, on Digg
GP: have a link, by any chance?
Nitroid:
http://digg.com/gaming/Gamer_Commits_Suicide,_Media_Misreports ...near the bottom.
GP: cool... did I understand that you spoke with him that night?
Nitroid: I spoke with Mitch over the phone, yes... Only for a short while, though, but I tried my best to convince him to get to a doctor... To my knowledge, he did with help from his roommate, and died shortly after in the hospital.
GP: was he at home or school when this happened?
Nitroid: Apartment, apparently. he went to school out of state
GP: did you know Mitch on a personal level or just via TUS?
Nitroid: I knew him for a couple years. We talked almost every day, and I originally met him through an old site that I used to run. He was one of my first moderators.
GP: this must have been pretty traumatizing for you.
Nitroid: well, we all panicked pretty fast.
GP: horrible way he chose to do it.... are you getting over it, or still too soon?
Nitroid: really, it's only now starting to register. we got a lot of unwanted drama and attention over this. all we want is for people to know that he wasn't some attention monger. he didn't kill himself over a webcam, and he wasn't trying to make a spectacle of himself.
GP: yeah, the foreign press really screwed that story up... let me ask you what games Mitch was into.. MGS series, obviously... anything else?
Nitroid: He was a big Star Wars fan... Loved Calvin & Hobbes, hence, the Calvin & Hobbes images on our tribute page... the image at the end of the tribute was his avatar... We really just wanted a quiet rememberance for him -- not some crazy gamer-slandering story.
GP: ok... and did you say there is a thread up on TUS now, like a memorial?
Nitroid:
www.metalgearsolid.org ...top left
GP: okay... thx much. take care of yourself...
Nitroid: Thanks again, man. Really.
Here is the TUS tribute to Kuja105. Mitch's obituary is also available online.
May you find peace, gamer friend.
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Posted: 2006-01-21 14:37:21
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If you go on mirc, people are arranging their suicide all the time.
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Posted: 2006-01-21 14:49:00
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For all u who want to know, anti-freeze is a drug which some idiots inhale as a drug, basically it causes one or more parts of you body to freeze temporarily. In his case it probely froze his heart, and when your heart freezes its not a good thing....
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Posted: 2006-01-21 16:19:43
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You also put it in your car to stop your coolant/cooling system freezing....
Well, that's what I use it for anyway!
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Posted: 2006-01-21 16:22:46
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@faultymonkey
Antifreeze for one is not a drug and two does not freeze anythiunig hence the name ANTIfreeze!!! The contents of antifreeze include a substance called propanol, this in large quantities has a tremedous effect on the brain, as it is a suspected neurotoxin. But combined eith the other substances in antifreeze, its not going to do you any good by inhaling it.
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Posted: 2006-01-21 16:29:52
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