• Woman Addicted To Virtual Game Neglects Children And Lets Two Dogs Starve To Death
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[url]http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20016322-504083.html[/url] [quote]A U.K. mom who reportedly neglected her three kids and let her dogs starve to death because she was so obsessed with an online computer game, admitted in court to child cruelty and animal neglect. According to The Daily Mail, the mother became so immersed in the game that she failed to feed her children any hot food and allowed her German shepherd and lurcher to die of starvation. The woman, who has not been named by police, was taken to court after a neighbor looked through the window of her house and saw the unspeakable living conditions, according to the British paper. During the case, prosecutors said that when investigators finally entered her house, the woman said of her dead dogs, which had been left rotting for two months, "I probably starved them, probably because I have been playing the computer game all the time." Prosecutors said "she started playing initially for an hour a day in late 2009, but since August of that year it had become an obsession to the point where she was only getting two hours sleep a night," The Daily Mail reported. Because the woman didn't want to waste any of her gaming time on cooking, she reportedly made her kids eat only food that didn't require heating, including making them swallow baked beans straight from the can, due to the lack of spoons. According to The Daily Mail, her defense lawyer explained that she had been devastated by the sudden death of her husband and that she had become addicted to a game. Which game she was addicted to remains in dispute. The Daily Mail included pictures of a game called "Small World," but CNET reports that the company behind that game says it has nothing to do with this case, and instead suggests the similarly named "Small Worlds" may be the game in question. The U.K. mother was given a suspended sentence of six months, reports the newspaper. She also has to do 75 hours of unpaid work, was banned from ever having pets, and has had access to a computer forbidden. Her children, ages 9, 10, and 13, are currently with child protective services.[/quote]
Dumber than a sack of potatoes.
You missed the sub forum
This goes in the news.
She must have been really immersed in this game if she forgot about her kids and her dogs.
Blame on video games.
She didn't have a husband or anything? If you don't have two people to take care of everything you're in deep enough crap from the start, she shouldn't have the kids. And how do you get addicted to cooking mama anyway? :rolleyes:
Was it WoW ?
Probably one of those horrible Zynaga games or something like that, everybody who never plays games gets hooked on these pieces of shit. They are a plague on humanity.
It's bad enough he got that addicted to a game, but a habbo hotel ripoff? Cmon.
This might be the game: [URL]http://www.smallworlds.com/login.php?login=true[/URL]
[QUOTE=Mabus;24824962]Probably one of those horrible Zynaga games or something like that, everybody who never plays games gets hooked on these pieces of shit. They are a plague on humanity.[/QUOTE] Do read the article. The game was [url]http://www.smallworlds.com/[/url]
[QUOTE=Mryamanami;24824988]This might be the game: [URL]http://www.smallworlds.com/login.php?login=true[/URL][/QUOTE] It looks like IMVU had sex with Habbo and got a retard baby.
[QUOTE=veribigbos1;24824998]Do read the article. The game was [url]http://www.smallworlds.com/[/url][/QUOTE] It looks just as pointless as I thought.
verynicelady
[QUOTE=alex-is-epic;24824834]Dumber than a sack of potatoes.[/QUOTE] Read the article. She used the game as an escape from the world where her husband was dead.
That game is plain horrible That girl is double the dumb for playing an horrible game.
What a cunt.
for once a thread for in the news is in gd
Only women, amirite guys?
yeah
Was this EVE?
You can't blame it on the video games. There are millions of people out there, including myself that manage to play addicting games and play out extremely normal lives. This woman is just stupid.
escapism is escapism. It's like letting your plants die because you're [i]really[/i] into Stephen King or something, just on a bigger scale
It was the game, obviously. It has nothing to do that she cared little for her children or animals, or didn't have mental issues, or was a complete total selfish bitch. No no no, the video game did it.
ho-ly shit that's awful
There aren't enough dumb ratings in the world for this woman, if you ask me.
[QUOTE=AgentBoomstick;24827048]You can't blame it on the video games. There are millions of people out there, including myself that manage to play addicting games and play out extremely normal lives. This woman is just stupid.[/QUOTE] You're preaching to the wrong crowd here.
once again the daily fail strikes again... they will probably say the main reason for it was the game and not the underlying mental problems that she has, eg depression and probably other things
My friends grandma is 80-something, plays world of warcraft, and has 5 level 80 characters. Also, wrong section OP. Try in the news.
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