Boy Saves Sister From Moose Using WoW Skills
PC gaming gives you skillz in the real world even if it means you have a chain-smoker body.
Who said PC games weren't educational? A Norwegian boy recently reaped in the benefits of spending countless hours behind the LCD screen by surviving a moose attack thanks to the help of World of Warcraft.
Twelve-year-old Hans Jørgen Olsen and his sister went out into the forest near their home to take a brisk walk. Details are scarce, however they unintentionally wandered into moose territory. An alarmed moose came charging towards the two young trespassers upon their arrival.
Despite the threat, Hans knew exactly what to do.
Thanks to his numerous encounters in Blizzard's MMORPG, his first reaction was to "taunt" the moose so that it would ignore his younger sister. With its focus shifting to the boy, the sister was able to flee and head for safety.
In the PC game, taunting is the ability to draw the attention of the attacking beast away from the lower-level and less-armored party members. Apparently it works on real-world beasts too.
After the girl escaped, Hans initiated another World of Warcraft tactic he learned at level 30: feigning his death. Dropping to the ground and remaining inanimate, he waited for the moose to sniff him out and lose interest.
Eventually the beast wandered off into the woods, leaving the boy unscathed--he's lucky the moose didn't trample him into a fleshy rug. Hans said that he got up and ran back home to report what happened.
The amount of experience points given for the encounter is currently unknown.
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"The amount of experience points given for the encounter is currently unknown." x'D
That kid has guts.
I can imagine he's got good tactics. Honestly, if my gaming style was mimiced in real life I'd be dead... rushing.
I would have "tanked" the moose, while my sister "DPS"es it.
kids got balls.
"recently" The story is from 2007.
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2007/12/boy-survives-mo/
Maybe you meant you "recently" got the story from io9 who printed it yesterday. They pointed out the story was a few years old.
http://io9.com/5558603/12+year+old [...] ose-attack
Note to self: To hell with what others say; game as much as you can, it might just save your life.
"recently" The story is from 2007. http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2007 [...] s-mo/Maybe you meant you "recently" got the story from io9 who printed it yesterday. They pointed out the story was a few years old.http://io9.com/5558603/12+year+old [...] ose-attack
I knew i read this article a while back, thanks to stumbleupon.
Totally recent i see. Good job on sourcing.
Now if only he played a FPS he could've had moose for dinner. Seems like he was playing the wrong type of game for this situation.
He cant be a WoW player! He was in the fresh air and afk! Do MMO players even leave the keyboard for anything over than food and to empty the Catheter??
are there fucking Mooses in wow? shit mooses isnt a goddamn word. SOMEONE HELP ME.
What would he of done if he had pressed the wrong button? And what if he hadn't reached level 30?
What would he of done if he had pressed the wrong button? And what if he hadn't reached level 30?
he would of gotten pwned by a moose.
Apply 1337 skills in real world - CHECK
Gj kid! Way to take initiative.
I'd be inclined to describe it as 'luring', rather than 'taunting', but I guess I'm just being awkward.
*clicks Taunt*
"Not enough rage".
*clicks again*
"Need more rage."
"Boy misdirects moose, kills sister" would have been more awesome.
and you only have the word of 2 kids that this actually happened...
I call shenanigans on this story
Love this! lol @ the end bit!
In other news, several WoW players were tragically gored to death by a bull when they rushed into a field to save one of their own. Against all known wisdom, their so-called "friend", one Leeroy Jenkins, had run in without warning to confront the animal, which up then had been grazing peacefully.
Despite the tragedy, Jenkins (who survived unscathed) was philosophical later, commenting enigmatically, "at least I have chicken".
Very funny story...^.^