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Deaths of gamers leave their online lives in limbo

Yahoo news writes "When Jerald Spangenberg collapsed and died in the middle of a quest in an online game, his daughter embarked on a quest of her own: to let her father's gaming friends know that he hadn't just decided to desert them.

It wasn't easy, because she didn't have her father's "World of Warcraft" password and the game's publisher couldn't help her. Eventually, Melissa Allen Spangenberg reached her father's friends by asking around online for the "guild" he belonged to.

One of them, Chuck Pagoria in Morgantown, Ky., heard about Spangenberg's death three weeks later. Pagoria had put his absence down to an argument among the gamers that night."

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Gun_Senshi5519d ago (Edited 5519d ago )

Its just a online people who you play with, they are NOT friends -.-

And specifically for WoW, they are just pawns to help you get Raid gear.

Though if they are IRL Friends thats another story

Panthers5519d ago

Ive met some really cool people playing Socom that I ended up meeting in real life. So I understand. I mean you automatically have something in common if you are playing the same game.

drewdrakes5519d ago

Ive met a bunch of awesome friends on Xbox Live. Its to the point where all the single player games i like go into neglect. Although theyre great, i just have a better time online.

Mikerra175519d ago

Ive played MMOs with a person for 5 years that I met playing EQ2 we moved on to WoW and went back to EQ2, he died of a heart condition on christmas.
Until you can say something like this has happened to you, you shouldent speak of things you dont know

FarEastOrient5519d ago

@Gun Senshi

Listen to "The Instance Podcast" and look for the episode marked special tribute. If you haven't gotten that close or enjoyed the time of being around certain people than you are in no position to lower generalize other people as mere pawns. I've played with this Australian and another an Irish far longer than anyone else on my friend's list.

I'm an American so finding if anything happened to them will be really hard and for those that know what I'm talking about will agree that loosing a fellow gamer is a big deal.

f7897905519d ago

Anyone else is too impersonal. Plus you cant remind how you destroyed them the next day in person.

AuToFiRE5519d ago

I have to disagree with you, There are people on the computer who will eventually mean a lot, maybe even more than some people you actually know in real life, ive been sent christmas and birthday gifts by numerous WoW players that i used to play with, Hell, Ive even had sexual relations with some of them too.

NeX, who frequents N4G is a really good friend, like a brother to me and vise versa, and we met here on N4G, weve never met in person either.

there is more to online players than one might think, you see a part of them that you wouldnt see in person, normally in person someone may be shy, but online they can be who they want, a courageous knight defending those he cares about

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Confused5519d ago

if I died while postling on N4G, none of you guys would give a fu........

evrfighter5519d ago

I personally wouldn't give a fu....

UltimateIdiot9115519d ago

OMG! ALERT THE NEWS MEDIA, THE PRESIDENT, BATMAN, EVERYONE!!!

Fellow N4G follower down. Does anyone know where we can find a phoenix down?

Kulupoo5519d ago

I would shed a single man tear
nah... not really...

Confused5519d ago

haha! thanks for the support guys! i'm off 2 top myself now :)

gambare5519d ago

The obliged question for a fellow N4G buddy down would be:

"Did he drop a good loot?"

Bubble Buddy5518d ago

Don't worry, I'm a medic, I can heal you back to life. :)

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sukru5519d ago

Who cares about games, after you... die?

I seem to have missed something, but isn't real life more important than games? At least the life and death part???

Skizelli5519d ago

I think you missed the point. It's not about the games themselves. I've met some good people online from around the world that I've never met in person, but talk to on a regular basis, whether during games or on chat protocols, and I'd personally like to know if something tragic has happened to one of them. Just because you've never met somebody doesn't mean you can't share a bond with them.

jerethdagryphon5519d ago

a online deathnote system would be of use for anyon who deals with a lot of email riends and such when my mother died i had to hack her email, then igure out who she was currently talking to and compose emails to them people i didnt even know.

being able to logint to a single place which had digital wishes for ino upon my death would have been easy

prewritten notes or something
but its a good idea

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.

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Indie hit Dredge is getting its own movie adaptation

Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.

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Make your next GPU upgrade AMD as these latest-gen Radeon cards receive a special promotion

AMD has long been the best value option if you're looking for a new GPU. Now even their latest Radeon RX 7000 series is getting cheaper.

Father__Merrin1d 20h ago

Best for the money is the Arc cards

just_looken1d 19h ago

In the past yes but last gen amd has gotten cheaper and there new cards are on the horizon making 6k even cheaper.

The arc cards are no longer made by intel but asus/asrock has some the next line battlemage is coming out prices tbd.

Do to the longer software development its always best to go amd over intel if its not to much more money even though intel is a strong gpu i own 2/4 card versions.