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EverQuest Killing?
Steve Gibson
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Mark Z. sent in this link to a story on AVault which is pretty disturbing. A man in Tampa killed his son after the child disturbed him while he was playing EverQuest. The guy played EverQuest "a lot" but not every waking moment. The lawyers, the police, and the convicted guy himself all downplayed the EQ involvement thankfully.

EverQuest was merely the preoccupation of the moment for Bragg, Littman added, saying it could have just have easily been televised football or any other occupation of men in their twenties, instead.

... the convicted man had recently lost a job at a local Subway after missing too much work due to his EverQuest-playing.

The last death associated with EverQuest was proven to be a hoax, I dont think that is the case this time though.

Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.

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  • stinky legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    January 3, 2001 2:26 PM

    baaaahhh

    • Barbarian legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      January 3, 2001 2:31 PM


      i{EverQuest was merely the preoccupation of the moment for Bragg, Littman added, saying it could have just have easily been televised football or any other occupation of men in their twenties, instead.}i

      I don't think that football reaches nearly the obsession level that some people get with everquest. When watching football, you're usually aware that there's an outside world.

      Ban Everquest! (just kidding) But in any case, addiction is a problem that is not just related to drugs. I've known people who wasted 6 months of their lives on Evercrackquest and flunked out of engineering school.

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