A 17-year-old Fairfield Twp. teen pretended to be suicidal when he became frustrated with an online video game, Fairfield Twp. police reported..

According to officials, the teen was arrested Monday, Dec. 29, for inducing panic after patrol officers and medics responded to the boy's home in the 3000 block of Pimlico Court. The charge is a first-degree misdemeanor.

The teen was having an online conversation with a representative of Blizzard Entertainment, an online video game company, when he typed that "he was suicidal and that the game is the only thing he has to live for," according to the report.

The company representative called 911.

The juvenile told police it was a joke "to try to get what he wanted for the game," according to the report. He was then handcuffed and placed in a patrol car. The boy was released to his father.

The boy is scheduled to appear in Butler County Juvenile court on Tuesday, Jan. 6.

Source: http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/12/31/fe123108falsealarm.html

You don't play WoW, WoW plays you.
Im assuming it's WoW.

LOL. I am thinking it is too. Homie got own3d. LOL.

You must really fail if you get jailed for trying to kill yourself

LOL. He didn't really try to - he just wanted a discount.

WTF? They don't give him help, they arrest him?



This is incredibly sad, what? So a cry for help is an arrestable offense now?

(My country has terrible suicide statistics and I personally know of two people who have died by suicide)

But still, suicide attempts land you in jail, best law ever o_O;

Squilliam said: WTF? They don't give him help, they arrest him? This is incredibly sad, what? So a cry for help is an arrestable offense now? (My country has terrible suicide statistics and I personally know of two people who have died by suicide)

The juvenile told police it was a joke "to try to get what he wanted for the game,"

Assuming this is true, they had reason to do something (arrest, I don't know...). It's a psychological attack on the Blizzard employee.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: attempted suicide should be made a capital offense.

Moral: Don't fuck with Blizzard.