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World of Warcraft
07th December 2007, 19:00
Young boy saved by WoW
Nettavisen.no has published a great story on their website about a 12 year old Norwegian boy who, thanks to his experience from a computer game, actually managed to save his own life.
The norwegian website states that
Hans Jørgen Olsen was spending some time with his 10 year old sister in the woods, when an enraged moose came towards them. Using experience from the well known World of Warcraft they managed to survive the attack by using a skill called "feign death". In WoW terms this is a skill you learn when hitting level 30 as a Hunter. This skill enables the hunter to avoid being killed by opposing threats by acting like he is dead. The skill became very useful for the young boy when the moose attacked his younger sister and afterwards launched an attack at him.By taunting the enraged moose a lot of times and repeatedly getting its attention with a stick, he gave his sister a chance to escape. When the moose had focus on him, he tried to run and jump away from the moose. Eventually he was attacked in the back, but his bag took the hit. As he was laying on the ground he got kicked a few times, but survied due to the fact that the moose thought he was dead.
Hans explains:
"When you hit level 30, you learn a new skill called 'feign death'. Thats what I did, I lay down as if I was dead, and then the moose lost interest in me"
This is not the first nor probably last time that we will see an online game help save peoples live. Often computer games are associated to young students making scattering attacks at colleges, but this time the experience gained in games proved out to be useful in the real life.
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(2 years ago)
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Culater 
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haha crazy :D
Culater ~~
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(2 years ago)
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erziko
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ahah nice , feign death ftw
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(2 years ago)
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ZpReDAtor
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hahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
No money in my pocket and a mind full of hate!
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(2 years ago)
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Ooopek
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rotfl
next time he will use hes mega skill fast boot+4 ? rotfl | |
Very interesting haha
Nothing important...
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(2 years ago)
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Frozenik
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Looool :S hahah :D
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(2 years ago)
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ShiNySun
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haha, nice1! and who says that pc games dont teach? :D
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(2 years ago)
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Ilvy
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Haha, smart boy :D
This place is empty
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(2 years ago)
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ShiaoPi
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loooool nice one xD
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(2 years ago)
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xani
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ahahahaha great one, gg boy
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(2 years ago)
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caZ-
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Good Day, Good Sir
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(2 years ago)
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mysassyelf
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micro at its finest...
friends may come and go, enemies accumulate... gg
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(2 years ago)
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d3m0nicl3m0n
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wtf moose dont attack people ><
i wonder what he did to proke it.. something else learned from wow? | |
(2 years ago)
#14 
Styl3r
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:)
Smart boy or Good PR ? I wouldn't be surprised if it would be second.. :) | |
(2 years ago)
#15 
RAAMZES
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He should bl
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(2 years ago)
#16
myCAi
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n1!
Strength lies not in defense but in attack!
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(2 years ago)
#17 
warheart
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Quoting RAAMZES: Why bl | |
(2 years ago)
#18 
manhunter321
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very smart
you will know and recognise me after somtime
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wtf? :D
fly To style Of XZJ
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(2 years ago)
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bandhelix
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He shouldn't have pulled aggro in the first place =P....
Remember kids Feign Death acn sometimes be resisted lol | |
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when moose attack me i'll do the same...xd
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(2 years ago)
#22
raxhe
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hahaha
Most aimer of my city, the legend, my legend ;)
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(2 years ago)
#23 
Play_iT-Irvine
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JUUAZZZZ Rofl. Crazy crazy...............
Diego Irvine
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(last year)
#24 
JashiNeXe
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Well not to diminish WoW educational influence but i am fairly sure there is a parable in aesop's fables that teaches the same thing....
I am just glad he didn't try kiting it :) Glad the kid survived and saved his sister who says gamers are cowards in rl :D | |
(last year)
#25
GKoOJustLittlestar-
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rofl
We are 4Kings
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(last year)
#26 
brkr
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wow feign death should of just use tame beast LoL jk , man what a smart kid
Hurry were wasting time!!!!!
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