How Can You Tell Your Online Friends That You're Dead :: Ultimate MMORPG Gaming Community & Trading Zone

Posted: 03/18/09 - 06:58

windshell
Joined: 15 Nov 2006
Posts: 4964

Truly sad and weird. Sad

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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.

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Posted: 03/18/09 - 11:26

rrich
Joined: 02 Oct 2008
Posts: 502

Someone vanished from a guild that we had an alliance with, never showed up to a raid that he had been signed up for and this had never happened before. 3 weeks later his brother logged onto his account asking if any of us knew where he was as he has been missing ever since. Mystery was never solved as far as we knew. No follow up from his brother and his account has been inactive.

Posted: 03/19/09 - 03:59

windshell
Joined: 15 Nov 2006
Posts: 4964

That's bad. Sad

Posted: 03/19/09 - 07:28

rrich
Joined: 02 Oct 2008
Posts: 502

Yup, great guy too very nice.
I really like the idea with the death email to your online pals. It has been a concern of mine for awhile as to what I would do if I happend to get mowed down by a drunk driver or something. My family and most friends don't have contact with the people I have contact with online.

For example if I was to die tonight (... i hope not...) the only person who knows I am active on RealPoor is the girlfriend (i have suggested to others but they didn't bite) and the last thing she would think of doing upon my death is to create an account to make a "RRich is dead" post.

Posted: 03/19/09 - 07:47

windshell
Joined: 15 Nov 2006
Posts: 4964

rrich wrote:

Yup, great guy too very nice.
I really like the idea with the death email to your online pals. It has been a concern of mine for awhile as to what I would do if I happend to get mowed down by a drunk driver or something. My family and most friends don't have contact with the people I have contact with online.

For example if I was to die tonight (... i hope not...) the only person who knows I am active on RealPoor is the girlfriend (i have suggested to others but they didn't bite) and the last thing she would think of doing upon my death is to create an account to make a "RRich is dead" post.

Let's talk about more cheerful things. Wink

Posted: 03/19/09 - 09:48

rrich
Joined: 02 Oct 2008
Posts: 502

Electronic Arts, Digital Extremes, and HB Studios all have internship postings at our university and it looks like I may be a good candidate!!
That is good news! lol

Posted: 03/19/09 - 21:44

Bjfinch
Joined: 19 Mar 2009
Posts: 14

very intereting....

Posted: 03/20/09 - 04:35

windshell
Joined: 15 Nov 2006
Posts: 4964

rrich wrote:

Electronic Arts, Digital Extremes, and HB Studios all have internship postings at our university and it looks like I may be a good candidate!!
That is good news! lol

Well that's really Woo-Hoo! news. Wink

Posted: 05/15/09 - 06:11

psychokitty
Joined: 15 May 2009
Posts: 12

awww so sad.

Posted: 05/17/09 - 05:58

Jim Foetus
Joined: 17 May 2009
Posts: 23

That's really sad

Posted: 05/21/09 - 18:53

Leepfleep
Joined: 21 May 2009
Posts: 8

That's interesting, wouldn't expect that from his daughter.

Posted: 05/22/09 - 09:39

MrEazyE
Joined: 22 May 2009
Posts: 14

daym :S so sad =[

Posted: 07/10/09 - 01:08

Bruceeyy
Joined: 10 Jul 2009
Posts: 17

That sucks dude, kinda weird though.

Posted: 08/30/09 - 02:46

kelmorg_2000
Joined: 30 Aug 2009
Posts: 14

lol I often wondered about this. haha. How would my mmo friends know I died? ....hmmm, if he died at the computer whilst raiding couldnt she have just been like....'this is *** daughter, he just died in RL'
actually....perhaps they werent in the right mind to consider that having found him dead.... truly is dedicated to his game....I think my boyfriend would love to die whilst in the middle of the game.
lol, forget that too, he'd be too bummed that he didnt get to see what dropped, or who killed the tower first in dota.

Posted: 09/02/09 - 14:42

Ambilvalence
Joined: 02 Sep 2009
Posts: 12

How old was this guy?

Posted: 09/04/09 - 00:08

hamada008
Joined: 03 Sep 2009
Posts: 11

now that sux
it was not the best thing to do b4 dying

Posted: 10/02/09 - 14:01

narzheewa
Joined: 24 Sep 2009
Posts: 8

I've actually pondered about this myself. None of my MMORPG friends would ever know, because I keep my MMORPG accounts and passwords pretty secret. However, all of my IRC and forum friends I usually frequent would eventually find out due to 5th or 6th level social connections, I guess. Something along the lines of my parents know a good rl friend of mine who knows a girl who knows a forum visitor, so eventually the info of my demise would be known. : )

Posted: 10/07/09 - 11:33

Mangotango22
Joined: 07 Oct 2009
Posts: 22

interesting indeed, would be odd either way

Posted: 10/14/09 - 23:07

simonsilver
Joined: 15 Aug 2009
Posts: 61

it's a sad thing,i usually prevent to let me think too much about it

Posted: 10/22/09 - 00:26

mmowarcraftacct
Joined: 20 Oct 2009
Posts: 12

Sad that online people are what resolves it. You'd think he'd know enough people in real life to come find him.