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massively.com - 1/2/2009
Teenager arrested for making suicide threat to Blizzard rep
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In a sad bit of news to start the new year, it would appear that a teenager in Fairfield Township, Ohio, was taken into custody yesterday for falsely claiming that he would commit suicide if a Blizzard support representative did not give in to his request. The young man, who remains nameless ...
Teen arrested for making suicide threat to a GM
wowinsider.com - 1/7/2009
Teen arrested for making suicide threat to a GM
— wowinsider.com — After a 17-year-old in Fairfield, Ohio told a GM "he was suicidal and the game was the... only thing he had to live for," the Blizzard rep called 911, and the kid was apparently arrested, according to the Middletown Journal . We've seen this before -- ... (more) Teen arrested for making suicide threat to a GM

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World of Warcraft Online Suicide Threat
themmoexperience.blogspot.com - 1/2/2009
World of Warcraft Online Suicide Threat
— themmoexperience.blogspot.com — Blizzard cares. That is probably the only positive thing I can comment about a recent story from... the MiddleTownJournal. A 17-year-old threatened to kill himself due to being frustrated with, as the article from MiddleTownJournal says, an online game (more) World of Warcraft Online Suicide Threat

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Age of Conan Vault - The Ultimate Resource — ... Massively has the 411 on the case of a teenager from Ohio who was taken into custody for falsely claiming that he would commit suicide if a Blizzard support representative did not give in to his request. Now that's a kid that needs a serious intervention. I don't recommend you try this one at home. 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. ...

Breakfast Topic: Will work for Blizz
WoW.com — ... , working on one of your favorite games - who wouldn't? But then I think about my many years spent in the trenches as both rep and management at various IT/Internet jobs, and I'm no longer sure that I'd do anything to work there. You see, the one group I don't envy are those on the front lines of customer service. Much like the story from Thursday in which we learned about a rep having to deal with ...

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After a 17-year-old in Fairfield, Ohio told a GM "he was suicidal and the game was the only thing he had to live for," the Blizzard rep called 911, and the kid was apparently arrested, according to the Middletown Journal . We've seen this before -- Blizzard won't put up with suicide threats -- ...