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  1. #1
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    Boy saves Sister from Moose using WoW tactics

    http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/06/...anks_to_wo.php

    Hans Jørgen Olsen, a 12-year-old Norwegian boy, saved himself and his sister from a moose attack using skills he picked up playing the online role playing game World of Warcraft.

    Hans and his sister got into trouble after they had trespassed the territory of the moose during a walk in the forest near their home. When the moose attacked them, Hans knew the first thing he had to do was 'taunt' and provoke the animal so that it would leave his sister alone and she could run to safety. 'Taunting' is a move one uses in World of Warcraft to get monsters off of the less-well-armored team members.

    Once Hans was a target, he remembered another skill he had picked up at level 30 in 'World of Warcraft' - he feigned death. The moose lost interest in the inanimate boy and wandered off into the woods. When he was safely alone Hans ran back home to share his tale of video game-inspired survival.
    Considering this is the first time I've seen anything positive about WoW in the news I'm surprised. I've always known about faking death with bears since as a kid but a moose? Love how distraction to save the sister is inspired from WoW of all things...

    inb4 slow news day/this is news? etc.

    Had a good laugh

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    I think this story is like 5 years old, lol.

    Edit: Yeah, it happened in 2007.

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    It was a german kid last time.

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    Was it? I went by the date on the top but guess that was when it was posted.

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    Nothing is worse than a room with a moose.

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    I WILL LEAVE YOU TO YOUR... MOOSEY FATE

    also if he was really applying what he learned in WoW he would pay some chinese guy to deal with the moose.

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    Replace all uses of 'WoW' with Common Sense'.

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    Suppose he never reached level 30... His ass woulda really been fucked then eh?

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    Pretty hard to not reach 30+ considering how easy it is to level. Hell, the installation process alone is worth 5 levels.

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    Surprised it didn't just trample him when he first lay down...

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    }:3

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    Quote Originally Posted by Meian View Post
    I've always known about faking death with bears since as a kid but a moose?
    Whenever they find a body that's been mauled by a bear, I have to wonder what if that person was pretending to be dead?

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    This story has nothing to do with World of Warcraft in any way, shape, or form.

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    There is a Rocky and Bullwinkle joke hidden in here though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Krazy View Post
    Whenever they find a body that's been mauled by a bear, I have to wonder what if that person was pretending to be dead?
    Bears aren't stupid. Bears take it as a sign of disrespect to question their intelligence. You think they will fall for a trick like "playing dead"? You gotta BE dead to fool them. Meese, on the other hand, are fucking stupid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Qalbert View Post
    I WILL LEAVE YOU TO YOUR... MOOSEY FATE

    also if he was really applying what he learned in WoW he would pay some chinese guy to deal with the moose.
    Fucking lol, winnar.

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    good thing he wasnt playing ffxi or he would've put on red pants and tried to kite it around some trees

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    Then gotten killed when he learned the natural pathing algorithm of a moose is far superior to that of a giant crab.

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    Did some looking around, the original source article ( http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/nordtr...icle981424.ece ) didn't mention WoW at all. Once it hit the IT-press ( http://www.itavisen.no/499663/reddet...ld-of-warcraft ) and the more tabloid papers ( http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/article1453635.ece ) they started playing the WoW angle.

    funny thing, the original 2007 "Adressa" source paints a much less heroic portrait of the kid than the other articles.

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