12-year-old uses World of Warcraft skills to save his sister from moose attack

[The Straight Story]

12-year-old uses World of Warcraft skills to save his sister from moose attack

12-year-old uses World of Warcraft skills to save his sister from moose attack For proof that videogames can teach survival and teamwork, look no further than the story of 12-year-old Hans, a Norwegian boy who rescued his sister from a charging moose. All thanks to lessons he'd learned in World of Warcraft.

According to Next Nature:

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.

http://io9.com/5558603/12+year+old-uses-world-of-warcraft-skills-to-save-his-sister-from-moose-attack

[Scout]

1. you don't need video games to learn those moves n/t

[madokie]

29. Sure

you don't. I'm happy to read that the kid learned it somewhere and be it from where he did is great to me.

[eShirl]

31. It's played on a computer, not a gaming console, so it's not really classified as a video game.

/end nerd mode

:hide:

[Incitatus]

38. Correct, but if he didn't play the game, the situation might have ended differently. nt

[meow mix]

2. LFM VOA 25 RDPS and HEAL GS5000+ Please Dont Suck!!

i gotta say huntards are way better now a days... might make a new one soon as worgens are added

[The Straight Story]

4. If you can't speak English you should go back to your home country

:rofl:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. I will never disrespect hunters in trade chat again!

I swear!! :rofl:

[krabigirl]

20. lol

[keroro gunsou]

25. pardon my french meow...

but fuck gear score. my mage that does ICC10/25 has a 4919 gs and does just fine. knowing your job, listening to the raid boss, and just plain paying attention is more important than gear score. sorry, pet peeve reaction... that whole GS thing is just another way of measuring e-peen, and keeping the unwashed masses from partying with the supposed elites.

that said, good job kid on saving your sister. though next time, if you've got a cat/wolf pet, use that as a distraction, grab the girl and run for it. :D

[Mutley]

39. I'll go as heals on my druid, but you better let me roll on feral gear!

:P

[Tailormyst]

3. hahaha- Awesome- good job Hans !

[L0oniX]

5. Missed a chance to try those new Mr T grenades.

[katty]

6. go Hans!

[Liberal Veteran]

7. Well, at least he didn't wait until his sister respawned at the graveyard as a ghost.

[saras]

8. random chance

It seems like pure random luck that he picked tactics that worked. Good thing it wasn't a wasp's nest.

[Johonny]

10. If he had shape shifted into a bear

I'd have been more impressed.

Moonfire, moonfire, moonfire...

[Lone_Star_Dem]

13. Noob fail! Druids don't get the feign death skill at level 30, hunters do!

:rofl:

[Tailormyst]

44. Can't cast in bearform !

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

9. I believe the child's real name is Leroy Jenkins.

LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYY
JEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKIIIINNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

[msanthrope]

22. Goddammit, you beat me to it!

ah, well. At least I have chicken....

[Celebration]

11. reminds me of the Nancy Drew story

Even more dramatic.........

Girl was abducted and put in the trunk of a car. Her approach was.......what would Nancy Drew do? In total darkness, she unscrewed the taillights of the car, and stuck her hand out of the trunk when the car stopped for gas.

Yup, someone saw this.

More than a decade old story.......;)

[Common Sense Party]

14. A moose once bit my sister.

[DavidDvorkin]

18. What happened to her?

I hope it wasn't serious, so that I can feel all right about making a dumb joke about her turning into a moose every month when the moon is full.

[RetroLounge]

19. ...

:applause:

RL

[Lone_Star_Dem]

21. What did she expect carving her initials on that poor moose?

Well played my friend! :thumbsup:

[Brickbat]

23. For the fucking win.

I salute you.

[Common Sense Party]

28. SOMEBODY had to say it.

[Occulus]

32. WTF do you mean

this isn't /b/

:D

[Common Sense Party]

33. /b/ ???

:shrug:

[Cali_Democrat]

24. Interesting. n/t

[msanthrope]

30. I had to read that a few times, and then spend a good half hour wondering

why that was so damn familiar to me....

well played.

[A HERETIC I AM]

35. ROFL!

"Mind you, Moose bites can be pretty nasty"


:spray: :rofl:

[Common Sense Party]

42. Indeed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SII-jhEd-a0

[FedUpWithIt All]

36. Was it a majestik moose? n/t

[Arkana]

15. Bahahahahaha.

"OK, group 1, have your warlock cast Eyes of the Beast, then the warrior should stack Sunder Armor..."

[Clintonista2]

16. his sister should get 50 DKP minus

for pulling aggro

[dem mba]

17. Bear Attack! CTR+ALT+DELETE!!!

personally, I would have used my level 9 lightning bolts on the moose.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw

[HooptieWagon]

26. By the title, I thought this was a Sarah Palin story.... n/t

[TroubleMan]

27. I think the most amazing thing about this story is that somebody who plays WOW

was actually outside.

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. +1

and in the sun... no less.

[Tailormyst]

45. Well he was 12...... that would never happen with someone past puberty :)

[JoeyT]

34. This is what happens when you don't spec properly.

She probably had points all over the place.

[slampoet]

40. Reminds me of that time i used my Digging Skills armed with only a Bicycle pump

to defend my flower bed against that Gator.


Or back when i was working as a plumbers apprentice and my girlfriend got kidnapped by that Giant Ape.....

[cecilfirefox]

41. Figures he's a hunter. lol! Warhammer Online > WoW. nt

[MiddleFingerMom]

43. Did someone mention...

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...if he feigned death...
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...isn't he lucky the moose didn't teabag him?
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[Codeine]

46. All about managing aggro, dood. nt