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Starcraft fan Zerg rushes teenage girl with kitchen knife photo

I'm sure we've all been in a situation where the power has gone or the Internet's shut down right when we've been in the middle of a hot gaming session. What do you do in those situations? Throw the controller? Scream and rage? If you're one eighteen-year-old Starcraft fan, you grab a kitchen knife and stab the first 15-year-old girl who walks past your house. Sensible option.

A Swedish Starcraft gamer flew into a fit of rage when his Internet cut off while he was playing the RTS title, so he ran into the kitchen, grabbed a knife, and then started attacking the young girl as she passed by his house. He stabbed her multiple times, but fortunately has survived the attack. 

The nutjob has been charged with attempted homicide and has been sent off for psychiatric treatment. The world breathes a sigh of relief that he was playing Starcraft and not Demon's Souls, as things could have been far worse.








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Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 04:07
Xzyliac
Hahaha...aww...now I feel like an ass. :(

Glad the girl made it. I can't imagine how terrifying that must be to be a kid and have some random guy just run out if his house all pissed off and start stabbing you. Hot damn. That kid is a fuckin' asshole.
Resonance's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 04:14
Resonance
Was just talking about gamer rage with my flatmate the other day... he broke his keyboard after trying to crush a can with it, and we agreed keyboards should be stress tested by giving gamers great internet then cutting it suddenly. Cracked up when I read this... though very fortunate she lived.
shinryu's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 04:16
shinryu
He stabbed her multiple times, but fortunately has survived the attack.

He survived? *sigh of relief*
Master Edge 3's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 04:25
Master Edge 3
It Sweedish person so to be honest I'm not too suprised
glad the girl was okay though
Korolev's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 04:35
Korolev
Well even crazy people play RTS games sometimes. I'm surprised it took him 18 years to snap - he's the type of person who'd punch an old lady just because the bus was late.
Death by Yeti's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 04:41
Death by Yeti
you gamers and your violent video games are the future serial killers
Hopeless Savage's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 04:42
Hopeless Savage
hell yeah starcraft gangstas represent

don't CUT our power, first person we see. you will die EVERY time.
Nameless Monster's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 05:19
Nameless Monster
He survived his attack? He could have died for all I care.

Poor girl :(
Torzelan's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 05:29
Torzelan
Translation (by me, not perfect and probably not much better than Google Translate if at all):

"[b]The computer game malfunctioned
- then, the boy wanted to kill[/b]

The game-obsessed 18-year-old suddenly couldn't get his internet connection to work.
His dark thoughts around how it would be to murder [yes it says this, what the fuck] drove him to suddenly grab a kitchen knife and go out into the residential area late in the Saturday evening.

Seconds later he had attempted to murder an unknown passing 15-year-old girl.
The 18-year-old is now being judged for attempted murder and forensic psychiatric care[?] by the Nacka court.

The 18-year-old was not well and his thoughts were made even darker when the internet connection was cut and he was unable to continue the war game "Starcraft".

It was never planned that a 15-year-old girl on her way home from a party would be his victim. She just happened to be nearby laughing loudly together with a friend.

Despite several knife stabs the girl managed to avoid life-threatening damage. The deed was reported to the police the day after by the 18-year-olds father who found a bent knife with bloodstains in the house.

Prosecutor Jennie Söderberg had prosecuted for attempted murder. The court however chose to label the deed as attempted manslaughter based on his psychological condition and there being no earlier intent to kill the 15-year-old girl."

So yeah! Love the headline and the use of "war game" rather than "strategy game" for spice.
Torzelan's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 05:31
Torzelan
Curious why BBcode sometimes decides to not work for no apparent reason.
CitizenErased's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 05:50
CitizenErased
I can totally understand why he thought it was her fault.
I mean, she was walking by his house so clearly her magnetic field shut down his internet.
She deserved it!

Seriously though, poor girl.
That's messed up.
ScrapmetaL's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 05:50
ScrapmetaL
"She just happened to be nearby laughing loudly together with a friend."
Suddenly a very valid reason enters the story.

"The deed was reported to the police the day after by the 18-year-olds father who found a bent knife with bloodstains in the house."
He would've gotten away with it if it weren't for his meddling dad.
munkee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 06:02
munkee
thats some beautiful artwork right there!
CRAZYAPE69's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 06:40
CRAZYAPE69
MURDER SIMULATOR LIVE FIRE EXCERCISE!!!!
beardenvier's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 06:54
beardenvier
I'm just guessing here but, that girl will never ever play Starcraft 2.
MesonW's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 06:58
MesonW
He must've been nearly winning.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 07:00
Xzyliac
The deed was reported to the police the day after by the 18-year-olds father who found a bent knife with bloodstains in the house.

Then what the fuck was going on with the girl all that time? And why didn't the dickhole clean the blade? And what about the girl who was with the girl? WTF JOURNALISM!?!
reindall's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 07:11
reindall
Meh, no big waste for society. He was playing games, so through wasting time couldn't be very productive and didn't dispose of the murder weapon, so he wasn't even mildly intelligent.

Oh, wait, actually it will be a waste for society as it will have to give out money on his accommodation and food from now on.
Jesus H Christ's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 07:14
Jesus H Christ
YOUR LIFE FOR AIUR
CrocStock's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 07:16
CrocStock
Hmph, two ridiculous assault stories in two days. You know, he could have always just said it was Starcraft that made him stab someone like other nuts and the media blames games for their or other peoples apparent problems.
GC Riot's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 07:20
GC Riot
This kind of stuff is what makes me soooo proud to be Swedish :P
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 07:46
Maurice Tan
And to know that he just had to construct additional pylons :(
Minamu's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 07:47
Minamu
Come on Jim. This happened in AUGUST. Check the source ^_^
Kaspar's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 08:06
Kaspar
Oh fuck, game legislation in Sweden incoming.
lewness's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 08:12
lewness
Fucker's not helping at all in today's video game sensationalism.
Tye The Czar's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 09:51
Tye The Czar
Are you sure this guy wasn't Tohno Shiki from Tsukihime/Melty Blood going randomly nuts? Hell, he could have travelled there to [SPOILER OMITTED].
elysse's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 09:51
elysse
Good lord- imagine if he had been out of Hot Pockets at the same time.
matrixdude171's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 09:59
matrixdude171
One woman zerg rush!!
Sterling Aiayla Lyons's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 10:28
Sterling Aiayla Lyons
What, the guy couldn't just do the normal thing and chuck his mouse at a wall?

Oh, and, ZERG RUSH!!!
Gilgamesh1317's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 11:14
Gilgamesh1317
I wonder if he went "KEKEKEKEKE" as he did it.

That was awful, I know. I feel sorry for the girl, it must suck to go from having a great time at a party with a friend to getting stabbed by a maniac StarCraft player who lost his Internet for a bit.
Sanaj's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 11:27
Sanaj
For what person is the loss of internet mid game that big of a deal?

Most angry people wouldn't normally go father than yelling or damaging their mouse or keyboard in frustration.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 11:58
Holyetheline
wtf crazy people freak me out.
gains's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 12:51
gains
@Xzyliac I expect the girl and her friend were up all night sitting in the hospital emergency rooms. Lots of mugging victims can barely identify the criminal due to the shock of the attack. I expect it was the same situation here and we're lucky the guy's father was willing to turn him in.
Hati Fox's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 15:03
Hati Fox
damn kids these days are nuts

ps:
anyone know where i can get a larger version of that starcraft art? i want to use it as a wallpaper
peachboy's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 17:01
peachboy
psychiatric treatment? poor guy, they're going to totally brainwash him and he'll never game again.
Springsteen's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 18:24
Springsteen
@peachboy: What a shame
pl0x kthanxbai's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/13/2009 00:07
pl0x kthanxbai
well this was obviously becuz of teh video games and not becuz the mental unstability of the guy in question


afterall we all know starcraft is a game about stabbing 15 year old girls, stealing cars, dealing drugs and gay marriage



VIDEO GAMES ARE TEH EVIL!!!!!!


KTHANXBAI
Kalmah's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/13/2009 03:39
Kalmah
Someone please ban these RTSick Filths!
Archwright's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/13/2009 10:50
Archwright
@beardenvier With the pace of Blizzard's development, neither will we.
ObjectiveBelow's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 16:08
ObjectiveBelow
I don't get it why...
Ann Moss's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2010 03:40
Ann Moss
Well and you are saying that the game is to blame??
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jcomputer's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/08/2011 06:19
jcomputer
This just feeds the media hype over games and negative effects on people. The fact is millions play the games with out doing something mental


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