So gaming saved my life.

[Eggsnham]

That's fucking crazy man...

You can't just casually say "Some dude shot at me four times... But I don't want to seem like an attention whore, so no details."

No offense, but that's a major thing. I think we need details man.

OT: Not really. I still have the coordination of a brain dead giraffe and I don't play airsoft anymore, so it's not like I can brag about me being able to shoot better or have more tactical ways of thinking.

 

[Black-6]

I do not believe so. I have a neighbor that gets weekly visits from the police, a prison that has a problem controlling inmates (an escapee was recaptured 1 block outside my neighborhood) and a consistent problem with muggings and vandals in the area. Some may say its paranoia. I call it being prepared.

So it's more a case that your life and environment have taught you that rather than gaming?

Been an avid gamer long before I lived here. In games, at least the good ones, you have to prepare and plan to get past an obstacle or achieve a goal. Same goes for life.

 

[Kreett]

Halo and WoW?

 

[Black-6]

Been an avid gamer long before I lived here. In games, at least the good ones, you have to prepare and plan to get past an obstacle or achieve a goal. Same goes for life.

But did gaming really teach that to you or did life teach you it? Either way I'd honestly doubt that gaming taught you to keep a gun handy, did you do that before you moved somewhere you might need it?

Probably a combination of both, really. It was gaming that taught me to have a defense plan. I.E. weapon stockpiles, escape routes and the like.

 

[viranimus]

We have two possible truths here:

A) A person exists somewhere in the world who after being shot at multiple times from point blank range then goes onto a video game forum and says something incredibly stupid about the whole thing.

B) Some guy saw a story and got a idea for good thread.

I find option B more likely, maybe that's just me.

I think there are other possible truths. Probably the most likely is that the nature of the internet and forums dictates that
A: nothing can be proven or validated on the net
B: because nothing can be validated we assume what we find on the net is a lie

You are entitled to your opinion on the validity of my statement. Honestly If I really really wanted to there are means to prove my identity and prove this isnt just a local news story I happened to come across and thought "Hey that would make good for a thread". But why should I divulge personal information just to prove something that no matter how much proof I give will still be doubted and questioned.

Seriously. as unbelievable as the story is, if I was going to hijack the story for my own means, what benefit is there to me to put myself into the story instead of just saying.. this guy locally had this happen?

Again your entitled to your opinion about it, but one thing I dont get is how my statements are incredibly stupid. Is it stupid just because It seems so unfathomable that I survived? Stupid because I chose to talk about it on what happens to be the only forum I watch anymore? Or stupid because you dont consider what I felt was one of the things to contribute to my unmitigated luck in all of this, actually had anything to do with it?

Its obvious some people think I am fabricating this, But what is the point to keep repeating your doubts when you wont be convinced otherwise no matter how much proof you see? Thats why I dont want to get into the details. So regardless if you feel im telling the truth or not, the point was not what happened to me, but to discuss what games can teach us. I was giving my example So, after expressing you dont believe me, the only thing that should be discussed is what was relevant from the OP, what have games taught you.

 

[Judgement101]

It taught me to delete the pool ladders for an easy death.

 

[Shoqiyqa]

I find this hard to believe, but I would be willing to believe it (sort of, well, probably not) if you had a plausible reason for not being dead, I mean, what happened? Did he say "Shit, I'm impressed that you found cover and put a blanket over yourself, so impressed, I'm going to give up on killing you and walk away"

As for cover and blanket, the best cover is behind the shooter and a blanket in frotn of you can be a blanket over the gun and the shooter's face, so it's kind of plausible. Giving him a quilt with which to wrestle while you manouevre isn't taught in the dojo but it's a sight more effective than screaming.

But again, I still don't get why he stopped trying to kill him, after all, going behind cover and getting under a blanket doesn't exactly scream "I'm going to FUCK YOU UP if you keep trying to shoot me"

Two possibilities: one is that the shooter entered the room, fired wildly, hit his limit break on sheer adrenaline and did his limit break move of running away, quite possibly thinking he'd successfully gunned down his target. The other is that the guy in the bed threw the blanket over the shooter, moved behind him, put him on the floor, took the gun and used it to hold the shooter down until the police arrived. The former is, again, kind of likely judging by the occasional reports in our papers.

You hear about the kidnapped girl who got rescued because police spotted the kidnapper running a red light in the early morning with no lights on? People get wired and stupid.

 

[Naheal]

Skills I learn from gaming? Strategy, resource management, and mild manipulation. The latter comes from a combination of gaming and RL experience.

 

[Naheal]

Been an avid gamer long before I lived here. In games, at least the good ones, you have to prepare and plan to get past an obstacle or achieve a goal. Same goes for life.

But did gaming really teach that to you or did life teach you it? Either way I'd honestly doubt that gaming taught you to keep a gun handy, did you do that before you moved somewhere you might need it?

Learned from gaming? No. Sharpened? I can attribute that to gaming.

 

[Nerdfury]

Still more likely that the OP saw that article and then decided to Hijack it.

Why is that in any way more likely?

We have two possible truths here:

A) A person exists somewhere in the world who after being shot at multiple times from point blank range then goes onto a video game forum and says something incredibly stupid about the whole thing.

B) Some guy saw a story and got a idea for good thread.

I find option B more likely, maybe that's just me.

I vote option B. Like I said, as much violence and crazy shit as there is in the world, what are the chances that some random dude here, right now, is an attempted murder survivor? What are the chances that someone entered his home, with a handgun and the premeditation to use a pillow as a silencer (and all over some grudge because OP won't let the shooter date his daughter!?), fires at him (whilst asleep and prone!), misses each time, and is foiled by a blanket.

I mean, I once foiled a bank robbery by stealing a radio and turning the robbers against each other (thanks video games!), but mine's the honest truth! Not that I have evidence, but I swear it happened!

 

[Danpascooch]

I find this hard to believe, but I would be willing to believe it (sort of, well, probably not) if you had a plausible reason for not being dead, I mean, what happened? Did he say "Shit, I'm impressed that you found cover and put a blanket over yourself, so impressed, I'm going to give up on killing you and walk away"

As for cover and blanket, the best cover is behind the shooter and a blanket in frotn of you can be a blanket over the gun and the shooter's face, so it's kind of plausible. Giving him a quilt with which to wrestle while you manouevre isn't taught in the dojo but it's a sight more effective than screaming.

But again, I still don't get why he stopped trying to kill him, after all, going behind cover and getting under a blanket doesn't exactly scream "I'm going to FUCK YOU UP if you keep trying to shoot me"

Two possibilities: one is that the shooter entered the room, fired wildly, hit his limit break on sheer adrenaline and did his limit break move of running away, quite possibly thinking he'd successfully gunned down his target. The other is that the guy in the bed threw the blanket over the shooter, moved behind him, put him on the floor, took the gun and used it to hold the shooter down until the police arrived. The former is, again, kind of likely judging by the occasional reports in our papers.

You hear about the kidnapped girl who got rescued because police spotted the kidnapper running a red light in the early morning with no lights on? People get wired and stupid.

The second is outrageously impossible, the first is possible, but highly unlikely.

Anyway, without him telling us how it was resolved, I'm filing this OP under BS

 

[Virus0015]

How to fly a plane. After many years of playing Microsoft's flight sims I am progressing through my private pilots license course better than most other people.

 

[Ih8pkmn]

What happened to the guy who assaulted you?

 

[viranimus]

Ok seeings how the thread has got rebumped I will (vainly) provide as much detail as possible. (I know there is little or no point because even if I provided the direct news report, video of my interview, a copy of the police report, my social security card, birth certificate, drivers license, and personal bills as verification, there would still be those who would doubt it for no other reason than it sounds unlikely, but again, I will try in vain.)

Factors:
I had been asleep for aprox 1 hour.
I was in the bedroom, which is extremely dark.
My fiancee was in the living room, when he entered the house through the back door
He had the gun tucked in the back of his pants and carried a pillow with him.
His intention was to sneak up on me while I slept and use the pillow as a silencer.
When he reached for the gun and the fiancee saw it, she screamed and ran next door.
That scream partially alerted me that something was wrong. But I was still mostly asleep.
He opened the door to the room. The only light in the room came from the living room window behind him.
When he saw me, he saw I was moving around to get up and investigate and his plan to sneak up was foiled so he took aim
He shot from about 6 - 8 feet away and his first shot hit my forearm.
This was the first time he has ever shot a gun. And he aimed one handed.
I threw the blanket up as far away from my body as I could and contorted my body so he would be shooting blindly at anything other than my hands. As I did this his second shot grazed my knee.
It took aprox 5 steps to get around the corner of the bed to real cover and in that time he shot the blanket twice and missed both shots.
He pulled the trigger a 5th and 6th time but he was out of ammo.
He then exited the house out the back door.
EDIT: obviously there were alot of factors that play into my survival, bad aim, fear, darkness, but my lack of panic, and understanding of gunplay mechanics and cover came directly from gaming.

Motive:
He had an emotional childhood.
He was involved in a car accident, that left him with some levels of brain damage.
He is a 21 yr old man... who was dating my fiancees 16 year old daughter.
He had been dating her since she was 14 and he 19
When I found out about that factor, I tried to step in and put a stop to it then
That attempt failed because her mother thought it was harmless.
Shes not my child, so technically I cant really have much say about how to raise someone elses kid.
Because I did try to intervene, they viewed me as a threat to their relationship.
I couldnt have say who the girl could date, but I did have the right to say who was allowed inside my house.
I put my foot down and told him he was not welcome inside my house at any time. That arrangement worked for almost a year.
Recently I had caught him on several occasions inside my house and I called the police and was on the verge of obtaining a restraining order.
Because this was another threat to their relationship, it was decided I needed to be removed from the picture. To a brain damaged 21 year old and a 16 year old girl who were embroiled in "young love" this must have seemed like a reasonable course of action.

Now. That is far and away infinitely more detail I ever considered giving about this scenario. I honestly regret ever mentioning this. I posted it here because well it IS an incredible story. This is the only forum I frequent, and I have respect for the general community here. Again, believe me if you wish, doubt me if you wish. It does not matter. I know what is true, but I hope that is sufficient to sate any further desire for details on this.


But I will adress this, and it will be the last one. As far as Im concerned this thread is dead. Im content to let it remain that way. The only other thing related to this beyond this post is I will post the open GSW pic as my avatar once It is given to me by the police.

What happened to the guy who assaulted you?

He was captured enroute back to his house from the APB, roughly an hour after the incident. He has been charged with several charges such as Breaking and entering and attempted murder. He has been set with a 100,000 cash bond so he will remain in jail until his court date.

as far as im concerned /thread as it relates to the shooting, feel free to get back on track with the OP of what have you learned from games that has proven valuable in real life.

 

[Flamezdudes]

That guy must be a really bad shooter if he can't even shoot you when you're sleeping. Could you explain why this guy tried this?

EDIT: Never mind, great story man. This is one reason why i'm quite nervous at night and always check doors and windows before going to bed.

 

[Adamc-mh]

how to climb a ladder "I know how to climb a fucking ladder *rips off ear* oh jesus christ my ear *jesus appears* no problem brae thanks jesus it's cool

 

[nuba km]

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I believe your story why would you not just say what has gaming helped with in your life. I'm glad you survived just saying that if you thought this guy might be dangerous and you saw him several times on your property that you should have properly slept with a big stick or something next to your bed.

As for me gaming has helped me see when I should get suspicious of someone. also I have recently started playing with nerf guns and gaming has helped me learn when to fire when someone is about to fire and where and where not to take cover and most importantly always have an exit plan. Also the new dead rising looks like it will show you things you can make in a zombie apocalypse.

 

[Oh That Dude]

Lulz at the people that believe this shit. Seriously - a guy walks into your room (you, of all people, some random guy on the internet) with a gun, intent to shooting you to death with it. You are asleep, and he fires four shots, each of which miss. And you hold up a blanket to hide behind, thinking "I'll make it so he doesn't know where behind my blanket I am! That'll fool him!"

Seriously? SERIOUSLY? If a person is so intent on killing another with a firearm, so much so that he breaks into the person's house and has the premeditation to use a pillow to silence it, he's not going to fire four shots and miss at a prone target, or be dissuaded by a blankie. Or stop shrug and call it a night. That person is going to knock their target down and kill them.

Christ on a cracker, you could have just said "What skills have you used from gaming IRL" and been done with it. Learn how to troll better.

Well if the intruder was stupid and ignorant about guns to the point where he believed that a pillow would silence a gunshot, I can believe he missed four shots, besides there was a fucking police report posted on page 2. So yeah. Read the thread next time.