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Singapore Teen Gamers Planned Mass Suicide

Leader who leaped to his death believed they could come back to save world

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(Newser) – Eight Singapore teenagers who played the video game Slayers planned to commit mass suicide but backed out after watching the first two leap to their death from an apartment building window, reports the Straits Times. One of the boys who died vowed the group would come back from the dead with super powers to save the world like the fantasy game. The chilling information emerged at the start of a coroner's hearing into the pair's death last year.

A group of 8 teens who played the video game Slayers believed they could come back from the dead.
A group of 8 teens who played the video game Slayers believed they could come back from the dead.
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Netstorm2k9
Sep 8, 09 3:03 AM CDT
DNA we don't need. Reply
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Spudsy
Sep 8, 09 11:32 PM CDT
Whoa. That's a little harsh. But at some point I guess we gotta clean up the gene pool.
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drlarrymitchell
Sep 8, 09 3:58 AM CDT
The pic isn't from the game "Slayers"- it's an old eighties Slayer t-shirt. Reply
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drlarrymitchell
Sep 8, 09 4:00 AM CDT
And the link is to Slayer's home site- the BAND, not the game. Reply
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shonangreg
Sep 8, 09 5:53 AM CDT
Wow! Why would Larry's comment be hidden? There were no votes before I gave it a thumbs up. Somebody embarrassed at newser? There at least to appears to be some behind the scenes editorializing going on here . . .
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