A Gamer Suicide

SomeThingCreepy · Jan 19, 2006 at 6:52 PM

SOFIA (AFP) - A 21-year-old American online gaming fan broadcast his suicide on a Bulgarian Internet forum.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060118/tc_af...gariausinternet
http://www.thehawkeye.com/daily/stories/ob10_0106.html

His post...

I’ve spent just shy of 5 years on this board, and I feel I need to let you guys know this. This isn’t a fake like Wing: I’m ending my life. A combination of money, school, and (consequently) housing problems has created a burden I can’t bare. I know this makes me a coward, but that’s okay. With any luck, I won’t be around for you to call me that.

I want you guys to know I had a lot of fun. It’s sad so many left, but they few of you still around – you guys were just as good friends as those I had in real like in some ways. Thanks for it all.
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News of His actual Death

Guys...... He's gone.

From lonewolf of TUS:

Guys, I am sadden to say that Kuja or Mitchell Stuekerjuergen has in fact died.

Tonight I came onto IRC to find Roc, Nitroid and Anathema looking for any contact information on Kuja they could find. Amazingly they tracked down relatives in the area and phone numbers. It was them who did all the work, I am just the messenger boy.

The first phone call I made was to Karl Stuekerjuergen. I was continously questioned as to "What this was about." I kept saying that I was a friend of Mitchell and we haven't heard from him in a while and we are concerned about his well being. There was a long pause and Karl said "You probably need Kevin Stuekerjuergen..."

Right there is when we all sensed something sad.

Karl didn't have a number on hand and Roc was able to find a few Kevin's in the area. The second call yielded the results we all did not want to hear. Kevin answered and I told him who I was and told him we haven't heard from him in a while and were concerned and worried about his well being. Kevin said, verbatum, "No things aren't well. Mitchell actually passed recently." At this point he started to get choked up and we both seemed to break down at the same time. "He was doing real well for a long time, and then he suddenly got depressed in November and took his life." I believe the date of his death was the 4th, but there was so much going on around both of us I couldn't make it out.

I am telling this news here first and it is up to us to decide what to do in memory of a great member and a great friend. I honestly don't know what to say right now being that I can barely see the screen anymore.

But Kuja105, Mitchell Stuekerjuergen, the member we all loved to poke loving fun at is no longer with us. May he rest in peace.

RIP Kuja, I miss ya...

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The Forum..

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessag...25527152&page=0

The Bringer of bad news

On January 18 2006 18:52 Error1355, Admin at GameFAQs wrote:
This is what I wrote to the media;

"Your artical about our member Kuja105 taking his own life is a bit wrong, I worked on the site under the name "Error1355" as an admin and I have seen a few facts on your site is incorrect on this matter.

Mitch (AKA: Kuja105) created a topic on January 2nd saying goodbye, and that he was going to take his life. He posted this inside of a private board in the www.metalgearsolid.org forums. Only about 20 people could have seen it. At first, a member (Named Snake Plissken) thought he was joking, and posted a comment back as a joke, but after the next reply from Mitch, we all seen that he isn't kidding.

We begged him to stop what he was doing and to get to a hopital. He told two people on the forums his phone number so we can try to get him to get help. These two members were under the names "Nitroid" and "Snake Plissken".

They got him to induce vomiting, but it was too late. Nitroid and Snake Plissken had to leave him to go to their jobs. He posted once again on the forums, saying he was sorry he lied about getting help, and said goodbye and that he loved us.

He never posted again.

After about a week, we figured that we should have heard from him again if he was alright and did make it to the hospital. We did a simple google search using his name and called everybody who shared his last name.

We ended up getting someone who was related to him, and they told us the bad news. We were shattered, we learned he passed away Jan 4th in his local hospital.

He also posted a goodbye topic at this URL
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessag...&topic=25527152

After I posted that he had infact died, people started to come onto that topic and made fun of him.

We loved our friend."
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This is a very sad time in computer gaming history.

Rest in Peace.

Greasy Pete · Jan 19, 2006 at 6:55 PM

what a shame... wait... what game was he playing?

SomeThingCreepy · Jan 19, 2006 at 6:57 PM

he was playing Metal Gear Solid 2

Bot · Jan 19, 2006 at 6:58 PM

hm... maby its a fake but sadly if its true! I havent heard anything in the newspaper.

SomeThingCreepy · Jan 19, 2006 at 6:58 PM

It is true, it is in the papers. look at the links.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060118/tc_af...gariausinternet
http://www.thehawkeye.com/daily/stories/ob10_0106.html

Bot · Jan 19, 2006 at 7:08 PM

;( oh thats a really sad story....

Ami · Jan 19, 2006 at 7:44 PM

I didn't know him.. so i dunno.

I guess I'm spamming

IonMirage · Jan 19, 2006 at 7:54 PM

so sad he shouldnt have done it

MFKR · Jan 19, 2006 at 8:03 PM

=O i dont know what to say, thats sad.

{Dr}Inca · Jan 19, 2006 at 8:09 PM

thats so sad

Aiden · Jan 19, 2006 at 8:09 PM

People suicide everyday, so what if he plays games? Sure, its not a good thing to hear about... but honestly, i don't think most people here care. They say there "oo so sad" etc. but they really don't care/

Balnazzar · Jan 19, 2006 at 8:12 PM

Wow, like suicide is going to make anything better. Sad, but people just don't cherish what they have.

Ami · Jan 19, 2006 at 8:13 PM

Originally posted by Titan.@Jan 20 2006, 12:09 AM
People suicide everyday, so what if he plays games? Sure, its not a good thing to hear about... but honestly, i don't think most people here care. They say there "oo so sad" etc. but they really don't care/

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exactly.

>.<

DyNaSTy..* · Jan 19, 2006 at 8:20 PM

very very very sad story i read the forums he was at...he was well known as a friend

.Ghost. · Jan 19, 2006 at 8:22 PM

Balnazzar is rightu need to cherish what you have and just don't ever comit sucide its the stupidest thing i have ever heard of to want to kill yourself , you may feel liek you need to btu you don't and there are a lot better things 2 be oding here than be burning in hell.

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