Webcam OD

mrushh · 02-15-2003, 04:15 PM

I may be slow and uninformed, but I just read about the January webcam overdose and death of the guy who kept popping pills while all these people watched him on his website. Lots of them were egging him on to take more and more, according to the paper. Eventually, some of the viewers (voyeurs) began to get scared and tried to figure out what they could do, but he ended up dead.

What would you do? Is there anything you could do, besides tell him to stop, or quit watching?

McSweeny · 02-15-2003, 04:17 PM

what? that sounds crazy...

Qwikshot · 02-15-2003, 04:20 PM

Indeed, I read about this...the boy kept popping pills egged on by his little audience...eventually, some grew concerned but were told to keep quiet, one did call 911 but talked their way out of it...others tried to reach by phone, but they did not where the boy resided...his mother found him dead the next morning, but it was like 2 weeks (screensaver locked out) before anyone knew that there had been witnesses...

mrushh · 02-15-2003, 04:23 PM

Dude's name was Brandon Vedas. He was 21. Lived in Phoenix.

Web site of transcript is:

transcript

samifan24 · 02-15-2003, 05:30 PM

I read part of the logs from the chat. It's really rough reading. Guess I was curious, but man, what a tragedy. My heart goes out to his family and friends. I wonder how those who egged him on must feel now.....

Chief Rum · 02-15-2003, 05:53 PM

I read through it, too, and there was some egging. But my impression was that the guy had a full head to do this anyway. No one was really egging him on early on, just watching with interest (which is disgusting enough), and he did most of the drugs he did right there.

I think there were some very sick people in that chat room group, but I think he was by far the sickest.

Chief Rum

korme · 02-15-2003, 05:59 PM

What the hell.. I just read the transcript... that's scary/sad/stupid

Blackadar · 02-15-2003, 07:00 PM

Just thinning the herd.

Airhog · 02-15-2003, 07:39 PM

this kid should be nomited for a darwin award.

bbor · 02-16-2003, 01:10 AM

I read about this in P magazineeople....and i know it's cruel but...if you are this stupid....well....need i say more?

Daimyo · 02-16-2003, 01:49 AM

I read the transcript and I don't think they were really egging him on... in fact several of them were telling him to stop from nearly the beginning. Sounded like he was going to kill himself no matter what, and the people in the chat room happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

02-15-2003, 04:20 PM	#3
Qwikshot Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ...down the gravity well	Indeed, I read about this...the boy kept popping pills egged on by his little audience...eventually, some grew concerned but were told to keep quiet, one did call 911 but talked their way out of it...others tried to reach by phone, but they did not where the boy resided...his mother found him dead the next morning, but it was like 2 weeks (screensaver locked out) before anyone knew that there had been witnesses... __________________ "General Woundwort's body was never found. It could be that he still lives his fierce life somewhere else, but from that day on, mother rabbits would tell their kittens that if they did not do as they were told, the General would get them. Such was Woundwort's monument, and perhaps it would not have displeased him." Watership Down, Richard Adams

02-15-2003, 04:23 PM	#4
mrushh High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Dallas,Tx	Dude's name was Brandon Vedas. He was 21. Lived in Phoenix. Web site of transcript is: transcript __________________ Visit "Cowtown, Arise. A TCU- TCY Dynasty" in the Dynasty section.

02-15-2003, 05:30 PM	#5
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	I read part of the logs from the chat. It's really rough reading. Guess I was curious, but man, what a tragedy. My heart goes out to his family and friends. I wonder how those who egged him on must feel now..... __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

02-15-2003, 05:53 PM	#6
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	I read through it, too, and there was some egging. But my impression was that the guy had a full head to do this anyway. No one was really egging him on early on, just watching with interest (which is disgusting enough), and he did most of the drugs he did right there. I think there were some very sick people in that chat room group, but I think he was by far the sickest. Chief Rum __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

02-15-2003, 07:39 PM	#9
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	this kid should be nomited for a darwin award. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

02-15-2003, 04:17 PM	#2
McSweeny College Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Somerville, MA	what? that sounds crazy...

02-15-2003, 05:59 PM	#7
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	What the hell.. I just read the transcript... that's scary/sad/stupid

02-15-2003, 07:00 PM	#8
Blackadar Retired Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fantasyland	Just thinning the herd.

02-16-2003, 01:10 AM	#10
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	I read about this in P magazineeople....and i know it's cruel but...if you are this stupid....well....need i say more? __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

02-16-2003, 01:49 AM	#11
Daimyo College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkeley	I read the transcript and I don't think they were really egging him on... in fact several of them were telling him to stop from nearly the beginning. Sounded like he was going to kill himself no matter what, and the people in the chat room happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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