IRC Suicide

Big Chief · 30-01-2003 3:09pm #1

i originally found this on another forum i read. But i found it quite horrifying

Ripper IRC Suicide

to get the jist before you read all those logs =

You know, for some reason i have been paying a lot of attention
to this event. I didn't really know the guy to well, but we
talked. I feel bad that he only lived til age 21.
He died chatting on IRC. Talking in a channel he frequented and allowed
his overdose to be seen on a webcam. I don't think he wanted to die.
I can only imagine how the people that witnessed this horrifying
event felt after they realized he was really dead.
I wish I had been there... I would have called...
what must they be thinking now?

"What could I have done to stop him?"

"What could I have done if I would have known he was serious?"

some very serious stuff if true

eth0_ · 30-01-2003 3:44pm

What an attention seeking moron.

BuffyBot · 30-01-2003 3:44pm

It is possible.

It has occured many many times before (people commiting and attempting suicide online).

Something about this smacks of urban legend in the making though..things about it don't add up for me.

ozt9vdujny3srf · 30-01-2003 4:37pm

The poor guy is all i can say

its bad when things have gotten soo bad thatyou feel the only way out is killing yourself.

this sort of stuff happens way too much

gogo · 30-01-2003 4:44pm

God this freaked me out, fraid it's true though,
here's more for those of you who can bear to read it. This has the guy's picture.

www.welcometonowhere.com/2003_journal/journal.html

Quote from this site

"today a friend of mine sent me a metafilter thread about a kid named brandon vedas who overdosed and died in front of his web cam while chatting on the IRC. dovee.org had the actual log files posted of the conversation but have taken them down possibly at the request of the kids family. luckily i saved all the logs so here they are for you to read."

Luckily, Luckily.......Sick f**k

gogo

Washout · 30-01-2003 4:46pm

that irc log was one of the most fscrewed up things i have ever read.
Gosh I am totally freaked out too

Big Chief · 30-01-2003 4:54pm

yeh same, kinda freaked me out to be reading it

the people cheering him on to do it after taking all those drugs already and then "lol" about it...

There wont be much lol about it now that he went ahead and done it

yellum · 30-01-2003 6:28pm

Welcome to the Digital age. Now with the advent of phones with built in cameras and soon with built in video cameras and increased net access speeds on these phones you'll find more guerilla style journalism and more weird but real stuff like this being posted.

No harm in a way that big media will have serious competition but the amount of ****ed up vid clips and things like this will exponentially increase too.

Funky · 30-01-2003 7:46pm

scary

Drunk pirate · 30-01-2003 8:59pm

I'd be mentally ravaged. Having an image of someone dieing in front of your eyes and having no power to stop it.:(

Dustaz · 30-01-2003 9:15pm

After reading all that, it occurs to me that almost everyone in that chat room was a ****ing idiot.

Drugs are bad kids, expecially in the hands of ****ing idiots.

superconor · 30-01-2003 9:40pm

thats....weird....

no offence to Drunk Pirate but unless you wer sort of transfixxed (i know what you mean) you cpoould just exit. but it would be weird. what about the ones in the chat room. what about them?

Mikill · 30-01-2003 10:03pm

Logs are pretty freaky to read.
the guys that were on the channel at the time were indeed
stupid for the way they acted.

Mercury_Tilt · 30-01-2003 10:07pm

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eth0_ · 30-01-2003 10:13pm

From what I gathered, he wasn't out to kill himself, he was just some fu<ktard with a big bag o' drugs trying to be cool.

I use irc everyday and if someone came on saying they were munching their way through a bag of drugs for sh1ts 'n giggles i'd laugh, quite honestly.

Totally lame. Wouldn't surpise me at all if it's a hoax.

There was a girl on livejournal who took an overdose in her bathroom and had her webcam in there to watch her die. People who do that I would say are just serious attention seeking messed up people. If you were serious about killing yourself you wouldn't do it on a public forum.

Kastro · 30-01-2003 10:25pm

hmmm attention seeker as far as i can see.. sum1 should have nuked his connection.. forced him to trow up an set it up again.. hehehhehee

Lemming · 30-01-2003 10:57pm

Originally posted by Drunk pirate
I'd be mentally ravaged. Having an image of someone dieing in front of your eyes and having no power to stop it.:(

Off topic, but in relation to the above quote, an image is bad enough. I was shown an mpeg clip of some "propoganda" footage of checyan rebels slitting the throat of a young, terrified russian soldier they captured.

The mpeg was only a few seconds long, but I can still picture it now. F*cking sick.

Poor kid was terrified, bound, and lying on the ground and they just plunged a knife into his throat and sawed it open

Something I never, ever want to see again /shudders/. How people can enjoy watching this sh*t I have no idea!

Big Chief · 30-01-2003 11:36pm

Originally posted by eth0_

Totally lame. Wouldn't surpise me at all if it's a hoax.

it isnt a hoax,

http://www.welcometonowhere.com/2003_journal/journal.html <-- 2nd news post

http://www.dovee.org

http://www.welcometonowhere.com/insane_crazy/azcentral_com%20%20Obituaries.htm <-- people checked and all of the ip's that claimed to know him from phoenix do indeed lead back to phoenix (guest book)

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Forum6&Number=1238021&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1 <-- a post from the shroomery forums (you need to be registered) theres also a good few other posts on there about it

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Forum7&Number=1225362&Forum=All_Forums&Words=108511&Match=Usernumber&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=1214389&Search=true#Post1225362 another forum post

the irc network and channel is also there and that guy space is also in irc, dunno about justnow but was earlier

theres also a few more sites on it but i cba to look them up

to many things add up for it to be a hoax, think there was also a couple of "stills" from the webcam up somewhere but ive looked around again justnow and i cant seem to find it again

and if you read the post from his brother, i originally thought that the guy was a drug popping idiot, but after looking at the collage and the brothers post as i say its just someone who went down the wrong road of drugs, which as to quote

Drugs can be a slippery slope

Big Chief · 30-01-2003 11:45pm

Originally posted by Lemming
Off topic, but in relation to the above quote, an image is bad enough. I was shown an mpeg clip of some "propoganda" footage of checyan rebels slitting the throat of a young, terrified russian soldier they captured.

The mpeg was only a few seconds long, but I can still picture it now. F*cking sick.

Poor kid was terrified, bound, and lying on the ground and they just plunged a knife into his throat and sawed it open

Something I never, ever want to see again /shudders/. How people can enjoy watching this sh*t I have no idea!

ive seen that video, although i didnt think it was a kid, the other soldier was also kneeling on his back to pin him down

some really sick stuff and i concur that the images still go through my head at times

(whats even worse is i was searching for some vids of a "sexual content" at the time

, talk about how to put you out of the mood)

oeNeo · 30-01-2003 11:57pm

A few of my friends saw that video too and told me how sick and disturbing it was which totally put me off wanting to watch it.

RapierX · 30-01-2003 11:57pm

Poor kid was terrified, bound, and lying on the ground and they just plunged a knife into his throat and sawed it open

as lemming said.

saw that mpeg, was pretty gruesome. You hear the urgh sound then hes dead. Rotten.

PiE · 31-01-2003 12:05am

Well at least he impressed some nerds in a chatroom!

Fucknut tbh.

aliesneo · 02-02-2003 11:37pm

whats the irc server and channel?

Slydice · 03-02-2003 8:10am

That is so ****ing wrong.

Those guys just kept taking the piss, what the **** is happening to society?

logic1 · 03-02-2003 11:29am

Originally posted by Slydice
That is so ****ing wrong.

Those guys just kept taking the piss, what the **** is happening to society?

Desensitisation.

.logic.

Carbiens · 03-02-2003 12:30pm

Originally posted by aliesneo
whats the irc server and channel?

channel: #shroomery

dunno the server though!!1

Big Chief · 03-02-2003 12:45pm

think the server is irc.shroomery.org

its on the shroomery site if i remember rightly, will check later when i get back home from work

(more than positive that is the irc server though)

scojones · 03-02-2003 12:51pm

I saw that russian soldier video too. Luckily mine didn't have sound. ****ing sick ****. Scared the hell outa me.

Slydice · 03-02-2003 1:46pm

I just saw the video, it's not too difficult to find

it's very disturbing, I'm almost physically sick after it.

aliesneo · 03-02-2003 2:14pm

is there any video or pictures of this guy killing himself around?

BigEejit · 03-02-2003 3:40pm

Incredible what people will do for a bit of attention ...

I never saw the russian soldier thing ..dont want to either ... there was a movie that was disturbing (url in the broadband forum .. look at AC-130 or something like that) that shows some afganistan fellas getting the **** knocked out of them by an US airplane .. near the end you can see a guy getting blowing into two distinct bits ... (note: this is taken from the plane doing the blowing up so it is small and infrared, but its still easily visible)

Big Chief · 05-02-2003 1:11pm

just reading the sun at lunchtime and i noticed this story has been printed over with the irc logs aswell. (page 25)

jesus h christ :eek:

JohnK · 19-02-2003 9:43am

The brother of 21-year-old Brandon Vedas, who killed himself in front of a webcam after being urged to take drugs in a internet chat room, has told the BBC of his campaign to make chatrooms safer.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2773547.stm

Tellox · 20-02-2003 3:00am

I dont know whose the bigger moron, Ripper or the utter ****tards in the room with him. All it could have taken was one intelligent person amongst them, and ripper would still be alive today.

JohnK · 20-02-2003 9:41am

To be honest I find that doubtful. Even if somebody had told him to stop chances are that that person would have been shouted down. Added to that, Ripper was trying to prove himself as can be seen from his comment “I told u I was hardcore." I don’t think he would have been easily dissuaded.

Auburn · 20-02-2003 2:02pm

Those people in the room with him probably just thought he was bull$hitting. Sounds like he did similar things before. Sad story.

Originally posted by logic1
Desensitisation.

I agree. Nothing much shocks people anymore, even murders and stuff on the news. Five minutes later and they've forgotten all about it. People are becoming more and more indifferent to things because of the media.

Clintons Cat · 20-02-2003 2:31pm

When someone stands on a ledge,
Sometimes an idiot is going to shout JUMP
Welcome to the Jackass Generation
Guarunteed Idiots Online
24/7

Koopa · 20-02-2003 2:51pm

im such a callous bastard, i read that thing a few weeks ago when i was bored, concluded "so what?" because ****loads of young people overdose on drugs/alchohol every day, just because this guy does it on irc hes a hero? why should we care? what i mean is, sure, his friends should care, but we're not his friends, why should we be especially touched by this? its a pity he died at such a young age, but loads of people die in much worse ways (and drug overdose is like one of the most comfortable ways to die, compared to being shot or dying of cancer or something)
dont blame the guys on irc for not doing more, they arent his babysitters, what if they had called the cops on him, he could have gone to jail for possession of drugs - it was his own choice to take the drugs, his irc friends werent even sure if it was a hoax or not. blame society for not educating him of the dangers properly (obviously), but loads of people die from overdosing every day, whats so special about this guy?

im bored

WhiteWashMan · 20-02-2003 2:52pm

Originally posted by eth0_
he was just some fu<ktard with a big bag o' drugs trying to be cool..

being cool on irc.
oh sweet irony.

well, thats another fúckwit out of the gene pool.
has anyone contacted the darwin awards yet?

Hobbes · 20-02-2003 3:18pm

I don't think the channel is reflective of IRC people in general.

Take IOL for example. (Note: Story was told to me by IOL person so factual or not I don't know

)

On IOL IRC someone just before logging off said something along the lines of "I've had enough I'm ending it all" and logged out. One of the people in the channel thought they meant they were committing suicide, so they contacted the police/IOL and were able to track down who the person was to check up on them. Turned out he meant he had enough of IRC and was going to bed.

The point being there are people out there that take it seriously. All the fuknuts in the channel were probably either stupid beyond compare or didn't realise what was going on.

Kastro · 21-02-2003 12:43am

i dont know why but i wanna see that video.. its not that i like disturbing images.. its just loads of ppl have seen it an im curious to see it.

Big Chief · 21-02-2003 9:11am

i take it you mean the chechynan soldier video?

its really not anything to want to see, its absoloutley foul..

but if you really wanna freak yourself out the name of the video was face of death or summin like that

but i highly advise against watching it if you plan on keeping your stomach intact!

Tusky · 21-02-2003 8:38pm

Originally posted by Lemming
Off topic, but in relation to the above quote, an image is bad enough. I was shown an mpeg clip of some "propoganda" footage of checyan rebels slitting the throat of a young, terrified russian soldier they captured.

The mpeg was only a few seconds long, but I can still picture it now. F*cking sick.

Poor kid was terrified, bound, and lying on the ground and they just plunged a knife into his throat and sawed it open

Something I never, ever want to see again /shudders/. How people can enjoy watching this sh*t I have no idea!

lemming i saw that about 3 days ago...and since i havnt been able to get it outa my head....how i wish i hada been told what it was b4 i clicked it : / really really disturbing.

Lorax · 21-02-2003 8:56pm

I saw that video of the russian officer being executed too..
Its the sickest thing ive ever seen in all my life and the music too just makes it even worse

My god its sick, you might be tempted to download it out of curiousity but DONT.. trust me its not worth it

Mystic Fibrosis · 22-02-2003 12:15am

That chechnyan thing....I dont see why that disturbs people. I mean, I think about that all the time, just like walking down the street and just imagining myself killing everyone. Im not trying to sound "ard" or any of that crap but its something I like to entertain....

Lorax · 22-02-2003 1:06am

Originally posted by Mystic Fibrosis
That chechnyan thing....I dont see why that disturbs people. I mean, I think about that all the time, just like walking down the street and just imagining myself killing everyone. Im not trying to sound "ard" or any of that crap but its something I like to entertain....

Seek help... immediately..

Tusky · 22-02-2003 3:31pm

quote:

Originally posted by Mystic Fibrosis
That chechnyan thing....I dont see why that disturbs people. I mean, I think about that all the time, just like walking down the street and just imagining myself killing everyone. Im not trying to sound "ard" or any of that crap but its something I like to entertain....

quote:

the music too just makes it even worse----

well you have been a bit de-sensitize0rd
...and thats ok...but not understanding why it upsets other people is just rediculous.....

what was the music like? i had my speakers turned off thank god.....

Mad_Patrick · 10-03-2003 4:58pm

As for as the guy who topped himself on the net, I say good, the world is better off without people going into chat rooms threatening to kill themselves. I would have egged him on, teased him into taking more. If there are copy cats, great. The gene pool is that little bit cleaner now. Anyone who wants to cry about it should find someone a little more deserving of sympathy, they're easy to find. The Russian soldier thing is VERY bad, but the most disturbing thing I've seen is the black and white mpeg where this guy in a suit holds a press conference, takes a gun out of a paper bag, puts it in his mouth and pulls the trigger. A close upon his face shows a river of blood running from his nose. Proper fu(ked. The saddest part is that he already mucked up the gene pool by having kids. Its on punchbaby.com somewhere if your curious

Ph3n0m · 12-03-2003 6:34pm

hmmm looks like that guy who killed himself has earned a nomination for the Darwin Awards

Thorbar · 12-03-2003 6:52pm

Hey Mad_patrick hope you never have someone close to you commit suicide but if it did happen you'd change your tune fairly quick.

Anyway its a pity this lad died but all you little gomps coming on saying the world is a better place should really consider pulling your heads out of your arses.

IRC isn't all evil remember reading a story somewhere where a lad was having a heart attack at his computer. He logged into his regular chat room and mashed the keyboard. One of the people there knew where he lived and that he had a heart condition. She rang 911 and saved the lads life.

Dustaz · 13-03-2003 4:08pm

Originally posted by Thorbar
Hey Mad_patrick hope you never have someone close to you commit suicide but if it did happen you'd change your tune fairly quick.

Read the logs, he didnt commit suicide. He killed himself accidentally in a massive show of stupidty and bravado

I TOLD YUO I WAS HADCOER

IRC Suicide

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