World of Warcraft suicides

There have been many suicides linked to gamers who became addicted to the MMORPG World of Warcraft.

Notable Instances

 * 1) On December 27, 2004, 13-year-old Chinese gamer Xiao Yi left a suicide note saying that he wanted to “be reunited with his fellow gamers in the afterlife.” Yi then threw himself off the roof of a twenty four-story tower block in Tianjin after playing World of Warcraft for 36 hours straight. His parents later sued the Chinese distributors of the game for $12,500.
 * 2) A 38-year-old man also committed suicide because of his game addiction. He died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head on October 14, 2013, after he had run out of savings and was facing eviction from his $350 per month apartment.
 * 3) Another addicted player committed suicide because he was banned from the game's servers, which drove him over the edge. He even messaged World of Warcraft's developers Blizzard Entertainment, threatening to commit suicide if the ban was not removed.