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My friend took a baseball bat and smashed the tv after the ending of episode 5

DatDudeDatDude
edited December 2012 in The Walking Dead
It was insane.

I let him borrow my copy of the game, and he invited me to to his house to see him play the final episode. I knew he would probably get emotional since I saw how attatched he was to the characters and whatnot..I honestly did not expect though for him to react the way that he reacted.

When he saw that lee died, and saw the credits roll, he literally took this toy wooden baseball bat and literally swung with all of his power and smashed the tv to bits. Screwed him up emotionally, insane.

Congrats telltale? :o

Comments

  • thestalkingheadthestalkinghead
    edited December 2012
    LOL I'm gonna take a wild guess and say he was to young to play the game
  • DatDudeDatDude
    edited December 2012
    thestalkinghead wrote: »
    LOL I'm gonna take a wild guess and say he was to young to play the game

    Nah, he's 28. Lives with his parents. He has some type of mental disability, I believe it's called aspergers syndrome? He acts a bit eccentric sometimes, and has a short fuse in terms of emotion. I guess he just snapped
  • thestalkingheadthestalkinghead
    edited December 2012
    DatDude wrote: »
    Nah, he's 28. Lives with his parents. He has some type of mental disability, I believe it's called aspergers syndrome? He acts a bit eccentric sometimes, and has a short fuse in terms of emotion. I guess he just snapped

    oh :(
  • HiggsBoson2142HiggsBoson2142
    edited December 2012
    I knew a guy with aspergers. He basically played shooting games and Hitman. Sooo, I probably wouldn't let a person like them play the Walking Dead (Since they can get really emotional.). But thanks for warning us!
  • MuffinMansBroMuffinMansBro
    edited December 2012
    I see a lot of things like this and I question the decision of whoever it was that labeled me with aspergers, (I don't remember, it was a long time ago) because while I AM weird (I guess) and pretty anti-social, I certainly don't do things like bust a tv over a videogame...
  • GhositexGhositex
    edited December 2012
    Yeah, we used to have this classmate with asperger syndrome, until seventh grade. He was a nice guy, but he never smashed a TV.. Not that I know, at least.
  • TyrantTyrant
    edited December 2012
    Pics or it didn't happen.
  • MoggyoxysMoggyoxys
    edited December 2012
    Was he trying to imitate Clementine or something? Also, people react to events in their own ways I guess.
  • GhositexGhositex
    edited December 2012
    Moggyoxys wrote: »
    Was he trying to imitate Clementine or something? Also, people react to events in their own ways I guess.

    As far as I remember, people with Asperger syndrome tend to create strong emotional bounds with some objects: OP's friend seems to have done this with the game
  • AnnaSanAnnaSan
    edited December 2012
    Tyrant wrote: »
    Pics or it didn't happen.

    I was about to say that xD
  • dankirkdankirk
    edited December 2012
    Ghositex wrote: »
    As far as I remember, people with Asperger syndrome tend to create strong emotional bounds with some objects: OP's friend seems to have done this with the game

    Too bad he didn't bond with his TV...
  • G.RossG.Ross Telltale Alumni
    edited December 2012
    Tyrant wrote: »
    Pics or it didn't happen.

    Yep. Pics please.
  • IAmTheLastOmegaManOnEarthIAmTheLastOmegaManOnEarth
    edited October 2013
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  • TextbookTextbook
    edited December 2012
    Story feels false to me.
  • Eric NorthmanEric Northman
    edited December 2012
    DatDude wrote: »
    It was insane.

    I let him borrow my copy of the game, and he invited me to to his house to see him play the final episode. I knew he would probably get emotional since I saw how attatched he was to the characters and whatnot..I honestly did not expect though for him to react the way that he reacted.

    When he saw that lee died, and saw the credits roll, he literally took this toy wooden baseball bat and literally swung with all of his power and smashed the tv to bits. Screwed him up emotionally, insane.

    Congrats telltale? :o

    Your friend has issues with anger control. If you argue with him I'd suggest doing it over the phone.
  • Eric NorthmanEric Northman
    edited December 2012
    DatDude wrote: »
    Nah, he's 28. Lives with his parents. He has some type of mental disability, I believe it's called aspergers syndrome? He acts a bit eccentric sometimes, and has a short fuse in terms of emotion. I guess he just snapped

    This was not the game for him I'm thinking.
  • DatDudeDatDude
    edited December 2012
    Textbook wrote: »
    Story feels false to me.

    Well, I wouldn't have a reason to bs. Just thought it was quite surreal...I mean, I saw alot of videos of people breaking down crying over the ending on youtube, I thought for sure he would cry or be emotional to some extent, I just didn't expect him to react the way he did. lol.

    As for pictures, I would love to post them... except for the fact I didn't take any... and, to be quite honest, I feel like I would be invading his privacy anyway's by making him look like some freak show by parading his smashed tv on the internet:(
  • QuarterPounderVladQuarterPounderVlad
    edited December 2012
    Too bad you didn't take pics.
    Too bad for your friend though.. Assburgers can be a bitch.
  • Mr. StandardsMr. Standards Former Telltale Staff
    edited December 2012
    G.Ross wrote: »
    Yep. Pics please.
    You would ask for pictures wouldn't you... ; )

    I guess I'll help then. Was it a CRT? What size?
  • IyrsiieaIyrsiiea
    edited December 2012
    I have Asperger's Syndrome. I've never smashed a TV, but I do get rather emotional over things most people don't and overreact to things other people are a bit upset about. It's not necessarily a behavioral disorder, but a social one in that it can be hard to understand and conform to social norms in terms of communication and 'proper' reactions to things.
  • plaqueconspiracyplaqueconspiracy
    edited December 2012
    Iyrsiiea wrote: »
    I have Asperger's Syndrome. I've never smashed a TV, but I do get rather emotional over things most people don't and overreact to things other people are a bit upset about. It's not necessarily a behavioral disorder, but a social one in that it can be hard to understand and conform to social norms in terms of communication and 'proper' reactions to things.

    That doesn't sound like a disorder. That just sounds like every tumblr user ever. Every computer-era teenager ever.

    Come to think about it... I probably have Asperger's. And a lot of people I know and see sometimes probably do also.
  • DatDudeDatDude
    edited December 2012
    so my friend who has aspergers syndrome..who went on an angry trip, concerns me now after the school shooting thing.

    I know it was confirmed that the shooter had aspergers, i pray to god my friend never becomes like him.
  • Eric NorthmanEric Northman
    edited December 2012
    DatDude wrote: »
    so my friend who has aspergers syndrome..who went on an angry trip, concerns me now after the school shooting thing.

    I know it was confirmed that the shooter had aspergers, i pray to god my friend never becomes like him.

    He has the capacity for overblown emotional reactions and extremely violent irrational actions with little to no provocation, apparently. Honestly, if this kids parents aren't trying to get him help, then maybe you should. Who knows if he is capable of murdering innocent people, I'd rather not find out the hard way.
  • dustpuffsdustpuffs
    edited December 2012
    Does he only show aggression toward inanimate objects, or does he do this toward people too? Because I know someone with Aspergers who screamed and threw his calculator on the floor and stomped it to pieces when it didn't work properly, yet he is very kind and empathetic toward people, and I wouldn't worry about him being violent with others at all. There is so much about these things that people don't understand yet, and they try to lump everyone with a syndrome into one category, when they may be very different individuals.
  • TypicaldavidTypicaldavid
    edited December 2012
    hey yall, lets not talk about this, shall we? I think your friend would like to keep his own privacy about it and talking about him on a forum with strangers isnt really the best thing to do.. we all know what happened at conneticut was a tragedy, and we hope for the best for your friend, but its just not appropriate to talk about it on here.
  • Eric NorthmanEric Northman
    edited December 2012
    Typicaldavid wrote: »
    hey yall, lets not talk about this, shall we? I think your friend would like to keep his own privacy about it and talking about him on a forum with strangers isnt really the best thing to do.. we all know what happened at conneticut was a tragedy, and we hope for the best for your friend, but its just not appropriate to talk about it on here.

    There is no harm in discussing it here. Nobody knows his identity, so his privacy isn't compromised.
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