• what are chutzpa?

• Oh look another huntard forgot to take his pet off taunt, then tried to play the hero and feigned death. Move along, nothing to see here.

• very cool tricks !!

• The real question is, why did the WoW player go outside in the first place? I call shenanigans. :p

• Imma have to disagree, moose is quite stringy. The only way i usually eat it is burgers or in a stew.

• I've been attacked by many moose, it's too bad i decided to roll a tank.... The repair costs are brutal in RL. true story, ahh to be an Alaskan.

• Poor sis. Her brother's going to be cashing in this for the rest of his life for favors great and small: "No, please, you take the last cookie. It's not like I SAVED YOU FROM A GODDAMN MOOSE..." "Well, if you don't want to arrange a Bacchanalian orgy for me with all of your hot friends, I suppose you could always SAVE ME FROM A GODDAMN MOOSE." It's a good thing he didn't take his life lessons from LARPing. Although I'd love to see a YouTube video of him charging a moose shouting "Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt!"

• So let's see the tally is now: WOW Lives saved Lives Ruined 2 3,000,000 and counting

• I was just thinking they didn't want to waste column space to explain misdirect mechanics.

• I'm behind just behind you and saying "Yeeeeaahh! Get that moose!"

• Care to go back over your post and highlight the parts for me that show any semblance of humor? And who says shit dick? I just did. Drown in a puddle of aids, yak fucker.

• I'm with Jared. It's fucking old news. There's other shit he could have reported on in its place.

• Agreed, not sure why this story has come out again (first release Dec 6th 2007) but it is so awsome and funny I do not mind. Good job Hans, but your sister should not have pulled aggro ;)

• I think he should try it in shark-infested waters...

• Fucking sister dropped group once the fight started. I'm putting that bitch on my ignore list..

• You mean he didn't skin it and make some Rugged Leather?

• This happened in 2007. I'm not sure why the news outlets are running the story again now as if it's new. I blame lazy journalism. (See a version dated December 07 here: http://www.switched.com/2007/12/10/boy-saves-sister-from-moose-attack-with-skills-learned-in-warcra/ )

• This bothered me as well. Scannershead belongs in FFF posts only. We're geeks, Rob, we don't like change!

• go monty python

• This kid holds aggro better than most tanks ive played w/.

• Technically it is a tag, not a category. Tags basically describe are basically used to describe the post.

• Apparently he didn't learn the first WoW lesson of all: going outside sucks.

• I THOUGHT this was an old story... I remember seeing it a few years ago - I couldn't remember when it was, thanks for finding it.

• Pretty sure those techniques can get you killed if it happens to be a different animal. Oh well, thankfully it wasn't.

• My favorite category.

• Llama llama llama.

• I'm with Brokehart.

• Suuuure, everybody goes for the Monty Python references. But let's also commend the kid for not surrendering to his... "Moosey fate! Moosey fate!" ...his moosey fate.

• ...and right before the moose was going to cast a spell too. Damn kids, always getting in the way of moose mages...

• It was a joke, half-wit. Who says "shit dick" anyway? Is that a reference to the stick up your ass? lighten up.

• At least this kid chose the right skill. On the other news, LEEEROOOOOOOOO-AUGH!(gets zerg rushed)

• You know, when I enter battle some day, I think that's the approach I'll take: - I'll shout my own name, really loud, and run head-first into danger while a crowd of other people runs in behind me yelling "No! goddamnit! No!!!!"

• I thought WoW ruined lives not save them. It certainly ruined my roommate's.

• Actually hunters DO have a taunt, it's called distracting shot, and our pets have growl, which is a taunt as well.

• Your post was fucking retarded. Good try, though. "Guy should waste his time doing x instead of y." Shit dick.

• this...this is a sign from the heavens! the nerd gods have spoken! Hans Jorgen Olsen is indeed the once and future king...of nerds!! XD somebody give this lil guy his fucking power glove so he can rule nerddom FOREVER!!

• I only clicked this headline for the inevitable Monty Python jokes. I was not disappointed.

• Beating off won't fend off a moose

• Ahhhh! Makes me proud being a norwegian nerd. :)

• This kid is epic! I hope he gets free WoW for the rest of his life! Also, is anyone else besides me planning on using this story as an excuse to play more games?

• ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE, NOOOOOOO

• I'm with Darth.

• Even if they don't, if you have a Hunter and a Paladin--or hell, one of every class--then you know the various casts you can use. I promise you "I'm not a Hunter" did NOT cross this little Viking's mind when he decided to piss off a futhermucking moose.

• hahaha it works for me when it's unexpected and i simply scroll down and POW! hahahaha take it easy man :)

• Moose. It's what's for dinner.

• It's funny how people who spend so much time playing these MMO's seem so desperate to justify the hours played that stuff like this becomes widely reiterated news. Provoking and playing dead aren't anything new. They did it in Jurassic Park. It's too bad that kid isn't seeing good movies like that instead of spending all his time farming or whatever. Don't get me wrong. MMO's are cool. But it's not cool if it rules all your time. And you learn basic concepts of life "in-game" instead of learning how to handle dangerous animals from movies and cartoons like you're supposed to.

• Moose is, in fact, delicious. In fact, I'm having some for dinner tonight.

• Who gives a shit?

• Got bitten by a moose and turned into moose man?

• That's funny because I HATE it when he uses it. It's overused and unfunny. Seriously, enough.

• This story is from 2007, FYI. http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2007/12/boy-survives-mo/

• The person who left that comment about the previous sacking has been sacked.

• I believe some hunter's pets do. I could be wrong. It's been a while

• He could have used Distracting Shot, though!

• The people responsible for the previous sacking, have just been sacked.

• Rob, i love it when you use the head.exploding pic.

• Don't forget the Mexican fiesta music and flashy background

• That kid is so very awesome.

• I can see it now: Moose and Squirrel FFF...

• That has to be one of the most epic stories I've ever read. I hope that kid grows up to get a ton of poon in Valhalla. I saw a moose once, I swear to god I thought it was a bigfootsman.

• and some say no one learns any thing from online games looks like the boy proved that saying wrong. and his sister will forever be in the kids debt.

• So very, very old. Seriously though. Old.

• RAD!!!

• That article is possibly the greatest thing I've ever read. Seriously he is such a massive nerd that it saved his life.

• Good to see Rob continues to neglect to do any sort of research or fact checking before posting. This article is 3 years old, as he would have noticed if he'd skimmed over the comments on the source article.

• Pretty sure I read about this about 2 1/2 years ago, but regardless its still cool.

• Should have bubble hearthed.

• More proof that all people should be required by law to play video games.

• You know you're addicted to WoW when your first reaction is "Hey! That's impossible! Taunt is for warriors and Feign Death is for hunters. You can't do both under one class!"

• Mind you, moose bites can be pretti nasti

• Reminds me of that line from the movie Broken Arrow: "What's scarier, losing nuclear weapons, or the fact that it happens so often there's actually a term for it>"

• I would have tried casting Spire, if I was with the right friend. Moose(s) hate lightning.

• In Soviet Russia, moose fuck you.

• Holy crap that's impressive. I'm not sure most people realize how massive a moose is; they just think 'cow with antlers'. I encountered both a moose with its calf and a black bear while walking to school when I was 12. (On separate occasions.) The moose was scarier.

• Oh Next Nature... SHAME ON YOU! http://www.switched.com/2007/12/10/boy-saves-sister-from-moose-attack-with-skills-learned-in-warcra/

• =="Hans Jørgen Olsen, a 12-year-old Norwegian boy, saved himself and his sister from a moose attack using skills he picked up playing the online role playing game World of Warcraft."== Did he press up arrow, up arrow, right, left, right, A,A,D,B, left joystick? That always works for me.

• He should've tried to cast fireball instead. Then not only would the Moose problem been taken care of, they also would've had great Moose-Steak. Eh?

• Rob's head should only explode through Fan Fic on Friday. This might be a sign of the apocalypse or the next step in evolution.

• Pfft, look at him. Nothing worse than some cloth wearing kid trying to tank. Okay all joking aside, that kid has more chutzpa than I do, if anyone I know was getting attacked by a moose I'd probably just start getting used to the term "Moose related death."

• Unless it's in a fan fiction.

• this is really old news, but still awesome.

• "World of Warcraft - Essential for Survival" (Offer only applies in the tundra of Norway.)

• Hunters dont get Taunt

• This kid has balls for sure. You do NOT fuck with a moose.

• HAR!™

• This is the greatest headline for anything I've ever seen. Hans - you're a hero!

• Dang it, you beat me to it. Well, I hope he said "Now go away or i will taunt you a second time!" at least.

• ahh. . . a Monty Python reference. : ) That is one of the many reasons i come to this site. (this is a reply to jsternbe's post) p.s. the posting system on TR sucks. let us create a permanent account already!!!!

• On a sad note, the moose goes on to gore another WoW fanatic who ran at the moose shouting 'LEEROY JENKINS!' The moose then stole the man's chicken."

• The previous commenter has been sacked.

• More power to the kid. He saved his and his sisters life.

• my thoughts exactly.

• Because someone has to and it might as well be me.... 'A Møøse once bit my sister ... No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink".'

• Seriously, you have a category called "Moose Attacks"? omg, I love you.

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