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    Default Evony Saves Lives!

    I just wanted to pass on this heart-warming story about a man who was saved from a fire by Evony.

    Here is the full article by Meghann Cuniff

    Smoke from a flaming toaster filled his living room quickly, but Robert "Bob" Chambers couldn't call for help.

    Muscular dystrophy limits his movement, and the 51-year-old Spokane man's phone was too far out of reach.

    So he turned to the chat room in an online computer game he accesses through Facebook.

    "Help me," he recalled typing using a specialized computer mouse and on-screen keyboard. "My house is on fire and I can't get out."

    Players in Indiana and Texas called authorities, and Spokane firefighters soon carried him to safety.

    "I did what I tell everyone not to do, and that's put your address on the Internet," Chambers said on Wednesday.

    Now, as Spokane fire officials marvel over an unusual case with a happy ending, Chambers' wife, Patricia "Pat" Ducham, is having second thoughts about a game she once despised.

    "I hated this game because he doesn't pay attention to me or anything else in the house," Ducham said of Evony, a medieval-themed strategy game. "Now I've got to bite my tongue because it saved his life quite possibly."

    Assistant Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said the blaze, which was contained to the toaster, could have grown more dangerous had crews not been notified when they were.

    "It definitely is a bizarre case, but it shows the benefits of technology for sure," Schaeffer said.

    The fire sparked Tuesday morning when Ducham was taking her grandchildren to school.

    A pastry left to toast became stuck, and smoke filled the kitchen and adjacent living room, where Chambers was on the couch.

    Chambers messaged his friends in the Evony chat room just after 8:35 a.m. Fire crews arrived at the home at 8:45 a.m., Schaeffer said.

    A woman in Indiana had called her local 911 operator, who transferred her to Spokane County dispatchers. Another player in East Texas called 509-911 and spoke with Spokane authorities.

    A skeptical 911 employee called Spokane fire dispatchers but wasn't sure if she should believe the report.

    "My caller is actually in Indiana and was playing online and someone posted that he was disabled and his stove was on fire and he couldn't get out, and that's all we know," she said, according to a recording released by the fire department.

    Lucky for Chambers, fire crews took the call seriously.

    "I could be in the hospital recovering from smoke inhalation right now," Chambers said. Or worse.

    Instead, he's catching up with friends around the globe in the medieval fantasy world that may have just saved his reality.

    "Obviously it was a close call for him," Schaeffer said. "He fortunately was creative enough to use the tools that he had to ask for help."

    Last edited by Dawnseeker; 01-24-2011 at 03:18 AM.
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    Holy crap!

    Go go Evony!
    Savin' lives.
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    i started to read this and agree with everything rota says. if people just listened to him the forums would be a better place.
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    Rota is correct.

    I don't even understand the question.

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    Really good news. Good to know that Evony players had a role in saving this mans life. Even better yet, his wife now cuts him slack for being online playing Evony. And that is the true win here...

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    Nice article!!! People sometimes complain that Evoholics have no life...This obviously proved otherwise. LOL

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    hahahahahahahaha

    OK, I actually know a near immobile guy that played until very recently, can't say it didn't help him a LOT to keep his mind sharp. Yayy for when it does help

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    Those two players that called Spokane 911 are heros.

    I think Evony should find out their lord names and add two new Historic heros to Age 2.
    Quote Originally Posted by Lazzzzzzzzalicious! View Post
    i started to read this and agree with everything rota says. if people just listened to him the forums would be a better place.
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    I don't even understand the question.

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    That's great. Those players are heroes.
    See.. sometimes this game is actually good for something!



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    Quote Originally Posted by Rota View Post
    Those two players that called Spokane 911 are heros.

    I think Evony should find out their lord names and add two new Historic heros to Age 2.
    I also think the players who called 911 and helped the man deserve a reward for helping others. Evony, hook those players up with some cool stuff....
    Last edited by japanpimp; 01-24-2011 at 08:50 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ardee View Post
    I second the motion!!! plus rep!!!


    Edit: wait a minute, thats age2? I have no clue what you talking about then! can I take the red rep back?
    Making a Historic Hero with their name would mean they would be immortalized with a Hero on EVERY Age 2 server in existence, and every Age 2 server yet to come. Age 1 does not have heros with fixed names, so it would be pointless there. I suppose they could simply add their first names into the random name generator for Age 1 heros.

    Quote Originally Posted by japanpimp View Post
    I also think the players who called 911 and helped the man deserve a reward for helping others. Evony, hook those players up with some cool stuff....
    I agree. I PM'd Dawn with my suggested reward. I did not want to post the idea publicly, because that could lead to people making up stories like this to get "rewards." That is a road we don't want to go down.
    Last edited by acer5200; 01-24-2011 at 10:39 AM.
    Quote Originally Posted by Lazzzzzzzzalicious! View Post
    i started to read this and agree with everything rota says. if people just listened to him the forums would be a better place.
    Quote Originally Posted by Dawnseeker View Post
    Rota is correct.

    I don't even understand the question.

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    Quote Originally Posted by japanpimp View Post
    I also think the players who called 911 and helped the man deserve a reward for helping others. Evony, hook those players up with some cool stuff....
    Agreed reward em for their commendable deed!
    Last edited by acer5200; 01-24-2011 at 10:40 AM.

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