Chinese gamer survives knife through skull A Chinese gamer's net cafe Counter Strike session ended under the surgeon's knife when youths stabbed him in the skull with a 14-cm blade. X-ray of gamer with knife in skull Xiao Wei, 17, of Mishazi, Jilin province, was apparently accused of using a “wallhack”, allowing him to see the opposition through walls. He and chum …
IANANS but it does seem plausible, your frontal cortex isn't essential for living.
Chances are the boy will have an altered personality as well a possibly be blind or something like that.
A guy survived a 2'' bolt through the skull before (while placing explosives in a mine), and he apparently has some scruples removed from his personality in the process.. i dread to think what this guy will turn out be like, he was a cheater to begin with!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage
This guy will probably be fine, except he'll be awful at sports for the rest of his life, then again he was already playing CS so he's probably already awful at sports, no great loss really.
Skulls and Knives? Fairly obvious really...
for noting the discrepancies in the various other news reports, and china's suspect motives regarding games and the internet possibly being at work.
I know why he isn't dead. He got the kevlar + helmet armour, it helps protect you from headshots.
those guys did a shoddy job if they only hit his mate once, and in the arm at that.
you don't win the round till all the CT's are dead.
bet they are kicking themselves now that their score hasn't gone up....
"the surgeon estimated the chances of Wei surviving such an injury were "one in ten thousand""
I love media statistics. Did he mean there is a one in ten thousand chance of stabbing someone in the head and missing all the arteries and motor control areas, or did he mean there is a one in ten thousand chance of surviving once someone's put a knife is in that particular position in your head?
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