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Microsoft offers reward for missing Xbox gamer
« on: October 30, 2008, 01:28:29 AM »

Before you ask, this is all 100% true
US software behemoth Microsoft has doubled a cash reward for information on the whereabouts of a Canadian boy who ran away from home after his father took away his Xbox game console, it said Tuesday.

Brandon Crisp, 15, took off on his bicycle from his Barrie, Ontario home on October 13 -- Canada's Thanksgiving holiday -- and rode east along an old rail line.

He has not been seen since.

His father told local media he had removed Brandon's Xbox, built by Microsoft, after noticing changes in behavior since Brandon started playing "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" online.

The boy started skipping school, stealing money and ignoring his studies, his father said.

A local newspaper, the family's Internet service provider and Child Find offered a 25,000-dollar (19,500-dollar US) reward for information leading to his return.

Microsoft topped it up with another 25,000 dollars, the company said Tuesday in an email to AFP, "hoping for his swift return."

"Like everyone, we are deeply worried about the disappearance of Brandon Crisp," the company said.

Exhaustive searches have not turned up a single clue beyond the boy's bicycle, found last week with a flat tire.

Police are said to be examining who Brandon played with online. "Law enforcement has contacted Microsoft about this matter and we are cooperating fully with them," said Microsoft.

On Sunday, 1,600 volunteer searchers packed up their reflective vests and ended their efforts to find him, while police stopped their air and water search.

In an interview with the daily Globe and Mail, the boy's father, Steve Crisp, said he had not known how important the gaming system was to his son and how he would react when it was taken away

Experts commented that gamers may form bonds with fellow online players.

"This had become his identity, and I didn't realize how in-depth this was until I took his Xbox away," Steve Crisp told the Globe and Mail. "That's like cutting his legs off."

"This is such an issue that hits every parent out there, with video games that are starting to control our kids' lives," he said.

"I just took away his identity, so I can understand why he got so mad and took off. Before, I couldn't understand why he was taking off for taking his game away."

Now, Brandon's father says he just wants his son to come home.
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Re: Microsoft offers reward for missing Xbox gamer
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2008, 02:10:59 AM »

........... I know people like that :shock:
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Re: Microsoft offers reward for missing Xbox gamer
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2008, 02:44:45 AM »

Dude I'd do that if someone stole my Computer.
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Re: Microsoft offers reward for missing Xbox gamer
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2008, 02:47:43 AM »

there are a few other articles on brandon crisp on another website that i get some news from.
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« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2008, 03:11:07 AM »

if my friend deale ever got his 360 stolen he would comit scuicide
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Re: Microsoft offers reward for missing Xbox gamer
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2008, 05:22:05 AM »

It's a sad reality, honestly.
Really, I figure most kids are like that because of a lack of parent-child bonding, among other things. :O So the kids turn to games. :|
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« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2008, 05:35:45 AM »

It's a sad reality, honestly.
Really, I figure most kids are like that because of a lack of parent-child bonding, among other things. :O So the kids turn to games. :|
But games are my life <<
Well SL is, I don't function without SL
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Re: Microsoft offers reward for missing Xbox gamer
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2008, 12:13:47 PM »

I like SL and all, and will sometimes put it before somethings but I don't think this would be the result if i wasn't allowed to play. It might bring a tear to my eye though.
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« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2008, 01:35:25 PM »

If I couldnt play SL i'd play madden 09 online on my psp and if my wifi stopped working id get some friends to go play some basketball or something, theirs always something else to do were I live, as long as you dont get yourself shot
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« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2008, 05:31:35 PM »

i wonder where he went
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Re: Microsoft offers reward for missing Xbox gamer
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2008, 09:23:04 PM »

there are a lot of theories with where he went.
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« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2008, 11:09:42 PM »

He isn't at my place....
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« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2008, 11:55:02 PM »

yeah, peopel usually post a link instead of just copying and pasting the whole thing...
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Re: Microsoft offers reward for missing Xbox gamer
« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2008, 09:10:55 PM »

yeah, peopel usually post a link instead of just copying and pasting the whole thing...

it is much easier to do that too.
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Re: Microsoft offers reward for missing Xbox gamer
« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2008, 10:41:52 PM »

there are a lot of theories with where he went.

yeah thats for sure
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