Wii Have A Problem.

[OZZYGT]

Awesome, I should try that sometime.




Ciao!

 

[Wolfe]

Spam much?

Anyway, I haven't heard much about any of this crap anymore -- does anyone know if any of the lawsuits went anywhere?

 

[Touring Mars]

Has the Wii claimed it's first victim? What would you do for a Wii? (or a 'W 2' as I heard someone calling it the other day...)

 

[a6m5]

Has the Wii claimed it's first victim? What would you do for a Wii? (or a 'W 2' as I heard someone calling it the other day...)

Jeez louise, this is sad. I can't belive three kids lost their mother over a friggin video game console. Amazing.

 

[V1P3R]

She should've known better and the radio station should be charged with murder.

Idiots all around...

 

[a6m5]

"Hold Your Wee for a Wii"? If it wasn't for the water intoxication, someone's bladder could have exploded. And yes, contestants should've known better.

 

[Touring Mars]

Seems a bit pointless to tell the contestants to stop if they think they'd be putting the health at risk since how many people even know that water intoxication can happen? The organisers should have done their homework and told people that drinking large quantities of water can kill you - but that would have ruined their contest.

 

[rotary_freq]

Turns out that station might be getting shut down, pretty much the entire staff was fired.

I watch CNN at work.

 

[V1P3R]

That's all? That's sad...

 

[rotary_freq]

Well she signed a release, she they're kinda safe, but from what I understood they never mentioned anything about possible loss of life on the form. To think she was doing it for her kids...

They played some voice clips from teh radio show she was on, she was so sick at one point she sounded drunk.

Here, picked this up

On January 12, 2007, Jennifer Strange, a 28-year-old woman from Rancho Cordova, California, was found dead in her home by her mother hours after trying to win a game console in KDND 107.9 "The End" radio station's "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest, which involved drinking large quantities of water without urinating. Every 15 minutes contestants were given a bottle of water to drink. It was reported that original amounts were very small (250 mL, 8 fl. oz.) and the bottle size increased as contestants progressed. On January 15 the radio station suspended the show, and the following day John Geary, vice president and general manager of KDND's parent company, Entercom/Sacramento, fired the three hosts of KDND-FM's "Morning Rave" (Trish, Maney, and Lukas) and seven other employees, two of which were the On-Air personalities "Carter" and "Fester". The "Morning Rave" had been on the air for about five years and was one of the capital's top-ranked morning drive programs. In all, according to witness reports, Strange may have drunk nearly two gallons. Afterward, she appeared ill when she went on the air, one contestant said. Following the contest, Strange called in sick to work. About five hours later she was found dead at her home. In the studio, Ybarra said Strange showed fellow contestants photographs of her two sons and daughter, for whom she was hoping to win the Wii. The game console retails for about $250. Gina Sherrod, who competed with Strange in the contest, said her family listened to the radio show, and told her that a nurse was on air warning that drinking too much water is dangerous. Sherrod said a DJ rebuffed the nurse, saying the contestants signed waivers, however it was later reported these waivers addressed only publicity issues and did not mention health or safety concerns. Sherrod said she had no idea what risk she had taken until she saw news of Strange's death.

Link to wiki's entry on water intoxication

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

Losing their jobs may be the least of their worries, as well as the Radio Station itself:

Jennifer Strange, mother of three, died after participating in 107.9 KDND’s Morning Rave “Hold Your Wii For A Wii” contest. The cause of death was water intoxication; she is believed to have drank up to two gallons of water without urinating in order to win a Nintendo Wii.

Law enforcement is now investigation to see if any laws were broken. From KCRA.com:

“The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office are launching an investigation in the death of Jennifer Strange, who was found dead in her home after taking part in a radio station water-drinking contest.”

It would appear that the radio hosts were fully aware of the dangers of the Nintendo Wii contest, but did not seem to care about a possible serious outcome.

From a transcript of the show:

Listener: “I want to say that those people drinking all that water can get sick and die from water intoxication.”

DJ: “Yeah, we’re aware of that.”

DJ: “Yeah, they signed releases so, we’re not responsible, it’s OK. (laughter) If they get to the point where they have to throw up, then they’re going to throw up and then they’re out of the contest before they die, so that’s good, right?”

On Tuesday, KDND’s parent company, Entercom/Sacramento, fired 10 employees connected to the contest, including three morning disc jockeys. Additionally, the company took the morning show off the air completely.

California laws are rather weak in regards to recognizing the validity of signed waivers. There have been several high profile cases out of the California courts where defendants had so-called rock-solid waivers, that were disregarded by the courts.

I'm not normally a supporter of personal injury law suits, but the fact that they admitted to knowing the risk, didn't provide medical assistance, and she would not have died had she received medical attention, then I guess I hope they throw the book at them.

It is terribly tragic that someone would lose their life over a game console, especially as it could have been easily prevented had those holding the contest provided for medical supervision and insisted that all participants get checked by medical personnel after the contest.

 

[a6m5]

That call of warning to the radiostation was being played on TV shows yesterday. It truly made me sick. As noted in the previous posts, caller warned the radio personalities, and they just laughed it off, basically claiming that they wouldn't be held responsible for any deaths, so they didn't care.

 

[Wolfe]

I'm not normally a supporter of personal injury law suits, but the fact that they admitted to knowing the risk, didn't provide medical assistance, and she would not have died had she received medical attention, then I guess I hope they throw the book at them.

I had the same exact thought. I say they should go ahead and sue the 🤬 out of 'em.

 

[V1P3R]

The news played some of their live recordings during the contest. They sounded and acted like typical rap dj idiots.

:flings hair and laughs: Like OMG... maybe we should've researched this before.

 

[bennyrrr]

I live in Nor Cal where that happened, and its on the news everywhere. They just wont stop with it.

 

[JordanKnight]

I have a Wii and if you wear the wrist strap safetly there is no trouble caused at all, just shows how lazy people can be.

 

[Skid Mark 33]

I think they should have could that website ''Huston, Wii have a problem''!

 

[Robin]

I love Wii have a problem! hahaha

Me and the Sixaxis nearly parted company with a swing on the MLB demo! Atleast it has more edges to grip...

On another totally unrelated note...

I wonder how long it will be before a rap song mention the Wii in the lyrics... you can tell that its going to be inevitable... its the perfect rhyme linking word!

Robin