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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 5:05PM Haggard said

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Hmm, I was up at that Uni's open day the other week. I should have found this department and just played TF2 with them all day instead.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 5:15PM (Unverified) said

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Awesome

I got all my fire instructor training from Urban Chaos back on PS2...never stand in front of a door when there is smoke coming from underneath unless your wielding a riot shield (Y)
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 5:16PM Paulmichael said

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What? I run through doors engulfed in fire all the damn time.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 5:18PM The MAZZTer said

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Behavior tends to be different when you know you can try something over and over without consequences, than if you only get one try.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 5:21PM Erdie said

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Doesn't involve headcrabs, crowbars, etc? Oh come on, I hope they threw in at least one headcrab for good measure.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 5:26PM anoffday said

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"according to one researcher, "if a door was on fire, they [gamers] would try and run through it, rather than look for a different exit."

Hmm, it must not be too hard to get into Durham.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 6:47PM xxxsam said

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Can't be, I went there...

I wasn't in any fires - however my college did have an accommodation block which (way back in history) actually burned to the ground before it was even opened. Consequently the buildings had been fitted with ridiculously sensitive fire alarms, so we all had to stand outside in our pyjamas at least one day every few weeks after somebody burned toast. In 'we all' I exclude one of my friends who (at least on the night before a test) specifically wore earplugs so that he would be able to sleep through it if the fire alarm went off. Maybe that attitude to fire safety is what this experiment is aimed to prevent. :)

(This is the only post tagged durham-university. Awww.)
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Posted: Feb 9th 2009 3:05AM Haggard said

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"20% of subjects simply turned off the game's sound and ignored it"
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 5:28PM PyrosNine said

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I run through flaming doors because I keep a medkit downstairs and some health drink, which can instantaneously cure all my wounds, including the status ailment of being on fire.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 7:33PM BigD145 said

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I go through life only being able to see my hands and anything in said hands. I'll go through flaming hoops as long as my hands don't touch the sides.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 5:27PM (Unverified) said

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Forget the fire, they're lucky the alarm didn't alert the horde...
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 6:23PM Ninjanun said

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100's of snarling, pizza hungry students charge through the doors
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 7:57PM (Unverified) said

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At least if it did alert the horde, they would all catch on fire trying to get to the people jumping through flaming doors....
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 5:27PM (Unverified) said

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Maybe they didn't realize they only had 125hp and hoped they'd make it to the nearest medpack.

Happens to me an awful lot of time when I try to take on Pyro's as a Scout. Puff! and a dead prick.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 5:36PM ch3burashka said

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But the vidja games and them durn movies they tell me to jump through them doors!
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 5:54PM (Unverified) said

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So where's the damn download?
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 9:41PM anoffday said

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I'd like to try it too. It's gotta be better than Haze.

Ooh snap.

Sorry. But I've been waiting a long time to make a Haze joke.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 6:39PM PoisonedAl said

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and a witness to the fire said: "Muuufff, ufufuuf rrrrrf urf!"
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 9:11PM Bailers77 said

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So grab your axe and let's play some air guitar!
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 6:40PM Sly C said

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"Fire is hot, and it hurts when you touch it."

lies! i run through fire all the time and never feel anything! go grow a pair!
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 6:57PM (Unverified) said

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How can you know if it burns if you don't touch it first? Heh. Heh. Heh. Fire is cool. No, not really.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2009 10:28PM drun said

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Aperture Science
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Posted: Feb 9th 2009 1:11AM Koopaconn said

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Fire = awesome
Running through doors = awesome
Running through flaming doors = awesome squared

It's simple math.
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Posted: Feb 9th 2009 9:03AM Skornogr4phy said

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I don't see any bunny hopping.
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