A German gamer has been found guilty of assault after spiking his girlfriend’s drink with Rohypnol. The 23 year-old put “four or five drops” of the tranquiliser “into her tea” so that he could continue a gaming session with a friend. She had just arrived home from a long shift at work, and, after drinking the tea, slept from 10pm until midday the next day, thus giving the dedicated gamer more than enough time to complete his marathon session.
But such was the strength of the dosage that even the next day, on her drive to work, the woman was still drowsy. Fining the gamer €500, the judge said, “Your girlfriend slept long and deeply, which didn’t harm her, but this is certainly a premeditated bodily harm.” He can count himself lucky that her altered state didn’t lead to a road traffic accident, or else his sentencing would have been far more severe.
In his defence the accused stated that he informed his girlfriend of his actions the following day. This wasn’t enough to save their relationship however and the couple broke up shortly after. Of his crime the gamer admitted, ““It was stupid, but now I’m on a straight path.”
Rohypnol is of course more commonly known as a date-rape drug. It has gained notoriety due to a number of cases involving disingenuous men and their unsuspecting victims. As such, it’s not really the kind of thing you keep lying around in your bathroom cabinet in case of emergencies. Which begs the question: what was our intrepid gamer doing with the drug in the first place?
Had he purposely got a prescription to thwart his girlfriend’s attempts to watch the German equivalent of Coronation Street? That seems extreme, but we’ve all had better-halves who just don’t understand our gaming obsession haven’t we? And if you haven’t got a man-cave/chick-pit, and have to share a TV with a non-gaming partner, it can get very frustrating.
I’m not suggesting you follow our German friend’s lead; Rohypnol is an incredibly dangerous drug and should only be used as prescribed by your doctor. But a little drop of whiskey in her/his herbal tea? A few Nytols in their water? I don’t see why not. After all, that last level of Arkham Night isn’t going to complete itself.
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