A gamer from Lebanon said that thanks to Dota 2, he managed to avoid serious injuries from the explosion and the shock wave that recently destroyed half of Beirut. Shortly before the incident, he left the common room in a distant room to play with friends, and after a few minutes part of his apartment turned into ruins. The gamer shared this story on reddit.
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“It was 6:10 pm local time when I played Dota 2 with my friends. Suddenly I felt a small earthquake that got stronger and stronger every second. I quickly quit the game, got up from the computer and wanted to go see what happened, when suddenly there was an explosion. It was the loudest thing I have ever heard in my life. When I got out of the room, the entire living room was completely destroyed, with shards of glass and broken window frames scattered everywhere. If at the moment of the explosion I had not been playing Dota 2, but, as usual, was resting on the sofa in the living room, then, most likely, I would have received very serious injuries. “
According to the player, immediately after the explosion, he called his relatives and friends. When he was convinced that everything was all right with them, he remembered about the match in Dota 2.
“I immediately called my parents and the girl. Thank God they were all alive. After about ten minutes, I remembered playing Dota 2 with my friends from Lebanon. Then I went back to my computer (it’s a miracle it worked at all) and reopened the game. To my surprise, she was paused all this time. My teammates, who live in another city, asked the opponents to wait. I just made sure that everything was fine with my friends, but at that moment I couldn’t even hold the mouse in my hand, because I was shaking everything. This is the worst thing that happened to me. “
On August 4, a powerful explosion occurred in the port of Beirut. According to preliminary data, a warehouse exploded where 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate (ammonium nitrate) were stored. The blast and shockwave killed at least 135 people and injured about 5,000. The explosion, the power of which could reach three kilotons in TNT equivalent, affected about half of the city’s territory.
