TECHNO FRIENDS: Reality Behind Blue Whale Challenge You Must Know

Everything you need to know about Blue whale suicide challenge

The Blue Whale Game also called "Blue Whale Challenge", is an Internet "game". The game consists of a series of tasks assigned to players by administrators during a 50 day period, with the final challenge requiring the player to commit suicide.

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Blue Whale began in Russia in 2013 with "F57", one of the names of the so-called "death group" of the VKontakte social network, and allegedly caused its first suicide in 2015. Philipp Budeikin, a former psychology student who was expelled from his university, claimed that he invented the game. Budeikin stated that his purpose was to "clean" the society by pushing to suicide those he deemed as having no value.

The lethal game involves brainwashing vulnerable teenagers over a period of 50 days, urging them to complete tasks from watching horror movies to waking at strange hours, and self harming.

The game is based on the relationship between the challengers (also called players or participants) and the administrators. It involves a series of duties given by the administrators that players must complete, usually one per day, some of which involve self-mutilation. Some tasks can be given in advance, while others can be passed on by the administrators on that day, the last task being suicide.

The list of tasks, to be completed in 50 days, includes waking up at 4:20 A.M., climbing a crane, carving a specific phrase on the person’s own hand or arm, doing secret tasks, poking a needle to the arm or leg, standing on a bridge and roof, listening to music, and watching videos sent to the challengers by the administrator.

On July 19th, Budeikin was sentenced to prison for three years and four months by a Russian court in Tobolsk, Siberia. During his trial, Budeikin claimed he suffered from bipolar disorder which led him to persuade teenage girls to commit suicide, but was found to be sane by the court.

On June 8th, 2017, police arrested 26-year-old Moscow resident Ilya Sidorov under suspicion of being a Blue Whale game administrator. According to Russian authorities, Sidorov confessed to participating in the suicide game on social media and faced charged related to the death of a 13-year-old girl.

As per reports more than 200 deaths (suicides) have been reported which are linked to this Blue whale challenge game. Most of the suicide are from Russia (130+). Most of people committing suicide (linked with Blue whale) are either teen agers or in their early 20s.

Here is a list of tasks assigned to players by the administrators.

Carve a specific phrase on the person’s own hand or arm.
Wake up at 4:20 a.m. and watch a scary video (sent by the curator.)
Make lengthwise cuts on the person’s own arm.
Draw a whale on a piece of paper
Write “yes” on the person’s own leg if ready to be a whale. Otherwise, they should cut themselves multiple times.
Secret task (written in code.)
Scratch (a message) on the person’s own arm.
Write a status online about being a whale.
Overcome a fear.
Get up at 4:20 and go to the roof.
Carve a whale on the person’s own hand.
Watch scary videos all day.
Listen to music the “curator” sends.
Cut your lip.
Poke the person’s own arm/hand with a needle.
Make yourself hurt or sick.
Go to a roof and stand on the edge.
Stand on a bridge.
Climb a crane.
At this step, the “curator” somehow checks to see if the participant is trustworthy.
Talk with a “whale” on Skype.
Sit down on a roof with legs dangling over the edge.
Another job that is in code.
A secret mission
Meet with a “whale.”
The “curator” assigns a date that the person will die.
Visit a railroad.
Do not talk with anyone all day.
Give an oath/vow about being a whale