Truth Behind The Picture Of Boy Played Counter-Strike While Being Duct-Taped To The Ceiling

You may have seen this picture before. It was the time when people used beige towers CRT monitors and everyone appears to be in a basement for a LAN party. What is so special about this picture is that a man is duct-taped to the ceiling with his arms reaching for the PC.

This picture is an early meme and a legend with the name the Duct-Tape Gamer. For the last 15 years, many have wondered the story behind this iconic picture and whether he could still play when being stuck to the ceiling.

And with the documentary Internet Legends: Duct-Taped Gamer, we will finally have his side of the story.

The man in the duct-tape cocoon was Drew Purvis. When the picture was taken, he was a student attending Mason High School in Michigan, the U.S. he and his friends used to gather in that basement for LAN parties at weekends.

If the term LAN party confuses you, here is what it means. People at that time wire their computers together to create a LAN and then play competitive multiplayer games. The incident happens on the 29^th of March. 2003.

According to Tyler Knowles, the filmmaker, everyone in the basement was playing different games, like Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars, Alien Vs. Predator, and Counter-Strike: Half-Life. Eventually, people got bored and someone suggested that they should duct tape someone to the ceiling just for fun. Drew was the volunteer to be stuck to the ceiling that day.

In an interview, Purvis told Knowles that he would try anything at least once, or twice. So according to him, everything was not intentional or they ran out of space. They did not expect the picture to be an Internet sensation.

There was a very tall boy in the lot so there was no trouble sticking duct-tape to the ceiling and create a cocoon.

The endeavor did take the boys a few tries. The first cocoon was far from comfortable and it could not hold the weight of Purvis. They solved the problem by going to a hardware store to buy more duct tapes and line the cocoon with pillows.

Gaming when being dangled from the ceiling was an afterthought. With some help from friends, Purvis was able to reach his PC to play Counter-Strike: Half Life.

The photo made it to the Internet soon after the party ended. The gaming community has embraced the picture and anyone who gamed before the ear of the high-speed Internet can relate.

The documentary is still in development but Knowles has edited the videos he had. There are some more interviews to do and Knowles said that he would share it for free and perhaps bring it to some film festivals.

The documentary is expected to bring some nostalgia for LAN parties, pranks, beige towers, and CRT monitors. It could clear some misconnects and answer some questions users on the internet may have about the iconic picture.

For the first time, Purvis the gamer appears in a documentary film about the incident that happens 17 years ago and also the first time the public can see the face of the Duct-Taped Gamer.

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