In New Russian Chat Roulette, One In Every Six Users Shoots You In The Face

Story by Jacob Zlomke 

| Published Mar 9, 2010

In efforts to expand on the growing internet sensation, the creators of Chat Roulette are launching a spinoff Web site next week called Russian Chat Roulette.
Chat Roulette, a site where one user video chats with another randomly selected user, began gaining popularity a few weeks ago after its launch and has now become known as a place to see penises and girls too young for anything but the Internet.
Andrey Ternovsky, a Russian student and creator of Chat Roulette, announced the reasoning behind his idea for Russian Chat Roulette.
“RCR will add an element of tension and surprise to the Chat Roulette model,” Ternovsky said. “For instance, let’s say one cycles through six users. The first is a big dick, the second is a picture, the third is a girl that passes you right away, the fourth is some old guy from Spain, and then you know that either the fifth or sixth is going to shoot you in the face. It’s a risk that I believe Internet users are excited to take.”
Ternovsky said he enjoyed creating the model. He said he missed the games of Russian Roulette he and his friends used to play. Tragically, most of his friends died fairly early in his life.