Has anyone had their screen on a macbook pro shut off randomly?

Hey,
Recently I have encountered a problem on my MBP (mid 2010).  So, I know that a computer can only operate in a high temperature for so long.  I understand that. 
I play WOW a lot.  I know for a fact that my computer's temperature goes from a normal temperature range of around 35 Celsius to about 45 to a higher temperature range of 55 to at its highest 80 Celsius. 
I use smcfancontrol and I keep my MBP on top of a cooling fan. The cooling fan I use is Antec Unbeatable Notebook Cooler 200. I like this cooling fan. The numbers above were estimated off of smcfancontrol’s interface.  
Yesterday, after I stop playing WOW, my screen goes black complete randomly.  I was using my computer immediately before this screen went black, so the screen should not have shut off from inactivity to sleep.  My computer has full battery life and was on charge.  I also know that my computer’s battery is about 90% health based on istat nano widget. 
I previously had a PC laptop that had its monitor shut off and never come back, so that’s why I bought my current MBP.  I was selling my PC lapto for its parts.  But I accidently found that the computer screen still worked probably because a wire wiggled the out of place.  But MBP are more integrated with the hardware than a PC laptop is. 
Has anyone else have this happen to them or has something similar happened?

If a SMC reset does not help, make an appointment at an Apple store genius bar for a free evaluation.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
Ciao.

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