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Post: Yet another life taken from gaming
04-29-2010, 05:57 PM #1
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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); According to the BBC, Chinese online gamers Qiu Chengwei and Zhu Caoyuan were both involved in the online game Legend of Mir 3. Chengwei apparently won a virtual sword (be clear here, folks, this is nothing more than data on the Internet, not a real sword!), and then loaned ‘it’ (presumably the rights to it, or to ‘use’ it) to Caoyuan. Caoyuan then sold ‘it’ to someone for the equivalent of 473 British pounds (approximately $861 USD).

Chengwei was so incensed when he learned that Caoyuan had sold his… again, let’s be clear here … data bits, that Chengwei rushed over to Caoyuan’s home, and stabbed him with “great force”, killing him.

Reported the BBC,
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According to the Chinese press, more and more gamers are seeking justice through the courts over stolen weapons and credits accumulated in games


A Chinese professor of law indicated that he believed that weapons accumulated through online games should be considered personal property because the gamers
Originally posted by another user
“have to spend time and money for them”


But as a lawyer for an online game company put it
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“the weapons were in fact just data created by games providers and therefore not the property of gamers"


Bottom line? It’s always fun until someone gets hurt...

These are just games guys, it’s not real. To even get that worked up over something like this is frightening. To kill someone over it?
Not understandable

If you find yourself that involved in an online game, get a life. Don’t take one!
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04-29-2010, 06:07 PM #2
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How did you get this moved?
04-29-2010, 06:09 PM #3
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Originally posted by killakk View Post
How did you get this moved?


asked one of the mods

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04-29-2010, 06:12 PM #4
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Originally posted by XxPri3stlyxX View Post
asked one of the mods


Ok mate thanks
04-29-2010, 07:11 PM #5
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how stupid can someone be i hope someone kills him for being such a loser why did he just kick th kids ass till he got the 873$ i would rather have that then a stupid sword in a game anyway
04-29-2010, 09:28 PM #6
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Originally posted by DiXiEnOrMoUz28 View Post
how stupid can someone be i hope someone kills him for being such a loser why did he just kick th kids ass till he got the 873$ i would rather have that then a stupid sword in a game anyway


i used to play legend of mir and they take is extremely serious (specialy the asians)

legend of mir is extremely equipment baised so if he had the best weapon and sum1 sold it he isent the best in the game anymore, some ppl take it serious
04-29-2010, 09:39 PM #7
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still the same OG, but I've been low key
Some people care way too much:( It's sad to see this in today's society.
04-29-2010, 10:26 PM #8
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So.......was he banned?

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04-29-2010, 10:38 PM #9
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I still don't understand why so many people are dying in these videogame-related cases... its so dumb
04-29-2010, 10:44 PM #10
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lol
Lol , that is so F*cking sad!

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