| Online gamer murdered in dispute over virtual sword | |
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JavaGuy - Student  |
MMORPG guys take their stuff seriously. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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Garos - Student 
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Damn straight Sared |
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tarpman - The Tarped Avenger 
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Not going to post my opinion because supporting things like capital punishment and opposite and equal reactions tends to annoy people. _______________ Saving the world, one kilobyte at a time. |
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NotSoLittleCaesar - Student 
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-sigh- sopme take it way to seriously :\ _______________ Quote: I mostly agree oh Lord of the squeezy mop
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Evil Squirrel - Student 
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/me kills half the worlds population "DOH, my sword must be owned by someone in the other half"  *kills other half* "doop, it's here in my invintory"  but really, who the **** is crazy enough to kill someone over a virtual game (other then 3/4's of my friends who are addicted to world of warcraft)... wait, he stole a sword? THE *end message due to bad language*  _______________ "I'm leaning more towards the cookie side" - leif two time winner of the "SilkMonkey Award for Best Evil Squirrel Based Avatar Picture" award! Geology Rocks! |
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 Yeah I remember back in the days of Diablo II version 1.09 when I finally got desperate enough to spend 30.00 on an ITH bow and within a few weeks everyone had them I wanted to wreck up some peoples faces but man i wouldnt go THAT far lol _______________ 4/20/2005----Left the academy because I did'nt feel welcomed. |
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Refl3x - Student 
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wow thats going a little too far with a game. To take someones life over a virtual piece of memory is completely crazy. _______________ "The only child ever to survive a roundhouse kick by Chuck Norris was Gary Coleman. He has not grown since." Whachoo talkin bout Willis? Go Sox baby. This comment was edited by Refl3x on Apr 08 2005 02:18am. |
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Smilykrazy - Retired 
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_______________ RIP MOM 06/29/58-07/31/08 Married to Koyi Donita 4/30/11 |
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They outta recruit these insane/hardcore gamers for the military lol. Hell you play UT:2004 or MOHAA your bound to develop good aiming skills. It's sad some people take games THAT seriously. No way would I kill someone if they like jacked some old rusty sword I found playing Diablo2 back in the day. _______________ 4/20/2005----Left the academy because I did'nt feel welcomed. |
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Rahn del Sol - Student 
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Bad things happen when gamers go outside.  http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2004-04-30&res=l _______________ http://steamcommunity.com/id/citizen059 This comment was edited by Rahn del Sol on Apr 02 2005 08:14am. |
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Janus - Retired 
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Yeah, I've heard some crazy stuff with mmorpgs all the way back to Dragonrealms (straight text-based game). Some people let themselves get completely saturated with the games they play, so much as that it ruins their life and others lives as well. But, to argue a counterpoint, I've played plenty of MMORPGS, I've played Dragonrealms, Everquest, FFXI, CityofHeroes, and now I play Everquest 2. I know how they can be addicting (Just one more level!), but I also know a balance between game life and real life needs to be established. It's all about control, and the lack thereof of the folks in the article. _______________ Be honorable, be friendly, be trustworthy. Show respect to all whom you meet. Don't forget you learn when you win AND when you lose. Be the first to admit mistake AND the first to correct it. Be the shoulder for someone to lean on. Always remember those that sacrificed time to help you. Thank you Odan Wei, Vladarion, 3th, Moridin, n00b, Motrec, Faded, Leif, and Tido, you will not be forgotten as the ones to make you remember, it's all about fun... |
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Plo Koon - Student 
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Well I play or played a few MMORPG's and they're fun, but I have an outside life . this guy was a nutcase, a total looney toon!. so not all mmorpg guy"s" are like that,just him _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too This comment was edited by Plo Koon on Mar 31 2005 09:39pm. |
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thewind - Student |
Oh man, that's not good. *Windy shuts down his computer and goes to listen to Avril lavigine* |
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JavaGuy - Student 
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Quote: The police even coined a term over there, offline pk. Brilliant! It also shows that the police are conducting serious investigations, learning something about the online community that they've adopted some of the lingo. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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Tallepyon - Student 
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I have heard of many similar incidents happening in one of the koreas. I read about it a few years ago in a pcgamer. The police even coined a term over there, offline pk. |
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Vasper Ba'xian - Student 
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OMG! All u Game addicts read the following GAMER NOTICE: Slowing take your hand of the mouse and keyboard. Now, seeing how you haven't showered in 4 days or shaved even longer, clean yourself up. Now look out your window. YEAH THATS CALLED SUNLIGHT! TRY IT! _______________ Brother to: Tamal, Kavar, J.D.,Jermia, Devlin, Ulic, Xiabara, Seij,Tarron Mib,>>>ROCK ON  .My Spacescapes art page.My Everything Else art page. MY FAV. Jedi Are: Qui-Gon Jinn, Corran Horn, and Anakin Solo. Unofficial Master to Tamal. and Kavar. Founder of the Wuji Hundun Jian saber style. Proud owner of Tamal's 200th comment!//Proud owner of Refl3x's 300th comment!>>>Proud owner of Tyrant's 800th comment>>>Proud owner of Lucky's 170th comment>>>Proud owner of BDKawika's 444th comment>>>To except Existance is to except Reality.
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JavaGuy - Student 
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Well, the victim did wrong the guy who killed him within the game. To be sure: He borrowed a piece of digital property and sold it. There are lots of kinds of property, and not everything is a physical widget. I "own" the copyright on my writing (except what I write for my employer). Many kinds of ownership have more to do with rights, e.g. I own my house and the land it sits on, and while I can't stick it in my pocket and carry it around, I do have an exclusive right to use it. An MMO player pays for a service and has a certain right to expect that service to be provided. But to be sure: It's a role-playing game. They are playing characters. If one character borrowed something from the other and never gave it back, his character is stealing within the context of the game-world. In some MMORPGs players can kill one another's characters, so gimme a break. That he sold it for real-world money adds an interesting twist but does not change the fact that he is role-playing the part of a thief in the game world, and the appropriate punishment should be dished out to his character by the game-world constable (or the character who got robbed can get together a posse and go for frontier justice). One has to distinguish between what the player owns--the right to play his character in the game world and to have that character persist on the servers as long as he pays the fee--and what the player's character owns, which in many game worlds may be protected on by the kind of wild-west "justice" that exists in many fantasy worlds. That somebody was willing to commit murder over this, of course, suggests a truly sick mind. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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BaNaNa PwN - Student 
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Games are just a simulation of reality, it would be beyond ridiculous to apply the laws of the real world to in-game transactions. The bottom line is that the victim got the better of the defendant in a game, the guy got pissed and killed him. No different than if someone lost at virtual poker (which uses real money), got pissed and killed the other player. It's a game, and they were foolish enough to bet real money on it. _______________ "You hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability..." |
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Matej - Student |
This is just sick. Taking a game so seriously to buy (EDIT: with real money) weapons in it is nonsense. This comment was edited by Matej on Mar 30 2005 07:57pm. |
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Sared - Retired 
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Quote: "The armours and swords in games should be deemed as private property as players have to spend money and time on them," said Wang Zongyu, an associate professor at the law school of Beijing's Renmin University of China. Quote: "The 'assets' of one player mean nothing to others as they are by nature just data created by game providers," said a spokesman from a Shanghai-based Internet game company. My Opinion. _______________ I'm crazy, not stupid. |
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DJK - Student 
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Woah...Thats sick. |
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Bubu - Hubbub 
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Here it is _______________ make install -not war |
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SaZ - Student 
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copy paste? O_o _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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JavaGuy - Student
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It comes up for me. I didn't have to sign up or anything. I'll do a little Googling and see if I can find an AP or other release of the same story elsewhere, because this one's a classic. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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Ashyr - Student 
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Yeah it's a members only area. _______________ Top ten reasons to get a better computer...|My fan |
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xAnAtOs - Student |
I don't think you can read this unless you are a member of Sydney Morning Herald. _______________ Brother to Luke Skywalker and (SKX) Dark Blade
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