Gamer kills over stolen virtual item

randalx

Chinese gamer sentenced to life

A Shanghai online gamer has been given a suspended death sentence for killing a fellow gamer.

Qiu Chengwei stabbed Zhu Caoyuan in the chest when he found out he had sold his virtual sword for 7,200 Yuan (£473).

The sword, which Mr Qiu had lent to Mr Zhu, was won in the popular online game Legend of Mir 3.

Attempts to take the dispute to the police failed because there is currently no law in China to protect virtual property.

Full article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4072704.stm

Another interesting example of how "virtual" worlds are literally bleeding into the "real" world.

Cymdai

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion.cfm/load/forums/loadforum/51/loadthread/42885/setstart/1/loadclass/35

A day too late :P

randalx

Damn, didn't see it. Sorry guys. Dupe.

Razorback

A day to late

It was first posted about 6 weeks ago and it was 2 weeks old then

randalx

Okay perhaps I can salvage this thread. Here is some semi-fresh blog posting on the story. Hope this hasn't already been posted as well. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/2005/06/09/chinese_gamer_sentenced_to_life_for_stabbing_a_player_who_stole_his_virtual_sword.html

Unknown

Wow, another crazy Asian?

It is the cuture man, the culture. Just how it is.

zethcarn

idiots exist everywhere, so what's new??