He stole my "cybersword" So I killed him

Nickatilynx · 03-30-2005

A Shanghai man stabbed to death a fellow online gamer who sold a virtual sword they had jointly won while playing "Legend of Mir 3", Reuters reports.

Qiu Chengwei, 41, repeatedly stabbed Zhu Caoyuan after discovering that Zhu had sold the "dragon sabre" for 7,200 yuan (£464). Qiu had lent his friend the cybersabre last February, later reporting it as "stolen" when he learned of the transaction. Police, however, told him that - as the disputed weapon was virtual property - he had no recourse to law.

A Shanghai court heard on Tuesday that "Zhu promised to hand over the cash but an angry Qui lost patience and attacked Zhu at his home, stabbing him in the left chest with great force and killing him." Qui has admitted "intentional injury" and awaits the court's verdict.

China Daily notes that the sorry affair raises something of a legal poser regarding online "possessions". Wang Zongyu, an associate law professor at Beijing's Renmin University of China, told the paper: "The armour and swords in games should be deemed as private property as players have to spend money and time for them."

A lawyer for a Shanghai-based internet game company countered: "The 'assets' of one player could mean nothing to others as they are by nature just data created by game providers."

Indeed, a Japanese woman recently had a run-in with the authorites after deleting her ex's online gaming data - including clothes and weapons. In this case, though, she was charged with "violating a law banning illegal access" rather than offences pertaining to the wanton destruction of her former lover's virtual goods and chattels.

TheEnforcer · 03-30-2005

People take online gaming quire seriously. Too seriously in soem cases.

Rolo · 03-30-2005

Addiction and obsession is not a healthy cocktail

Rolo · 03-30-2005

I googled and found this on a gaming bord:

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Basically the entire online gaming industry at the moment, is nothing more than a way to systematically deprive the weak and innocent of their hard earned money, by those who have no morales who want to make a quick buck and in a lot of cases by offering a product that is completely substandard, which should never have even been considered for publishing, the laws of this industry governing substandard quality products virtually do not exist though, so basically any crappy company can spring up and shove any old crap out there, knowing that once they get the required amount of players addicted (one way or another) they are going to get some form of income.

Sounds like Adult prior 2001 - maybe its time to expand the business ;-)))

TheEnforcer · 03-30-2005

Hmmmm.. there are some really sweet game out there.

Everquest II
World of Warcraft
Dark Age of Camelot
City of Heroes
Final Fantasy XI

And some really cool ones upcoming

The Matrix Online
Guild Wars
Dungeons and Dragons Online
Middle Earth Online
Star Trek based MMORPG

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/gameId/0 Great site for MMORPG fans.

Mike AI · 03-30-2005

I am so happy I have a life now!

pushpills · 03-30-2005

one of my online scrabble partners dissappeared after making a triple wordscore against the wrong motherfucker.

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Nickatilynx Banned Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Vancouver Canada Posts: 15,115	A Shanghai man stabbed to death a fellow online gamer who sold a virtual sword they had jointly won while playing "Legend of Mir 3", Reuters reports. Qiu Chengwei, 41, repeatedly stabbed Zhu Caoyuan after discovering that Zhu had sold the "dragon sabre" for 7,200 yuan (£464). Qiu had lent his friend the cybersabre last February, later reporting it as "stolen" when he learned of the transaction. Police, however, told him that - as the disputed weapon was virtual property - he had no recourse to law. A Shanghai court heard on Tuesday that "Zhu promised to hand over the cash but an angry Qui lost patience and attacked Zhu at his home, stabbing him in the left chest with great force and killing him." Qui has admitted "intentional injury" and awaits the court's verdict. China Daily notes that the sorry affair raises something of a legal poser regarding online "possessions". Wang Zongyu, an associate law professor at Beijing's Renmin University of China, told the paper: "The armour and swords in games should be deemed as private property as players have to spend money and time for them." A lawyer for a Shanghai-based internet game company countered: "The 'assets' of one player could mean nothing to others as they are by nature just data created by game providers." Indeed, a Japanese woman recently had a run-in with the authorites after deleting her ex's online gaming data - including clothes and weapons. In this case, though, she was charged with "violating a law banning illegal access" rather than offences pertaining to the wanton destruction of her former lover's virtual goods and chattels.

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