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Gamer Slain Over Virtual Property Dispute
cibe writes "A Shanghai online game player has stabbed to death a competitor who sold his cyber-sword. Qiu Chengwei, 41, stabbed competitor Zhu Caoyuan repeatedly in the chest after he was told Zhu had sold his "dragon sabre", used in the popular online game Legend of Mir 3, the newspaper said a Shanghai court was told yesterday. Qiu and a friend jointly won their weapon last February, and lent it to Zhu who then sold it for 7,200 yuan ($A1,129)." Update: 03/30 21:15 GMT by Z : More commentary available on Game Girl Advance.
I bet he didn't use his dragon sabre to do the stabbing.
The body was easy to find, as the title 'Zhu Caoyuan's Corpse' mysteriously floated over the dumpster he had been dumped in.
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"Qiu Chengwei, 41..."
Stop. There's the problem right there.
If I'm ever this worked up about a video game at 41, then please just put me into an institution somewhere.
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I bet he plays Dungeons and Dragons.
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A case where a video game actually had something to do with a murder...
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Ok, having checked out Legend of Mir via Google, I came across the official site that has of course a "screenshot" section. I randomly click on this one and notice that in the chat window people are complaining about LAG and other shots of people calling others NOOB. Now, this is in the screenshots area of the official site, that's suppose to make the game shine and look attractive.
Looks like a winner...
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Doesn't "Mir" mean peace?
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