Chinese gamer sentenced to life

[XenonCJ]

A Shanghai online gamer has been given a suspended death sentence for killing a fellow gamer.Qui 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 Qui 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. BBC Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4072704.stm)

[bapenguin]

"We want Qui to die, and immediately,"

Short and to the point. No beating around the bush for them.

[DCJoeDog]

Well, I wouldn't have sold the sword on pricipal alone, but jesus that other dude is just psycho for slicing the first guy up. Some folks just take online gaming a wee bit too seriously.

[kickmybum]

Well, he was probably upset that he didn't get a cut of the money.

[NACIONAL]

In this case, Mr Zhu did offer to hand over the cash but Mr Qui lost patience and stabbed him with "great force" according to media reports.

The man has VERY LOW patience....

[XxSATANxX]

"While China has no laws to deal with the theft of virtual property, South Korea has a section of its police force that investigates in-game crime."

Holy shit who do you have to piss off to get stuck with that job.

[DCJoeDog]

I'd take that job in a heart-beat

[Derwin]

You have to piss off the people in Korea who get blowjobs for being good at Starcraft.

[TrackZero]

You have to piss off the people in Korea who get blowjobs for being good at Starcraft.

Are they still into Starcraft? I thought that was over years ago.

Though with the popularity of the game, I'm still shocked Blizzard never got off their ass for Starcraft 2, since there obviously is a market for it who are patiently awaiting their sequel.

[PacerDawn]

Related post (from back when it first happened) just for reference:

http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1131

Quoted above, but I love this:

South Korea has a section of its police force that investigates in-game crime.
Best not ninja loot in Korea or you could wind up with 10 to life...

[Bushido]

Anyone ever seen that movie Avalon?

[Mac]

Bad roll of the dice.

[Demize99]

Someone missed their saving throw.

[koobz]

Wonder how much XP he got for that kill....

[Heretic Machine]

Hey, selling some valuable online property can be the equivalent to an HDTV, or even a new computer. You better believe that if someone tried to screw with my PC, they're going down -hard-.

But the first guy should of never lent the sword out if it meant that much to him.

[netcraazzy]

I don't know which is worse, the fact that somebody killed another person over an item in a game or the fact that somebody actually paid $400 for a freaking sword in an RPG.

[Crabby]

I don't know which is worse, the fact that somebody killed another person over an item in a game or the fact that somebody actually paid $400 for a freaking sword in an RPG.

As a rule of thumb I would probably say the act that involved wiping another human from the face of this planet over the financial transaction.

[Mrbunchypants]

Just wait soon this will happen to us in North america.
the last thing i want is to have jonny law ride up in Wow and smack me down for being a ninja. :mad:

[ElectricMonk]

So... if there were laws that made virtual property the property of gamers would that mean gamers could hold blizzard & co responsible? no wonder those companies are so quick to stress how physically nonexistent these items are in cases like these.

[51|RandoM]

Virtual possessions can have just as much value as physical possessions.

The game had nothing to do with this, it was punishment for a theft, pure and simple.

If the guy had done the same thing with an equally as hard to obtain object from real life, he probably would've got stabbed too, don't you think?

[Derwin]

I wonder if the body dropped Phat Lewt.

[51|RandoM]

So... if there were laws that made virtual property the property of gamers would that mean gamers could hold blizzard & co responsible? no wonder those companies are so quick to stress how physically nonexistent these items are in cases like these.


You don't own the objects in WoW, so people can't steal them from you.

:-)

[Heretic Machine]

As a rule of thumb I would probably say the act that involved wiping another human from the face of this planet over the financial transaction.

The fucker got what he deserved, and I hope he's being eaten by all the little underground critters right now.

[Mac]

The fucker got what he deserved, and I hope he's being eaten by all the little underground critters right now.

Whoa..what? He deserved a quick and untimely death because he sold 400 dollars worth of virtual property?

[ElectricMonk]

you know, they should have an option to lease weapons like this in the game.

that way gamer a could lend gamer b his legendary dragon sword and know that it'll be automatically returned in a month etc.

i'm not sure if virtual property should be considered as real, but i do figure laws should be setup to enforce this sort of thing. having no laws at all is just inviting people to take advantage of the situtation

[Heretic Machine]

Whoa..what? He deserved a quick and untimely death because he sold 400 dollars worth of virtual property?

Yes, he sold his friend's prized possession, for this he deserved to die horribly.

[XenonCJ]

Yes, he sold his friend's prized possession, for this he deserved to die horribly.Heh ok... Have you ever heard of making the punishment fit the crime?

How about make the guy who sold it get him another sword? Or pay him 2x the value he sold it for?

It's not like he sold his Great-Grandfather's wrist watch...

Killing him, is uh, over kill....

[mister_slim]

Though with the popularity of the game, I'm still shocked Blizzard never got off their ass for Starcraft 2, since there obviously is a market for it who are patiently awaiting their sequel.
I think the Battle Chest is still selling pretty well. As long as VU gets some Starcraft money every month Blizzard doesn't have to figure out how to make lightning strike twice in the same place.

[Bushido]

Blizzard doesn't have to figure out how to make lightning strike twice in the same place.

hahaha no kidding.

[Nimos]

"While China has no laws to deal with the theft of virtual property, South Korea has a section of its police force that investigates in-game crime."



Do they have (for the ones found guilty) ...virtual prisons ? how about virtual courts ?