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Vidio games are really getting out of hand these days!
A "dragon sabre" is one of the assets you can win in the popular online game Legend of Mir 3. Legend of Mir 3 features heroes and villains, sorcerers and warriors, who often have huge swords to fight with.
Qiu and a friend jointly won their weapon last February. They lent it to Zhu, who in turn sold it for $1129, without telling his friends.
Qui reported Zhu to the police, but was told the virtual weapon was not real property protected by law.
The court was told: "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."
This is not the first time a gamer seeks justice through the courts over stolen weapons and credits.
"The armour and swords in games should be deemed as private property as players have to spend money and time for them," Wang Zongyu, an associate law professor at Beijing's Renmin University of China said.
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Posted by 1ColtsFan on 2008-05-30 09:13:11 | Rating: | Views: 153
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Wow thats tragic and weird at the same time , its kinda like those people who believe that the actor they see on the screen is the same in real life . That said as an ex gamer myself (i know im sad but heh , lol) i can understand the logic of making weapons protected under law . I remember spending 27hrs straight through without sleep trying to clock the game THE LEGEND OF ZELDA and was mortified when we had a poweroutage and i lost where i was in the game as i did not save it to the memory card , i did not speak for 2 days , so i can understand the time and effort that gamers put into their games . But to kill someone is just a tad extreme , and the case could be arqued that the persom was unstable anyway and the gaming weapon was just the trigger . Who knows??? .
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Posted by simass
on 2008-06-02 16:09:55
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Jesus Christ. That's insane.
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Posted by themutt2
on 2008-06-02 21:32:16
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