by Byron Mudry on Jun 08, 2005
This article comes to us from China though a Canadian news agency. The article is about a real life murder with the motive being an argument over an item in an online game!
Like our title says some people just don't get it: It's only a game!
Real-life murder in online gaming dispute
A court in China has sentenced an online gamer to death for the real-life murder of a fellow player after a confrontation over a virtual weapon.
The dispute involved the ownership of a "dragon sabre" in the fantasy game Legend of Mir III.
The court in Shanghai found Qiu Chengwei, 41, guilty of stabbing to death Zhu Caoyuan.
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