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Online Funeral for Girl in World of Warcraft
After her untimely death, a virtual commemoration.
By Jane Pinckard, 11/03/2005
Yahoo! News China is reporting that a young girl, nicknamed Snowly, died after playing World of Warcraft for several days straight during a national holiday. An online funeral service was held to commemorate her passing a week after her death. Another report, in English, is available here. The screen capture is oddly moving. It must have been quite something.
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Chinese 13-year-old's death linked to World of Warcraft
In China, the parents of a 13-year-old Tianjin boy are suing the makers of "World of Warcraft" because they claim that the game was responsible for the death of their son! Seemingly, the boy jumped to his death after re-enacting a scene from the game, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua. Anti-Internet addiction advocate Zhang Chunliang is backing the parent’s suit against Blizzard Entertainment. Chunliang has apparently spoken to 63 parents whose children have allegedly suffered from online gaming addiction, and has a class-action suit in the works.
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Online gamer killed for selling virtual weapon
A Shanghai online game player has stabbed to death a competitor who sold his cyber-sword, the China Daily said.
The incident creates a dilemma in China where no law exists for the ownership of virtual weapons.
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.
Legend of Mir 3 features heroes and villains, sorcerers and warriors, many of whom wield enormous swords.
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), the newspaper said.
Qui went to the police to report the "theft" but was told the weapon was not real property protected by law.
"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," the court was told.
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THIS IS MADNESS! (come on I've given you the carrot!)
