11 Weird Deaths Related to Gaming: Page 7 of 11

Gaming and tragedy
Gaming and tragedy


7. A fight over a virtual sword turns lethal

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Again, it's just a game, folks.

We’ve all had our share of MMORPG woes: grinding for hours, hoping against all hope that the next loot drop would make the difference, and then, after what seems like forever, finally acquiring that rare and powerful artifact ensuring we will be at the center of all those envious glances for months.

So we know exactly how Qiu Chengwei, a gamer from Shanghai, felt when he obtained the “dragon sabre” in the MMORPG, Legend of Mir III, sometime in 2004.

For some reason (out of the goodness of his heart, maybe?), Chengwei lent his sword to his gaming buddy, Zhu Caoyuan. And how did Caoyuan repay his friend’s generosity? By selling the sword for 7,200 yuan (roughly USD 1,000).

Chengwei complained to the police about the theft, but the latter only told him to bugger off, explaining to him that since the item stolen was virtual, no real crime had been perpetrated.

Though we can empathize with Chengwei’s anger, most of us will find it hard to understand why he did what he did next. Chengwei went over to Caoyuan’s home, and stabbed the 26-year-old in the chest with a very non-imaginary blade. Needless to say, Caoyuan did not survive the fatal attack.

Chengwei was sentenced to life for the atrocity.



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