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Thread ID: 56281	2005-04-01 06:26:00	When is a game not a game?	Scouse (83)	PC World Chat

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340171	2005-04-01 06:26:00	Small extract from Crooked Timber blog. Real and virtual weapons Posted by John Quiggin I’ve been interested for a while in the extra-game markets for items like weapons, spells and so on created in online games. This story involves two Chinese gameplayers who acquired a highly valuable virtual sword. One of them borrowed it and sold it for about $1000. The other player went to the police without result, and eventually confronted his partner, and in the ensuing argument, pulled a knife and stabbed him to death.	Scouse (83)
340172	2005-04-01 06:59:00	...One of them borrowed it and sold it for about $1000. The other player went to the police without result, and eventually confronted his partner, and in the ensuing argument, pulled a knife and stabbed him to death. Did all this happen in the game?	vinref (6194)
340173	2005-04-01 07:00:00	The market rules. If someone has something you want, you steal it. If he objects, he kills you. Just like the "real" world.	Graham L (2)
340174	2005-04-01 08:26:00	Did all this happen in the game? Allegedly true report, but could be the start of another urban myth. Online gamer killed for selling virtual weapon By Amalie Finlayson and Reuters March 30, 2005 - 2:08PM A Shanghai online game player has stabbed to death a competitor who sold his cyber-sword, the China Daily said. The incident creates a dilemma in China where no law exists for the ownership of virtual weapons. Qiu Chengwei, 41, stabbed competitor Zhu Caoyuan repeatedly in the chest after he was told Zhu had sold his "dragon sabre", used in the popular online game Legend of Mir 3, the newspaper said a Shanghai court was told yesterday. Legend of Mir 3 features heroes and villains, sorcerers and warriors, many of whom wield enormous swords. Qiu and a friend jointly won their weapon last February, and lent it to Zhu who then sold it for 7,200 yuan ($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.	Scouse (83)
340175	2005-04-01 08:35:00	I have seen this reported on various legit news sites over the last couple of days....	Metla (12)
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