Gloat about Winning in Warcraft 3, Get the crap beaten out of you - Polidicks

[URL]http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Video+game+battle+leads+assault+Hamber+secondary+student/3709815/story.html[/URL] [quote] The world of online video games may seem like fun and games, but it turned ugly for a Vancouver high school student this week. Police are investigating the beating of an Eric Hamber secondary school student after he was confronted by a group of assailants during lunch hour Monday. The boy was apparently beaten because he had been playing an online video game with a group of friends who were beating their opponents and lording it over the losers, who were insulted by the "trash talk." The players allegedly tracked down the student to Hamber, located at 5025 Willow on the west side of Vancouver, and made him kiss their feet before hitting him with batons, breaking his fingers. Vancouver police Const. [B]Lindsey Houghton confirmed Thursday the attack stemmed from the student taking part in an online role-playing game called Defence of the Ancients, a "custom scenario" for the real-time strategy video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. [/B] It is part of the Warcraft universe of games, which has 12 million online subscribers. "It's very unusual," Houghton said of an assault arising from an online game. "I guess some people take these things exceptionally seriously. "It's something that is exceptionally rare, given the number of people who play video games," Houghton said. "Most people can separate reality from online fiction." No arrests had been made and the Vancouver police youth squad was investigating the assault, he said. There were four and possibly five assailants, who were described by witnesses as being in their late teens. Richard Rosenberg, a computer science professor emeritus at the University of B.C., said he wasn't surprised by the Vancouver assault. "It's hard enough being a teenager," he said, adding that a growing number of serious real-life incidents stem from the online world. "There are some emotions that seem to be amplified in the online world," Rosenberg said. "It's one of the byproducts of the online world." Many gamers act out emotions online, which gives them a certain status and online notoriety, he said. "Things that happen on the Internet that affect your status can be very serious," Rosenberg said, pointing out there have been suicides of young people whose status has been affected by postings on the Internet. But there is a trend to teach teens in high school that while you can be insulting online, that behaviour is not acceptable in the real world, Rosenberg said. In China three years ago, a man was given a suspended death sentence after he killed his friend over a dispute that arose from the popular online game Legend of Mir 3. Qiu Chengwei had won a virtual sword in the game and had loaned it to his friend, Zhu Caoyuan. He stabbed his friend to death after finding out the friend had sold the imaginary sword online, where there is a booming market for virtual property in the game-playing world. There have also been lawsuits about theft of virtual property by gamers. One Chinese man sued a video game company after it allegedly "stole" the arsenal of weapons he had built up over two years. The company argued the weapons were digital computer data owned by the game maker, but a Chinese court ordered the maker of Red Moon to return the imaginary arms to the gamer.[/quote] see this is why i don't like dota

what faggots seriously who beats someone down over that

Fighting over video games is fucking dumb.

It's amazing how serious some people take games

[quote]n China three years ago, a man was given a suspended death sentence after he killed his friend over a dispute that arose from the popular online game Legend of Mir 3. Qiu Chengwei had won a virtual sword in the game and had loaned it to his friend, Zhu Caoyuan. He stabbed his friend to death after finding out the friend had sold the imaginary sword online, where there is a booming market for virtual property in the game-playing world. [/quote] holy shit, I think it's time to ban video games.

To be fair trash talking is pretty dumb.

My mom was worried, and came to talk to me and asked if they could track you over the internet Also: Vancouver :canada:

DOTA isn't a game. It's a religion.

[QUOTE=Luuper;25591292]My mom was worried, and came to talk to me and asked if they could track you over the internet Also: Vancouver :canada:[/QUOTE] I think your mum has been up to something (Webcam shows)

Here comes the football-moms screaming to ban games because one or two persons killed over them. Hell, people kill over everything these days, why can't be ban that shit.

Wait, how did they track down someone they met on DotA to their school? Unless he actually told them where he lived.

knowing vancouver it was a bunch of asian people dressed like the people from jersey shore

they mad

hahaha if you're gonna beat the shit out of someone do it for a good reason fucking nerds

[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;25591710]hahaha if you're gonna beat the shit out of someone do it for a good reason fucking nerds[/QUOTE] internet tough guy

The problem is DotA, it's spawned a cesspool of fucking moronic cunts that are too busy 'getting a heart roflmaomao' than to be worried about the real world, and as a result, create a stupid community. Why Valve supports this absolute piece of shit I will never know.

[QUOTE=FHamster;25591739]internet tough guy[/QUOTE] what when did I say i was going to beat someone up are you stupid

[QUOTE=LeonS;25590965]Fighting over video games is fucking dumb.[/QUOTE] Protoss cannon rushers are an exception though.

I remember how this french guy traced someone down in america and tried to stab him with a knife because he got killed in Counter Strike.

We used to play DOTA in my computer science class...

Warcraft breeds the worst and ugliest people.

"say that to my face fucker not online and see what happens"

[QUOTE=Supersheepie;25593165]I remember how this french guy traced someone down in america and tried to stab him with a knife because he got killed in Counter Strike.[/QUOTE] hold on a second? sauce?

[QUOTE=FHamster;25591404]Wait, how did they track down someone they met on DotA to their school? Unless he actually told them where he lived.[/QUOTE] Not that hard in this day and age. If you know someone's e-mail, you probably know all the places on the web where he has an account, including facebook accounts which in turn lead to real names and locations, all they probably knew was what school he went to, they went to the school, asked around for the guy and that's it, explains why he was attacked at school. [QUOTE=RayDark;25591741]The problem is DotA, it's spawned a cesspool of fucking moronic cunts that are too busy 'getting a heart roflmaomao' than to be worried about the real world, and as a result, create a stupid community. Why Valve supports this absolute piece of shit I will never know.[/QUOTE] Because Valve can recognize a good game beneath the shit community.

Roc, lol who plays that anymore?

Yet another example of why DOTA is a piece of shit and the community it pertains to is even worse. Elitist pricks take shit so seriously they have to attack someone in real life. Any other game involved in shit like this would be surprising. But DOTA? Not big surprise.

What the fuck? It's just a game... Nothing worth harming people over.

I bet that kid deserved it, honestly... I can't stand sore winners, It's bad when a guy who's losing bad mouths everyone, but a guy who's winning? That's just asking for an ass beating anywhere else, and he got one

[QUOTE=Supersheepie;25593165]I remember how this french guy traced someone down in america and tried to stab him with a knife because he got killed in Counter Strike.[/QUOTE] Yeah, but he failed. Loser.

This is why DOTA 2 will fucking cut you.