Dragon Sabre Kills Again

SHANGHAI, China (AP) — An online gamer was sentenced to death after murdering a fellow player — in real life — in a dispute over a virtual weapon used in a fantasy game, a news report said Wednesday. Qiu Chengwei, 41, was found guilty of stabbing to death Zhu Caoyuan, a fellow player of a popular game called Legend of Mir III, the official Xinhua News Agency reported... Qiu confronted Zhu in February after learning that he sold the virtual weapon lent to him by Qiu. Qiu reported the loss of the Dragon Sabre to police but was told it wasn’t real property protected by the law. Prosecutors said Zhu promised to hand over the 7,200 yuan, the equivalent of about $870 US, that he received but Qiu grew impatient and attacked Zhu at his home, stabbing him repeatedly in the chest. Qiu surrendered to police and claimed he didn’t mean to kill Zhu. Anybody recalls the classic Wuxia novel "Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre" by Jin Yong, where the whole pugilistic society went on a killing spree while fighting for the infamous Dragon Sabre? Obviously, these major league geekazoids that reeks of extreme idioteque awesomeness does.