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World of Warcraft killed our kid
Chinese parents' claim
Mon Nov 21 2005, 06:37
GAMES COMPANY Blizzard is facing a lawsuit from Chinese parents who claim that its fantasy game World of
Warcraft killed their son.
According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, the 13 year old boy jumped to his death while reenacting a scene from the game.
The parents are backed by the anti-Internet addiction advocate Zhang Chunliang who has got 63 parents whose children have also allegedly suffered from online gaming addiction and plans to file a class-action suit.
Many Chinese parents contend that their children spend hours gaming in Internet cafes at the risk of their health, work, and school.
Of course it could be a Red Herring. µ
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Sorry Chris, but I'm afraid your wrong, you do pay month by month for World of Warcraft so the parents would have known. The big thing here is that everyone involved in that group to act against online gaming should just kill themselves as they are an exact contradiction to what they are preaching - How can you blame a company for making a game that somehow influenced your child to do something stupid that you LET your child play and pay for.
The people that should get all the blame here are the kids themselves because in the end the actions that they take are up to them.
You only have to pay Blizzard a one time fee for the disk to install the software to any number of computers but can only be ran one at a time. So they might not have payed for the game at all. Maybe he stole it or a friend let him borrow it? Of course its not Blizzards fault.. Its the kids fault first of all. Im 13 and im not going to try anything stupid that will get myself killed..jeez
(Blizzard voids all fault for ANYTHING that can possibly happen in after while above or under their game.
You obviously PAY for him to play the damn game. So, fucking watch your kid! If you didn't want him to play it, why did you pay for the month-to-month subscription fee? Hmmmmm? Besides, a thirteen year old jumped out the window reenacting a scene from the game? Was he stupid? I mean, seroiusly. Watch your damn kid!