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Blizzard sued for death of a gamer

Posted on Monday, 21 November 2005 by Doccie, source: redherring

The parents of a Chinese 13-year-old boy have pressed charges against Blizzard.The parents want to sue Blizzard for the death of their son. According to them, the boy died while playing out one of the scenes in World of Warcraft.

The parents filed a suit against Blizzard Entertainment on Wednesday, saying their son jumped to his death while reenacting a scene from the game, the report said. The parents are backed by the anti-Internet addiction advocate Zhang Chunliang. Mr. Chunliang has spoken to 63 parents whose children have allegedly suffered from online gaming addiction and plans to file a class-action suit, according to the report."

The people from Blizzard have up to this point refused to give out an official statement.

Meanwhile World of Warcraft has sold over one-and-a-half million copies in China alone. China and online addiction, a story that has not met it's end.

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13 Comment(s)

NINJAFISH

What exactly was he reenacting? I've played through most of WoW's content and I dont see what they could be talking about. This isnt even a violent game.

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Posted on 03:54, November 21st 2005

AMoK

lets face it...! there always gonna be parents or som' bored lawyers...that go against the game industry!

but I never heard that they were succesful...!

lets face it...! there always gonna be parents or som' bored lawyers...that go against the game industry! but I never heard that they were succesful...!

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Posted on 04:12, November 21st 2005

Anonymous

There is a Horde quest in Thousand Needles where you jump off a cliff and get teleported to safety.

But anyway, this is clearly the parents and society's fault over in China, not Blizzard's.

There is a Horde quest in Thousand Needles where you jump off a cliff and get teleported to safety. But anyway, this is clearly the parents and society's fault over in China, not Blizzard's.

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Posted on 10:09, November 21st 2005

Speed

I would like to sue Nintendo as I replayed Super Mario 3 and when I bump my head again a rock that's floating in the sky, my head starts to hurt and there's no muchroom coming out of the stone!

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Posted on 21:27, November 21st 2005

Anonymous

Learn to spell

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Posted on 09:02, November 22nd 2005

NINJAFISH

big deal "mushroom", dont be such a typo nazi.

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Posted on 14:42, November 22nd 2005

Anonymous

I see this as the parents fault, not the gamers. Think of it like this: A man gets drunk on beer and kills himself, but is the beer company at fault or was it the man? If the parents had more control over there sons gaming, like stopping him from playing it all the time he would be alive now. The words 'computer game' are clouding peoples judgements in this case. I have also heard that he was playing warcraft 3, not WOW.

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Posted on 05:06, January 20th 2006

Anonymous

fuck them all WOW is not to blame - games are games what the y do with it is not Blizzard fault.

So fuck off -- NOOBS

fuck them all WOW is not to blame - games are games what the y do with it is not Blizzard fault. So fuck off -- NOOBS

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Posted on 15:06, February 14th 2006

Anonymous

its his on fault he shudnt of tryed doing stuff from wow and hes parents shud off seen his he was doing the his did anyways and its not bizzards fault its the parents fault for not wacthing htere son!!!!

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Posted on 07:18, November 22nd 2006

Anonymous

I doesn't matter if the kid was stupid or not, blizzard is full of c*nts. I hope all their moms get raped. I hope their dogs die a slow and painful death. I hope all the employees go blind. F*ck blizzard. F*cking wankers.

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Posted on 23:51, March 01st 2008

Anonymous

Anonymous:
its his on fault he shudnt of tryed doing stuff from wow and hes parents shud off seen his he was doing the his did anyways and its not bizzards fault its the parents fault for not wacthing htere son!!!!

if anyone should talk about spelling (shudnt)? *shouldn't* u mean and (shud) *should* omg so many errors before u correct check your spelling

[quote][b]Anonymous:[/b] its his on fault he shudnt of tryed doing stuff from wow and hes parents shud off seen his he was doing the his did anyways and its not bizzards fault its the parents fault for not wacthing htere son!!!![/quote] if anyone should talk about spelling (shudnt)? *shouldn't* u mean and (shud) *should* omg so many errors before u correct check your spelling

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Posted on 00:17, August 19th 2008