This is truly shocking. I heard about it on the news the other evening and just couldnt believe someone did this:

Originally Posted by Telegraph.co.uk

Police confirmed a man, believed to be 21, had been arrested near Frankfurt in Germany following the death of student Mr Pyke, who was killed in his flat in Nottingham.



Shortly after the killing a fellow gaming fan, David Heiss, 21, from Frankfurt, posted a message on the Facebook site of Joanna Witton, Mr Pyke's girlfriend, apologising "for having caused so much trouble lately".
Police refused to confirm or deny that Heiss was the arrested man, although detectives admitted internet links were a line of inquiry they were actively following.



Mr Pyke, 20, and Miss Witton ran a website called Wars Central, devoted to fans of computer strategy game Advance Wars.



It included a forum where game players could discuss tips and strategies for the chess-like game, in which armies of cartoon characters battle against each other. Heiss was a contributor to the forum under the name "Eagle the Lightning".



Police are working on one theory that another fan of the game may have fallen out with Matthew in cyberspace and then taken extreme revenge in real life.



After the stabbing, one anonymous poster suggested other forum members may have known who was behind the killing.
"We may know a lot of what was going on prior to the killing, but I, for one, am not going to say any more," he said.



Then on Tuesday Heiss posted his message on Miss Witton's Facebook, the only time he had ever contacted her through the site.
Heiss, who lists his main activities and interests on Facebook as the internet and video gaming, said: "I will pray for you - you must be suffering unbelievable pain.
"I'm sorry for having caused so much trouble lately. I hope you won't lose all your hope. We will be there for you."
Heiss lists his occupation as "apprentice" and describes himself as a "jack of all trades/dogsbody".



His Facebook site contains only one picture, and he has only 15 listed "friends" - including Miss Witton - in Germany, the UK, USA and France.
Police believe he may have got to know Mr Pyke, who used the name "Shade" on the internet, and Miss Witton, through their Wars Central site.

Now it hasnt been 100% confirmed it was this man, there may be another member who caused a dispute on the forum as well. But still, its sad that someone can take anothers life over what is said over the Net.

Yes people do say silly and downright stupid things over what people have said to them via the Internet. I myself suffered bouts of depression due to members on a terrible forum who found it amusing to humilate me in front of other members over anything. And there was no one I could turn to. I refused to go on my PC sometimes as i just felt sick knowing someone was out there taking joy in my pain.

But we are straying away from the subject at hand. This is a case of a person clearly unstable, but also can become emotional unstable and upset over an online matter. It seems the Internet has gotten out of control with cyber bullying and debates. Plus it makes other forums look bad.

Thoughts?

Thats messed up!!! how could you kill someone about some stupid thing that happened over a game? Man the world is so messed up its ridiculous. That is truly a terrible thing.

You know, I'm currently going through forum hell with VengefulRonin creating duplicate accounts on here and on DeviantArt to torment me, flame me, tell me I look like a zombie, tell me my art sucks and humiliate me and trying to pass himself off as somebody else. But this...this has just gone way over the line. o_o I can't believe people are really this bad...

That better not happen on here...o_O
Of course, I don't live anywhere near any of you, so I feel safe.

Nah it'll never happen on here, we love each other too much. And jeez I remember reading about this in the newspaper, it's bloody terrible...

OMG!!! thats mental...and also the last time i purposely agrivate people here at FFF

I really shouldn't find it amusing...but, Im a bad bad person..... some people take things WAY to far, my frienda already think Im a weirdo for being on forums and stuff, this will just further that cause....

It's abit much when people take the internets into real life, this guy (if he dun it) is CLEARLY off his rocker, but no doubt, someone somewhere will say it's all down to the internets and games as usual Because like, we are not all individual.

I have gotten slightly more worked up then I should of about some comments that have been made about me online, but I think when it comes down to it, you can't get carried away. I mean, for christ sake, its someone that you don't really even know, and most probably someone that lacks the bollocks to make smart arse comments about someone in reality, so they decide to do it online where the person at the recieving end of the comment can't hurt them.

But with the issue at hand. I was gobsmacked when I heard this on the news on Monday morning I think it was. It is sad that someone had actually decided to take human live merely because of something that has happened on cyberspace. This has actually got me slightly worried now about the online community, are people actually getting nutty enough to go anywhere just to kill someone because of something they have done that can't even really matter. I tell you, this has gotten me more worried about the human race now

Thats shocking to hear Rinoa, i hope something gets done quick as thats ridic how hes hounded you like that. as if people have nothing better to do then make peoples lifes more difficult. I see the web as a way of escaping the real world and communicating with people who share your interests, but people bullying online is just retarded. I sense these people are the ones who suffer in real life and use a screen as protection to bully others whom there is a good chance they will never encounter. They are cowards.

Ive been told by my family and mates Im werid for being online and chatting with complete strangers, but ive made some great friends on here and elsewhere. I dont see the harm in it seriously. but indeed, the world is messed up. Both on and offline.