Some pissed off Chinese kid set his classmate on fire, claiming he was a WoW fire mage:
http://bbb.typepad.com/billsdue/2007/12/chinese-teen-pl.html
I lawled when I read that article. Hard.
I'm also glad to see the Chinese legal system had sense enough to sentence the kid, rather than trying to sue Blizzard and taking MMOs off their internets.
http://bbb.typepad.com/billsdue/2007/12/chinese-teen-pl.html
I lawled when I read that article. Hard.
I'm also glad to see the Chinese legal system had sense enough to sentence the kid, rather than trying to sue Blizzard and taking MMOs off their internets.




Just the fact that some kid spends so much time on WoW that he loses his grip on reality is not only pathetic but hilarious. For the victims it's not, but for us it is. 