Studies have failed to show that game violence can turn into real violence, but Canadian resident Justin Williams is making a good case for it anyway.
Following an argument about World of Warcraft, Williams stabbed his neighbour, Jordan Osbourne, when Osbourne tried to calm him down. Osbourne had not even been involved in the argument, but had investigated the noise coming from next door.
“I was telling him, there is no need for you to be freaking out about World of Warcraft. It’s just a game,” Osbourne later told local news site, The Ottawa Sun. “He said, ‘It’s not just a game, it’s my life.’”
IT’S MY LIFE, IT’S NOW OR NEVER, I AIN’T GONNA LIVE FOREVER.
Williams then allegedly grabbed Osbourne by the throat, and knifed him in the sternum for an undetermined number of damage points per second. He’s been arrested and charged with aggravated assault and assault with a weapon, and will be in court next week. Somehow, everybody else will have to find a way to keep on raiding without him.
Source: The Ottawa Sun (via Kotaku)
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“Somehow, everybody else will have to find a way to keep on raiding without him.”
Not when he’s the only dps (the five others don’t count because only Rogues rule…lol or at least that’s what makes them sleep at night) in the raid. He probably said something like “my blitzzzzz dps skillzzzz are the only thing carrying this guild”…then the tank tried to complain and soon after realised that his “whopper 5000” sword is just too slow for a slime bucket/rogue scumbag.
Lol – glad I’ve stopped playing either way…allows my Panda Chi to build for MoP if I care when it comes.