Comments on: Even Russia gets real life PKing

By: Moscow's Lineage II meet up murder - watch the video, vlog, or video podcast on Mefeedia

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:59:39 +0000

[...] Filed under: Culture, PC, RPGs, MMO The Moscow Times reports that according to Moscow police, a man attempting to break up a fight between two Lineage II players in the real world was killed when one of the men stomped him to death. Alexander Blyoskin, 22, died trying to stop members of two rival Lineage II clans from hurting each other during a meet up in a Moscow caf Jan 12. The two men were allegedly posting negative statements about each other on Lineage forums and when meeting each other in person decided to take their differences outside. Statements differ about what happened outside. Some witnesses say Blyoskin hit his head on the ground after being punched and others say Alexander Ponamorenko stomped on his head after he fell on the ground. Ponamorenko has been formally charged with the beating death of Blyoskin and faces 15 years in prison. [Via Raph Koster's Website]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Website | Download [...]

By: FROM RUSSIA WITHOUT LOVE - The Last Boss

FROM RUSSIA WITHOUT LOVE - The Last Boss — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:38:08 +0000

[...] Russian newspaper is reporting that a Ukrainian gamer is facing up to 15 years in prison for the death of another online gamer. [...]

By: Lineage II Gamer Kicks Player to Death - Kotaku

Lineage II Gamer Kicks Player to Death - Kotaku — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:41:42 +0000

[...] Virtual Conflict Ends in Real Death [Moscow Times, via Koster] [...]

By: Moscow's Lineage II meet up murder - Joystiq

Moscow's Lineage II meet up murder - Joystiq — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:29:57 +0000

[...] has been formally charged with the beating death of Blyoskin and faces 15 years in prison.[Via Raph Koster's Website]ReadPermalinkEmail thisLinking BlogsComments [...]

By: Kevin Bjorke

Kevin Bjorke — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:05:53 +0000

There have alos been offline PK’s in Los Angeles, at least a year or two ago — among Korean immigrants at the time.

By: Gamer News Wire » Blog Archive » Moscow’s Lineage II meet up murder

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:21:43 +0000

[...] [Via Raph Koster’s Website] [...]

By: Michael Chui

Michael Chui — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:34:50 +0000

Darfur. Lineage II. Darfur. Lineage II. Hrm…

You know. It’s really, really sad that I thought about a response for a little bit, and eventually came up with:

“Not here.”

Maybe I should just stop watching this stuff altogether, since I don’t expect to try for the game industry again for years. (And to forestall the obvious response: I definitely don’t want it very much.)

By: Morgan Ramsay

Morgan Ramsay — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:51:30 +0000

Darfur. Lineage II. Darfur. Lineage II. Hrm…

By: Darniaq

Darniaq — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:11:48 +0000

For the amount of time these games have been out there, and for how financially integrated and advanced they have become in countries that also have high rates of game-linked addiction, having one or two of these events a year is VERY telling. We’re a long way from a clear and present danger.

Tragic though they are, their sheer rarity belies the fundamental link to factors that have nothing to do with the game worlds themselves. This doesn’t prevent the games from becoming scapegoats of course, but if at least the U.S. legislator learned anything in 2006, it was not try to govern too much by emotion when the facts are not supportive.

By: ComeDrinkWith.Us

ComeDrinkWith.Us — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

LINEAGE II L33TS ARE HARDCORE [IMG Lineage II] A Russian newspaper is reporting that a Ukrainian gamer is facing up to 15 years in prison for the death of another online gamer. Alexander Ponamorenko (known as DVP online to his RedSquad clan) is supposedly one of the best Lineage II players in Europe, and had been quarreling with