Game Distributor Sued Over Boy's Suicide

Iria · May 12, 2006, 04:17 PM

Source: ABC News
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BEIJING May 12, 2006 (AP)— The parents of a 13-year-old Chinese boy who they say jumped to his death from a tall building after playing one of the popular "Warcraft" online games for 36 hours straight are suing its Chinese distributor, a news report said Friday.

Zhang Xiaoyi died on Dec. 27, 2004, leaving behind a suicide note saying he wanted "to join the heroes of the game he worshipped," the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

It said Zhang's parents, who live in Tianjin, just east of Beijing, are seeking 100,000 yuan ($12,500) from Aomeisoft, the Chinese distributor of "Warcraft: Orcs and Humans."

BWX · May 12, 2006, 04:56 PM

The idiot parents should be thrown in jail for allowing the kid to play the game that long. Child endangerment, it's their fault. "Only in China.."
Might as well say that, LOL- if it was in the US that's what people would say- "only in America"..

May 12, 2006, 04:17 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Game Distributor Sued Over Boy's Suicide Source: ABC News __________ BEIJING May 12, 2006 (AP)— The parents of a 13-year-old Chinese boy who they say jumped to his death from a tall building after playing one of the popular "Warcraft" online games for 36 hours straight are suing its Chinese distributor, a news report said Friday. Zhang Xiaoyi died on Dec. 27, 2004, leaving behind a suicide note saying he wanted "to join the heroes of the game he worshipped," the official Xinhua News Agency reported. It said Zhang's parents, who live in Tianjin, just east of Beijing, are seeking 100,000 yuan ($12,500) from Aomeisoft, the Chinese distributor of "Warcraft: Orcs and Humans."

May 12, 2006, 04:56 PM	#2
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	The idiot parents should be thrown in jail for allowing the kid to play the game that long. Child endangerment, it's their fault. "Only in China.." Might as well say that, LOL- if it was in the US that's what people would say- "only in America".. __________________