Real Life Flamewar

[techmaster-glitch]

Found this topic over at the Freefall forums. Decided to bring it here.
As Murray (at the Freefall board) said,

We do our best to keep flamewars from breaking out. In this case, the flames turned into real ones -

http://www.heraldextra.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=230290&Itemid=99999999

Discuss this new testament to the lowest tiers of human stupidity.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Let's not, and say we did.

[Jack McSlay]

another dude killed a player of a MMOG because he stole his weapon, anything is possible 

[xHaZxMaTx]

Cloud song?

[Zedd]

Its just a freaking game dude! You didnt need to burn his house down!!

[bill]

Does this qualify as LARP?

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Does this qualify as LARP?

*snicker*

[Valynth]

Does this qualify as LARP?

Only if he declared "I cast fireball at his house!"  while throwing a flaming bean bag.  Of course the bag has to hit the house and not the grass next to it in order for it to count.

[RJ]

Dangnabit, I wanted to make the funny joke about magical bean bags. 

[thegayhare]

no it's only LARP if your screaming lightning bolt while being pummeled by two guys in mexican wreastling masks

[Caswin]

I'd say this guy was living out a fantasy of mine - driving cross-country to exact revenge for an online incident - but not over something like that.  That actually sound kind of funny.

[Boog]

Boy, did he show him.

Human beings are many things. Tenacious, complex, creative, tool using... But this is one example of how calling us intelligent life is possibly stretching things  a bit.

[Knight]

Apparently the guy had issues off line already, like, insanity maybe.  It was only a matter of time before something drove him over the edge, it just happened to be something stupid that no one can empathize with him for.  Thank goodness no one died because of it.

[techmaster-glitch]

You said it.

[Knight]

I guess it's better than the reason the Hatfields and McCoys had, which, you know, no one can even remember.  People obsess.  Everybody is three drinks and some good music behind.