Chinese father hires virtual hitman to 'kill' son in online games - so he will get a job

Daily Mail ^

[Jonty30]

A Chinese man concerned about his unemployed son's gaming addiction, hired online hitmen to "kill" his avatar.

[Jonty30]

I just came across this. I think it's timeless in its theme.

[Does so]

Bfl

[Chewbarkah]

I was thinking that dad ought to hire an actual man to throw his bum son out on the street while an actual locksmith changes the locks.

[Little Pig]

Actually kind of surprised that this isn’t done more often, or if it is, that it isn’t publicized more often.

[Tax-chick]

I love it!

[cyclotic]

Three pronged approach, video hitman, real dad with a sledge hammer to the game system and a locksmith

[Rurudyne]

Avatarcide?

[Tax-chick]

My sons wondered what game(s) it was, but the article doesn’t say.

[Red Badger]

How does one get a job like that?

And how much does it pay?..................

[dblshot]

Confucius say, man with hand on joy stick have no hand for work.

[MrHead]

From the Daily Mail’s story comments, 2nd oldest comment, it’s fake.

CDTI, LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom, 7 years ago

lol this is a fake story that has been doing the rounds for years. and I mean years.

[rhett october]

This is awesome!

[Kriggerel]

Cue up all those “disappointed Asian Father” memes. :P

[heavy metal]

wonder if his last name is cwinton...

[kaboom]

The locksmith might work but the kid is probably playing at some video game cafe which I hear Asia is full of.

[devane617]

Opens a can of virtual worms. Is it ok to murder In virtual reality? Hmm.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[4Liberty]

Hahaha!!

[scrabblehack]

I would think so, yes.

In fact, if it’s a pay for play game, it would open up a whole new revenue stream.

Obviously it wouldn’t be worth it to kill off a Level 1 character. On some of those games, if you’re a Level 60 character and get killed off, at worst you’re a Level 59 character when you go to play again. But let’s say there’s a “superkill” routine that eliminates your character entirely or puts you back to Level 1.

The question is, would the player be discouraged, or just try again?

[LegendHasIt]

Heh, that’s pretty smart.

Although I think they already did something like that on The Big Bang Theory.