Topic: Kotaku uses a story from the Daily Telegraph...

[Pugnate]

http://kotaku.com/5550609/man-spends-six-months-plotting-murder-of-counter+strike-rival

And it doesn't make sense...

How could you possibly track him down? This isn't an MMO so why does it matter.

[Xessive]

Counter-strike? His character was killed in Counter-strike? That's what set him off? A game which the fundamentally designed around the idea of dying and respawning repeatedly; a game which has no persistent characters, no experience, in fact no persistent penalty for death.

It's pretty clear that guy has some serious mental issues. It's pretty tough to rationalize a psychotic mind.

[Cobra951]

The judge, who locked him up for two years on a charge of causing grievous bodily harm, says of Barreaux, "You are a menace to society. I am frankly terrified of the disproportionate reaction you could have if someone looked at you the wrong way in the street."

I'm sure in 2 whole years, he'll be a changed man.

What's up with European jail sentences?  This guy needs to be locked away for good or hanged.

[Xessive]

I'm sure in 2 whole years, he'll be a changed man.

What's up with European jail sentences?  This guy needs to be locked away for good or hanged.

Yeah, I mean that was premeditated murder! He must have had a skilled lawyer.

[Cobra951]

Well, premeditated attempted murder.  I'm assuming the victim survived, since the blade missed the heart by an inch.  I need to read that again.

Edit: "grievous bodily harm"

[Xessive]

Well, premeditated attempted murder.  I'm assuming the victim survived, since the blade missed the heart by an inch.  I need to read that again.

Edit: "grievous bodily harm"

Oh yeah, he did survive (so far). The blade had just missed his heart.

2 years for attempted murder or "malice aforethought with infliction of grievous bodily harm and intent to kill" (*Wikipedia) is like a slap on the wrist.