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Dutch Teen Brutally Beaten by Online Game Possessions

Rivals brutally beat teenagers over the mask and amulet that was his in the medieval fantasy game



Dutch Supreme Court upheld the theft conviction



Court said that the virtual objects had a value to the 13-year-old gamer because of the time and energy he invested' in winning the game.



By Jill Reilly Updated: 11:45 BST 2 February 2012



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A Dutch teenager was beaten up and threatened with a knife during a dispute over virtual possessions in the wildly popular online fantasy game RuneScape.



The boy, who was 13 years old, was slapped because he "picked up" an amulet and mask during a game, which two other teenagers also wanted as well.



They kicked him and swung knives, while requiring him to log onto RuneScape and surrender the objects.



Intimidation: The teenager was beaten up and threatened with a knife during a row about virtual objects in an incredibly popular online fantasy game called RuneScape



This allowed one to take the items, while the other played the game.



RUNESCAPE.COM FACTS



RuneScape was launched in 2001, is home to around 10 million active players who are said to be regular players.



It is located in Gielinor the medieval world that consists mainly o n grassy rolling hills and large areas of woodland.



Guinness World Records holds the title of world's most played free role-playing game.



In 2009, a hacker broke into computer accounts and stole virtual characters as well as their possessions from RuneScape and was given a police warning.



A few months before one RuneScape account was sold on eBay for a price of PS46,000.



The attack occurred in 2007 and the attackers were found guilty in 2009. EXTREMEMINING However, one of the attackers appealed to Dutch Supreme Court.



Yesterday, however, the Netherlands Supreme Court of the Netherlands affirmed the theft conviction.



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The lawyer for the suspect had stated that the amulet and the mask, were neither tangible or material' and, unlike electricity, had no economic worth.



However, the Court declared that the virtual objects were of intrinsic value for the 13-year-old player due to the time and effort he invested in winning them when playing the game.



Their names are not public due to the fact that they were juveniles. the defendant who appealed has now been sentenced to 144 hours of community service.



Virtual life is not a new concept.



The Dutch Supreme Court ruled that the virtual objects had intrinsic value to the player at 13 years old because of the time and effort he invested in winning them'. It also upheld the theft conviction.



In 2009, a person who hacked into computers and stole virtual characters and their possessions from RuneScape was issued a police warning.



The Dutch Supreme Court sentenced the defendant to 100 hours of community service.



In September of last year, a man of middle age in Devon came to the house of a schoolboy, and slayed him after his online character was killed during a game of Call Of Duty.



Mark Bradford, 46, was furious after he was shot dead in the war simulation by the 13-year-old. He then lost it when the child scolded him to kill himself online.



A father who was unemployed and with three children Bradford was escorted out of his bed in Plymouth, Devon and confronted the boy at his friend's house, placing his hands around the neck of the schoolboy.



The two had been playing Call Of Duty: Black Ops against each other online and talking through microphones.



The teenager's mother, horrified she dragged Bradford from her son. Bradford was left with reddening and scratches on his neck.



A 20-year-old boy from Alabama killed three police officers in 2005. He claimed that his actions were caused through hours of playing the game Grand Theft Auto, where players shoot police officers and take their cars.



Devin Moore, his arrestee told the police that life is a game and that everyone will pass away at some point.


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