Virtual games, real death

    Alexander BleskinToday at the Domodedovo cemetery Alexander Bleskin, a 6th year student at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI), will be buried. On the Internet, or rather, among the players of the Lineage II network game, he was known as TOP. Alexander died in a hospital as a result of injuries received a week ago in a fight in the center of Moscow.

    Lineage II is one of the most popular online games in the MMORPG genre. The formed clans and alliances of players are at odds with each other, but this almost never results in “offline” clashes: clan members sort things out on the Internet - on the “battlefield” and game forums.

    On January 12, Andrei Ponamorenko (DVP), a member of the Exile alliance, RedSquad clan, was present at the traditional Friday meeting of the InquisitorS clan (“Incas” or “Inquisitors”) in a bar on Kitay Gorod metro station. Andrey is one of the strongest Lineage II players in Europe, the general director of a Ukrainian computer trading company. He came to Russia to meet with “brothers in arms” on purpose. At the gathering of the “Incas” was also attended by Kirill “Shtay” - an active participant in gaming forums, the author of articles on specialized resources and a longtime enemy of DVP (they often argued on the forums, turning to personalities, and in his articles, Shtay spoke negatively about the clan to which it belongs DVP). Already pretty tipsy DVP decided to talk with Shtay "like a man", for which both went to the street. As a result of the “conversation,” Stay went to the toilet with a broken nose, and Alexander SVERKh came up to the DVP, deciding to explain that it’s indecent to behave this way “away”. The conversation quickly turned into a fight. Alexander’s friends say that his right arm was dislocated a couple of days before and he had to walk in a cast for some time, but he removed it himself. One cannot speak of any serious rebuff to Andrei Ponamorenko from Alexander. It was difficult for other players to stop hand-to-hand fighting, who dragged away the DVP, who beat Beat lying on the asphalt. One cannot speak of any serious rebuff to Andrei Ponamorenko from Alexander. It was difficult for other players to stop hand-to-hand fighting, who dragged away the DVP, who beat Beat lying on the asphalt. One cannot speak of any serious rebuff to Andrei Ponamorenko from Alexander. It was difficult for other players to stop hand-to-hand fighting, who dragged away the DVP, who beat Beat lying on the asphalt.

    Alexander was in the hospital with a cerebral hemorrhage and a fracture of the base of the skull. 3 days he was in a coma, had surgery on the brain. His friends organized a blood collection, but this did not save his life: on Tuesday, Alexander Bleskin died without regaining consciousness.

    The international alliances and clans that have developed around Lineage2 are at war only on the net. Traditional rallies are often attended by "enemies" - members of competing clans, but this usually does not translate into a showdown and melee. At the clan’s meetings, “veterans” leave the “virtual battles”, but maintain friendly relations with those whom they met during the game. The presence of Shtay, the author of the scandalous articles and the active debater in the forums, known in the game party, indirectly caused the death of another player. Those who knew Alexander speak of him as a faithful companion who does not leave friends in trouble. He did not approve of skirmishes in online forums and never participated in them.

    At the moment, a criminal case has been instituted under Article 111 Clause 4 (intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm, resulting in the death of the victim by negligence; from 5 to 15 years in prison). Andrei Ponamorenko is in the pre-trial detention center. It is expected that in a week or two the case will be referred to court.

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