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The dangers of going too far?
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Alzheimers
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 		The dangers of going too far?
From here:

Quote:
Three People Killed Over Role-Playing Game in Southeastern Brazil
The Associated Press
Published: May 14, 2005

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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A 21-year-old man and his parents were killed after the man agreed to be murdered along with his family if he lost a murder-mystery role-playing game, local media reported Saturday.

Two men, 21-year-old Mayderson de Vargas Mendes and 22-year-old Ronald Ribeiro Rodrigues, were arrested Friday after confessing to the killings, police said.

Thiago Andrade Guedes apparently died after agreeing that whoever lost the game would be killed with his family - just as it happened in the game, police investigator Alexandre Lucente Capella told the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper.

Authorities said all three men - who had known each other for about two years - were playing characters that might be murdered depending on the outcome of the game. Guedes lost, and allegedly allowed the other men to carry out the killings, police said.

Guedes and his parents were killed on April 26 after being drugged and tied to a bed, police said. Their bodies were found nine days later at the home in the town of Guarapari, 700 kilometers (440 miles) northeast of Sao Paulo.

Police arrested Mendes and Rodrigues after a search in Guedes' room showed that the three men had been together for other role-playing games.

Mendes and Rodrigues were charged with murder and could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted, police said.

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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2005 5:04 pm
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QBKooky
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 		Wow... luckily (I hope) nothing like this would ever happen with an ARG. At least, I suspect the very popular and public nature of an ARG would discourage anyone from making such an agreement.

Private ARG's (if there was such a thing)... I suppose those would be another story. I'm thinking "Murder in Small Town X" plus a real murder, "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christe... you know. All of those complex murders that require a LOT of money. Razz
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addlepated
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 		Sounds like the Dangers of Dungeons and Dragons! We'll need Tom Hanks to go nuts, stat!

PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:24 pm
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Incitatus
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Idea Idea! - Don't Play ARGs if your... SUICIDALLY/HOMICIDALLY INSANE!!!!
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krystyn
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 		What if you're named Bob, though?

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Incitatus
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krystyn wrote:
What if you're named Bob, though?

If your named Bob, then go ahead, it's alright for you to experience any ARG you like, even if you have to make a murder-suicide pact to do it. Just make sure you enjoy yourself. Razz
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 		"a group of us, just strangers, got together
and we formed a committee to discuss the
problem. we talked about things like
assured mutual destruction and emotional
responsibility. i couldn't remember my name,
so i called myself bob. it's weird being a bob,
but i'll get used to it. i have to."
(NoMeansNo - The Day Everything Became Nothing)
OT ~ let's say this discussion rang a bell

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