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+9000 internet skill, gamer caps level 80 in Guild Wars 2

By VickiVale
August 28, 2012
in :  Gaming
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Guild Wars 2 has only been out a few days for a select group of players, and already, the almost impossible has been accomplished.

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Counter-Strike Nutjob Stabs Rival for Real

By Geoffrey Tim
May 31, 2010
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A French Counter-Strike player in France spent six months plotting a revenge on a man who beat him in an in-game knife fight. Only his revenge stabbing wasn’t in-game, instead stabbing his online rival for real. 20 year-old Julien Barreaux, from Cambrai got his CS avatar knifed in the ass by another player, known only as “Mikhael.” Enraged, Barreaux spent …

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