Father Hires In-Game “Hitmen” To Deter Son From Playing

[El]

http://kotaku.com/5972406/father-hires-in+game-hitmen-to-deter-son-from-playing

Sick and tired of his son playing video games and not listening to him, a father in China decided to take matters into his own hands... well, sort of. Instead of sending his son off to addiction camp or stripping him of internet and gaming rights, Mr. Feng (冯先生) chose to hire an online "hitman" to school his son.


Feng's 23 year-old son, "Xiao Feng" (小冯) started playing video games in high school. Through his years of playing various online games, he supposedly thought himself a master of Chinese online role playing games. According to his father, Xiao Feng had terrible grades in school because of his gaming habit; he couldn't even land a job. He, however, says he simply couldn't find any work that he liked. Feng was annoyed that his son couldn't even tough it out for three months at a software development company.

Unhappy with his son not finding a job, Feng decided to hire players in his son's favorite online games to hunt down Xiao Feng. It is unknown where or how Feng found the in-game assassins—every one of the players he hired were stronger and higher leveled than Xiao Feng. Feng's idea was that his son would get bored of playing games if he was killed every time he logged on, and that he would start putting more effort into getting a job.

Despite being sick of getting killed every time, Xiao Feng decided to stick up to his father and tell him how he felt. He was quoted as saying, "I can play or I can not play, it doesn't bother me. I'm not looking for any job—I want to take some time to find one that suits me."

Hearing his son's earnest plea, Feng said that he was "relieved". It's unsure if Feng has called off his assassins or if Xiao Feng has found a job. One thing's for sure; Feng's way of deterring his son from playing games might be one of the best ideas to come out of China recently, particularly as reactions to "gaming and internet addiction" have been very extreme.

[Al Swearegen]

Well there we go. Lesson learnt.....not!
Weak Dad and spoiled son.

[Parts]

When my son was spending too much time online when he was younger(middle school) he would experience 'technical' problems with the connection(I would unhook the cable line in to the modem in the basement)  it worked with his cable tv too.

[Pyraxis]

Uh simple. Stop paying your 23-year-old kid's rent.

[midlifeaspie]

China has a different culture when it comes to these things.  People actually make a living playing video games, as evidenced by the fellow the father hired.

[Peter]

It's good to see that China has progressed to the point where it's citizens suffer from first world problems.

[Icequeen]

When my son was spending too much time online when he was younger(middle school) he would experience 'technical' problems with the connection(I would unhook the cable line in to the modem in the basement)  it worked with his cable tv too.

I do the same thing.   

There isn't a game console or much else I haven't had apart either where I don't know what to pull for a temp "fix". 

[El]

It's good to see that China has progressed to the point where it's citizens suffer from first world problems.

That still ain't all of them.

[earthboundmisfit]

The father actually gave the son a position to aspire towards.

[Al Swearegen]

It's good to see that China has progressed to the point where it's citizens suffer from first world problems.

That still ain't all of them.

But then no first world country has all its citizens living in first world conditions

[El]

It's good to see that China has progressed to the point where it's citizens suffer from first world problems.

That still ain't all of them.

But then no first world country has all its citizens living in first world conditions

*nod*  This is true.

[P7PSP]

Uh simple. Stop paying your 23-year-old kid's rent.

  Or maybe hire a real hit man.