Eight Singapore fans of Japanese game Slayers entered into a suicide pact so that they could become "Slayers" themselves and kill demons in World War III. The "pact" lasted two suicides, before the rest of the kids realized they were being f*cking stupid and backed out of the plan once they saw two friends leap to their deaths from a tall building.

The pact was started by a 16-year-old, self-proclaimed Taoist medium called Ku Witaya, who convinced his brother and six other kids to join him in his quest to become a "Slayer." He had led them to believe the world was coming to an end and that they had to sacrifice themselves for the greater good. The power he had over them was seemingly broken when he and his friend Sia Chan Hong were the first to make this "sacrifice," jumping from a ninth floor window. Hong survived the fall, but died in hospital three hours later.

Slayers is quite an old set of games, based on a series of light novels that revolve around a demon called the Lord of Nightmares that will be reborn if the world is destroyed. Singapore is not exactly known for its liberal and understanding approach to videogames, so we'll see if the game connection has any repurcussions.

Seriously though, these are the stupidest kids I've ever heard about.

[Update: Somebody from Singapore contacted us and said that the suicide was not about games and that if we did not remove this article, he would "contact the relevant government agencies." Seriously, he threatened us with government intervention. Hit the jump for his email.]

I refer to this article:



http://www.destructoid.com/ singapore-gamers-forge- ludicrous-suicide-pact-147911. phtml



The news is totally wrong and is disrespectful to the dead. As a Singaporean, I cannot help but to ask the admins to delete this post. The 8 boys were not influenced by any games, they were influenced by religious beliefs.



Here is the right article:



http://www.channelnewsasia. com/stories/ singaporelocalnews/view/ 1003691/1/.html



I will be watching the article, and will report it to the relevant government agencies if nothing is done.