Ya know, there comes a time when these "fanboy wars" go too far. And I think this incident is a perfect example."A 22-year administrative assistant, who is originally from Hong Kong, was playing his PlayStation Portable when he was surrounded by a group of four or five youths. One of them snatched the games machine from his hand, but when he tried to get it back the whole gang jumped in and began punching him in the face and body.
The train pulled into Hornsey station and the youths got off, but the victim bravely followed and grabbed hold of one of them. He was then set upon again, punched repeatedly in the head and knocked unconscious. The gang fled leaving the man laid out on the platform, before other passengers came to his aid. He was taken to hospital for treatment but released later that day."
This is most definitely the work of those vile and evil DS fanboys! Even though the guy ended up getting his butt kicked, you have to give him credit for not going down without a fight, though.
In all seriousness, though, this is a despicable act, and I really hope the police find these punks. If reading about this incident pissed you off like it did me, this video may make you feel better.
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10-06-2006 @ 7:27PM
Jon said...
... Or maybe they just wanted his PSP. I mean, really, this sounds more like a mugging gone wrong than a group of fanboys trying to "teach PSP fanboys a lesson."
Nevertheless, I did find that video rather amusing.
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10-06-2006 @ 8:19PM
Granavatar_ofMe said...
This is a new?,i already read all about this yesterday,he was beaten up almost to dead trying to have back his psp back.
Freaking aholes.
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10-06-2006 @ 8:49PM
Hiroshi said...
Bunch of no good criminal punks. What city did this happen in? Hope the police catch these cowards and send them to jail for a long time where they would get they salad tossed every night. Why would you want to harm another person? They don't belong in the society.
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10-07-2006 @ 12:08AM
Jabba said...
It happened in north London, i live there, This stuff happens all the time, same thing if he had a DLite probably, but then again those kind of boys would be like "OMG kiddy console" but thet still would have taken it and sold it, anything thats of any value, mobile phones, ipods etc you get the gist. If there were DS fanboys there, such as myself, they surely would have defended there PSP fanboy rival, i mean, as if being beaten by 100,000 units sold per week isn't bad enough, lol. But i garuntee you there was a shitload of people just sitting there watching it happen, no one ever helps really
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10-07-2006 @ 7:17AM
Joel said...
sorry to disappoint you, but, if they were DS Fanboys getting serious, wouldn't they trash the PSP in his face, and then break it?....
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10-07-2006 @ 12:37PM
buchsi said...
I dont think this is the work of DS Fanboys, I dont think there DS Fanboys on the world which are able to this, I think they just wanted to beat him for some other reason, maybe because he GOT a Handheld, maybe they wanted to scare him or something like that.
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10-08-2006 @ 4:25PM
richterscale said...
I agree this was probably just a mugging.
I love my DS and PSP equally.
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10-18-2006 @ 4:50AM
Aeron said...
I don't see how DS fanboys could have done this. Although we like the DS more than the PSP and do anthing to protect it and posssibly start a couple of flame wars, I can guarantee you that no gamer would do this. I mean would you bash up a guy for playing a DS on a train?. Thikn about it...
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10-18-2006 @ 1:52PM
pixelator said...
You guys aren't so good with the picking up on sarcasm, are you?
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