Conflict in Pokemon GO, 56-year-old gamer assaults you in the middle of the road

One of the attractions in today’s games is that it allows players to compete against other players. Of course, that can sometimes make gamers impatient, but relying on it to perform offensive and revenge actions in real life is definitely not a wise action.

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Pokemon GO is a title mobile games where the player goes to catch Pokemon and fight NPCs and other players to capture Gyms and get rewards. Gym is a special place in Pokemon GO, it is not only a place for players to train Pokemon but also help players earn money corresponding to the amount of time protecting the Gym.​

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Recently in Hokkaido, Japan, a 56-year-old man named Kanehisa Satoh was arrested for assaulting a friend who played Pokemon GO with him. Satoh met this friend a few years ago, at the time of the incident, the two were sitting in a car in Ashibetsu (a city in Hokkaido), near where Satoh was working, and started arguing about the issues. Gym in the game.

Satoh said he was so angry when the other friend went ahead and took over his ideal location, causing him to lose his in-game rewards, which caused him to grab his shirt and break the mirror of his friend’s car. At 11 a.m. on August 10, Satoh was arrested by the Hokkaido police for assault

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It may be easier for people to get angry now when the global pandemic is still going on and many events have been cancelled, but it is never the right behavior to assault and destroy other people’s property. . It seems that Kanehisa Satoh will have to part with his favorite game for a while because he is currently being detained in the police station.​