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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Klaus" data-source="post: 2268281" data-attributes="member: 607">For those willing to brave Babelfish, here's one of the better (but not much) written articles on the Guarapari case: <a href="http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/interna/0,,OI532260-EI306,00.html" target="_blank">http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/interna/0,,OI532260-EI306,00.html</a>As for the 2001 Ouro Preto killing, the victim, Aline, was found dead in a cemetary, in a position that indicated a sacrifice. When her cousin was caught (she was with Aline, and is a suspect), she named the other participants. With one of them were found V:tM books. The police thumbed the books and found an illustration with a passing resemblance of the position the body was found (local RPGers who have V:tM books think it was the Guide to the Sabba). So the police goes "a-HA!" and the media circus begins.What every news service fails to relate is that Aline and her cousin (who were on a trip) left the boarding house to go to a rave (where, no doubt, drugs and alcohol were readily available). Also, Aline never played RPGs in her life (according to her mother).For almost a decade, V:tM was the most extensively published (and played) RPG in Brazil (AD&D 2e was absent after a brief stint in 92, and Gurps had few supplements, although it was the first to arrive here). The dress-code of the gamers (gothic or all-black, full of crosses and other symbols), coupled with the fact that RPGers in Brazil tend to fall in the 13-19 range of age, built a very fertile ground for the "RPGs corrupt the kids!" mentality.Even though, in the past 10 years, only 2 killings have been linked to RPGs. In the same timespan, 4 killings were perpetrated by owners of Yorkshire dogs. So a Yorkshire dog is twice as likely to corrupt you than a RPG! BEWARE THE DOGS!</blockquote>

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