Zu Online community mourns earthquake victims

by Samuel Axon May 15th 2008 at 10:00PM

Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Culture, Events, in-game, Zu Online, News items

As most people have heard by now, a massive earthquake struck the Sichuan province of China four days ago, killing 12,000 people and leaving as many as 18,000 more missing. The colossal tragedy shocked not only the Chinese, but all the people of the world.

Players of the Chinese MMO Zu Online were no exception. Without any prior planning, they collected together in the game's wuxia fantasy setting -- the mythic past of the the very region struck by this week's terrible disaster -- to mourn those lost in the earthquake, and to pray for their families.

A Zu player put together a tribute video, cross-cutting between footage from the in-game memorial service and photographs from the media coverage of the disaster, and posted it on the game's official forums. It's a noble tribute to the deceased. Watch it if you feel compelled.

[Via MMORPG]

Tags: china, disaster, earthquake, igg, memorial, onwind-digital, prayer, service, sichuan, tragedy, video, wuxia, zu-online