On November 16 2012 20:33 AJ- wrote: i read mrmugger bitten in china
AHHH! World War Z has begun!
Anyway, that's rather scary but at least he came out okay. I'd probably take getting robbed by those guys any day over any one else though. Politely takes my money and then gives me a cab ride back to my hotel... Couldn't ask for a more friendly ring of thieves. They should teach our stateside gangsters a thing or two.
So much assholes here jesus. How is it your own fault getting robbed. Those fucking retards deserve to die. Lets rob someone instead of making a decent living like a normal human being.
Nice to see that you only ended up losing money, and hey at least you have a cool story to tell for the rest of your life, small price to pay!
And I like the way chinese gangsters go about their business, not saying what they're doing is okay by any means but getting you back to your hotel and so on.
On November 16 2012 21:30 Inzan1ty wrote: China (the majority) is still very poor
you should expect the unexpected, aka better treat it like a 3rd world countty (it isnt, but it might be in terms of criminal activities)
However you are rather safe in Japan and South Korea.
What a ridiculous statement. SK and Japan have just as shady locations as the one Mr. Bitter was in. It can happen in any country.
while I do agree each city has its "dark corners", one can not deny the high difference regarding minimum/average salary between china and its "blessed" neighbours japan/s.korea, which affects the psychology of each and every of their citizen and their potential getting involved into criminal activities.
you should read up on employers for Apple or any other major company in China, the desperation of just getting their families fed is quite 3rd world level there.
On November 16 2012 21:41 Uni1987 wrote: So much assholes here jesus. How is it your own fault getting robbed. Those fucking retards deserve to die. Lets rob someone instead of making a decent living like a normal human being.
Good luck bitter
That's a little uncalled for, no?
No one was hurt and Bitter got back to his hotel safely. It was just a $1600 scared straight lesson on why you shouldn't travel alone.
On November 16 2012 21:30 Inzan1ty wrote: China (the majority) is still very poor
you should expect the unexpected, aka better treat it like a 3rd world countty (it isnt, but it might be in terms of criminal activities)
However you are rather safe in Japan and South Korea.
What a ridiculous statement. SK and Japan have just as shady locations as the one Mr. Bitter was in. It can happen in any country.
while I do agree each city has its "dark corners", one can not deny the high difference regarding minimum/average salary between china and its "blessed" neighbours japan/s.korea, which affects the psychology of each and every of their citizen and their potential getting involved into criminal activities.
you should read up on employers for Apple or any other major company in China, the desperation of just getting their families fed is quite 3rd world level there.
No. Just no. Just because China have a really large population (largest in the world lol), the amount of people in each sector (middle class, low class, high class) are more than any country. Technically, China is the richest country in the world.
On November 16 2012 21:30 Inzan1ty wrote: China (the majority) is still very poor
you should expect the unexpected, aka better treat it like a 3rd world countty (it isnt, but it might be in terms of criminal activities)
However you are rather safe in Japan and South Korea.
What a ridiculous statement. SK and Japan have just as shady locations as the one Mr. Bitter was in. It can happen in any country.
while I do agree each city has its "dark corners", one can not deny the high difference regarding minimum/average salary between china and its "blessed" neighbours japan/s.korea, which affects the psychology of each and every of their citizen and their potential getting involved into criminal activities.
you should read up on employers for Apple or any other major company in China, the desperation of just getting their families fed is quite 3rd world level there.
No. Just no. Just because China have a really large population (largest in the world lol), the amount of people in each sector (middle class, low class, high class) are more than any country. Technically, China is the richest country in the world.
maybe richest country but not richest country PER citizen
On November 16 2012 21:30 Inzan1ty wrote: China (the majority) is still very poor
you should expect the unexpected, aka better treat it like a 3rd world countty (it isnt, but it might be in terms of criminal activities)
However you are rather safe in Japan and South Korea.
What a ridiculous statement. SK and Japan have just as shady locations as the one Mr. Bitter was in. It can happen in any country.
while I do agree each city has its "dark corners", one can not deny the high difference regarding minimum/average salary between china and its "blessed" neighbours japan/s.korea, which affects the psychology of each and every of their citizen and their potential getting involved into criminal activities.
you should read up on employers for Apple or any other major company in China, the desperation of just getting their families fed is quite 3rd world level there.
No. Just no. Just because China have a really large population (largest in the world lol), the amount of people in each sector (middle class, low class, high class) are more than any country. Technically, China is the richest country in the world.
Technically? I would like to know in what sense that China is the richest @@
I'm sorry to see this had happened to mr bitter. If I was there, this wouldn't have happened.
I speak Chinese, I'm a foreigner and I could have helped him get home safely.
"Shanghai. Heaven built on Hell." -Mu Shiying
EDIT: I nominate that next year's wcs world championships be held in Taipei. I've walked out of many a bar and night club there wasted and never bad to worry about this sort of thing happening.
On November 16 2012 21:41 Uni1987 wrote: So much assholes here jesus. How is it your own fault getting robbed. Those fucking retards deserve to die. Lets rob someone instead of making a decent living like a normal human being.
Good luck bitter
I agree with this statement. What many of you don't realize is that day9, mr bitter, and all of the other casting figures in at wcs right now are world renowned and you can't expect someone to know all of the languages and customs (both good and bad)of every single country that they go to.
On November 16 2012 08:16 Slackzftw wrote: Why did he do that, just tell them you have no money or just do like you dont even speak english. "Mich nixe verstehen!" Worst thing would have been to get beat up, but I rather get beat up than lose 2000$.
What? You care about $2k more than yourself? What if they break your arm or your leg. You wanna be disable for the rest of your life instead of losing $2000? How dumb is that?
If you pay me 2000$ you can break one Leg of me.
"Give us all your money or we'll break one of your legs!"
I don't think you understand the situation here. If they were to harm him, it would be MUCH worse than just one leg. It could have been his life. Can't do much with $2000 if you're dead can you?
I'm also pretty sure that if you have a broken leg there isn't much you can do to fight back, and they'll take your money anyway. So your options are to either give them what they want and hope they don't harm you, or they harm you and take what they want. Lesser of two evils.
You have seen too many movies lol! No gangster would kill a tourist because he doesn't give him money. In what world are you living. If you didn't know: murdering people is also illegal in china and if they get caught they don't want to get in jail forever because they murdered someone. These small pseudo-gangsters who mostly only try to steal from tourists are not these type of russian mafia guys who would kill someone.
Just saying people who are mugging/scamming/robbing aren't know for making the most rational of decisions. But you are awfully confident in exactly how their reaction would have been. Also I know the leg was a joke, but having a leg broken is way worse than losing some money in my experience. Two months on crutches, and likely surgery