LAOAG CITY, PHILIPPINES – A man has been accused of stabbing his friend to death outside an Internet cafe after an argument over a video game.
Mark Pascual was playing Defense of the Ancients (DOTA) with his friend, 25-year-old Ferdinand Madamba Jr., at the Barangay 2 Internet cafe.
According to local reports, Pascual was becoming irritated with Madamba because he kept winning matches and trash talking Pascual.
Madamba challenged Pascual to a fist fight outside the cafe, which Pascual accepted. Once outside, Pascual took out a knife and stabbed Madamba multiple times in the neck and stomach, ultimately leading to his death.
Pascual then fled the scene after murdering his long-time friend. Madamba’s brother, who goes by the name of PJ, discovered his brother lying in a pool of his own blood a few minutes later.
Pascual has not been apprehended at this time, and local authorities have launched a manhunt to find him.
According to reports, Pascual and Madamba have been friends for roughly 10 years. PJ said the two had gotten into a fight earlier in their village.
“Parang kantiyawan, binato niya (Madamba) ng mangga [si Pascual]. Siguro may nasabi pa ito na iba na nasaktan si Puti, pero biro lang naman ng kuya ko ‘yun”, said PJ.
I have no clue what the fuck PJ said, as no news articles have translated it. But Google translates it to: “Like chaff, threw (Madamba) mango [Pascual]. Maybe someone said it to hurt others to Mark, but was only joking my brother ‘yun'”
Violence between DOTA players in some areas of the Philippines has gotten so bad that some villages have outright banned it from their Internet cafes.
This article was written by Delores Haze for The Dreamin Demon - the Internet's self-appointed buzzkill.