August 18, 2005
Computer characters mugged in crime spree
Posted at August 18, 2005 3:43 PM
You may have already read about the Chinese on-line gamer who committed murder because someone stole his virtual sword. I never posted about this article because I had nothing else to say except, "wow". Well, I just read a related article which made me laugh pretty hard.
A man in Japan was arrested on suspicion of carrying out a virtual mugging spree by using software bots to beat up and rob characters in the online computer game Lineage II. He then turned around and auctioned these items off on-line.
I love this quote from newscientist.com:
Several players had their characters beaten and robbed of valuable virtual objects, which could have included the Earring of Wisdom or the Shield of Nightmare.
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