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Mobs Move Into Sims Online Power Vacuum

Posted by simoniker on from the wot-no-2004-election? dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a San Jose Mercury News report discussing the rise of racketeering in The Sims Online. According to one of the afflicted, "[other players] ..show up at your house and they request protection money. `You have to pay me 100,000 simolians if you don't want your house torn down.' It's technically harassment." The reasons for this and other extreme in-game behaviors are also discussed: "Sometimes, [organized gangs] are a sign that the game lacks enough interesting elements to engage the players - so they create their own drama. More often, it means players are so attached that they invest the time to exploit its rules."

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  1. SimJail? SimParoleOfficer? SimChico'sBailBonds? by Asprin · · Score: 4, Funny


    Anyone know what they're doin' to the perpetrators? I think a large-simolean fine (paid to victims) and a couple of weeks with their Sims being isolated in an 8x8 cell in the crossbar hotel would be fitting.

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    1. Re:SimJail? SimParoleOfficer? SimChico'sBailBonds? by C0LDFusion · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, if you put the violators in a cell, what commands smuggle drugs in your ass?

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    2. Re:SimJail? SimParoleOfficer? SimChico'sBailBonds? by Asprin · · Score: 3, Funny

      a:>pkzip -a -ex hemmoroid.zip stash.dat<BR><BR>
      Just make sure you use the -ex switch for maximum compression - believe me, you want this thing as small as possible.


      (Yes, your ass runs DOS -- why is that funny?)

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  2. I'm signing up now! by dbretton · · Score: 4, Funny

    With the Mob running things and my Frank Sinatra Sim avatar, I am a shoe-in for becoming a superstar!

  3. Terminate their accounts .. by dk.r*nger · · Score: 3, Funny

    .. by SHOOTING at DAWN in a public place.

    Mwa ha ha ha!

  4. not surprising, BUT... by EricV314a · · Score: 4, Funny

    have you ever seen a story like this and said to yourself "damn, I wish I could have thought of that"?

  5. doh by rask22 · · Score: 2, Funny

    and here I just started playing shadowbane looking for good online pvp.

  6. Is it cheating? by jago25_98 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I do this for a job in real life so please stop the descrimination.

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  7. Re:Metastudies. by C0LDFusion · · Score: 2, Funny

    SimArchitect: "The first SimsOnline was perfect, it was a work of art. Flawless. A marvel matched only by its monumental failure."

    Will there be a SimNeo? Will he be the result of @%$^%$&^#@$&#%^&#%^&%^&@^@$%^@ $%^ (Spoilers deleted for your protection)

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