Mobs Move Into Sims Online Power Vacuum

Posted by simoniker on Saturday June 7, 2003 @01:02AM 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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SimJail? SimParoleOfficer? SimChico'sBailBonds? by Asprin · 2003-06-07 01:10 · 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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I'm signing up now! by dbretton · 2003-06-07 01:13 · Score: 4, Funny

With the Mob running things and my Frank Sinatra Sim avatar, I am a shoe-in for becoming a superstar!
not surprising, BUT... by EricV314a · 2003-06-07 02:43 · Score: 4, Funny

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