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Virtual Muggings in Lineage II
electro-donkey writes "A man has been arrested in Japan after on suspicion using a bot to beat up and rob characters in the online computer game Lineage II. The stolen virtual possessions were then exchanged for real cash, according to this report from NewScienist.com.
"I regularly say that every form of theft and fraud in the real world will eventually be duplicated in cyberspace," says Bruce Schneier."
What about vice versa? Because I would love to see someone wall hacking irl
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It's pretty clever.
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I gotta say, a virtual mugging is much better than a real one. Unlike sex, say...
Didn't fall for the "PayPal" or "eBay" scams? Watch out for the "Lineage II" phish
"Please take a few moments out of your online gaming experience to buy the Sword of Invinciblity"
Ignorance is not a crime; neither should it be a way of life
Congress control $ = inmates run the asylum
Just miniaturize http://www.baytoday.ca/content/news/details.asp?c= 6657 that and you're set.
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What's next? Will a man be sentenced to community service for turning over cards in Solitaire? Arrested for playing Minesweeper in an airport? Sued for using the "Undo" feature in Spider?
if some guys buys a Real Doll, and he's married, has he committed adultery?
I mean, c'mon -- everyman just wants a girl who will let him watch an entire season of Stargate in one uninterrupted sitting.
The dev team is really too busy to go around policing every player so there are teams of volunteer guides who wear blue robes and hats to take care of that kind of thing. They don't have GM powers but the online community generally supports them in what they do.
Getting back to the original story, I was not aware that "Using an automated system to play an online game" was a criminal offense in Japan. If it is then this guy got what was coming to him. If not then someone is either making up ex post facto laws or pulling them ex rectum.
Unbeatable? Those Lineage bots must be a lot better than the ones on FFXI. Those goofs can usually be outpulled/outskilled by a mental defective.
VOTE!
Now, where's my wallet?
It is not our abilities that show what we truly are... it is our choices.
Not a fake game.
As opposed to a real game?
Just always play as the Americans and you'll be fine.
*ducks*
"I only speak the truth"
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Murder for killing someone. War crimes for doing a victory crouch-hump on their corpse.
In real life, we have rules which are called "laws." Account suspension happens by moving your avatar to a special facility called a "jail." Occasionally (depending on the situation), your account may be terminated entirely, often by means of "lethal injection" or "the chair."
Oh come on, this is a fantasy world. Execution is handled by feeding your character to a dragon or dropping a boulder on their head.
"We returned the General to El Salvador, or maybe Guatemala, it's difficult to tell from 10,000 feet"
Yes, yes, let's all blame our imaginary friends for our problems.
"I only speak the truth"
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Define actual.
Real people have a pulse.
"We returned the General to El Salvador, or maybe Guatemala, it's difficult to tell from 10,000 feet"
...the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
If not, He will bitch-slap you with His Noodly Appendage.
As long as you didn't have sex with them, you'll be fine.
I have a Polaroid of what the burglar did with my toothbrush that says different.
"Made up/misattributed quote that makes me look smart. I am on
real world crime shouldn't be decided in virtual courts
virtual crimes shouldn't be decided in real world courts
so what is called for here is a virtual court
populated with individuals of good karmic standing from various games
and whose decisions should have one and only one real world punishment: banishment from the realm of the virtual
that is: a legally binding injunction against the offending real world individual from having any internet access at all for a period of time commensurate with their virtual crime
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
teams of volunteer guides who wear blue robes and hats
Blue robes, eh? Just out of curiosity, how much do you suppose those are worth?
SharkJumper
> Clearly then, GOD is at fault for the mugging-at-gunpoint.
Gabriel: Oh Most Holy One. It appears your virtual world of Earth has some unforseen bugs in its design. Evidently two males can position themselves in such a way as to insert the penis of one into the anus of another. This stacks with sexual desire, and suddenly males burn with lust for each other until one's precious seed is spend inside the other's filthy shithole.
God: Me damn it! I told Lucifer that was gonna happen if I planted the deposit stalk and the vagina near the same place as the waste vomitorium. He said it wouldn't happen, but it did! I knew it would. I don't know why I trusted him.
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