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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."
So if a gun makes me unbeatable in the real world when I decide to mug someone at 3am, I guess it's Smith & Wesson's fault right?
evil adrian
His point is correct either way. Even more so if there isn't a God. No designer=anything goes morality-wise.
Lineage II is a game in which characters are allowed to compete with each other for assets that have real-world value, just as with an on-line poker match. Taking somebody's money in Lineage II is no worse (or better) than slow-playing a hand of Texas Hold 'Em until some poor sap goes "all in" against you, and then cleaning them out.
You sir make a really retarded point, whoever modded you insightful must be drunk or delusional.
People that play MMORPGS go into the game for the enjoyment of it and the EXPERIENCE. The experience includes being able to kill someone in the game and they can kill you. Some games revolve solely around that fact ( Conquer Online ) Its a risk you take as soon as your outside a safe zone inside the MMORPG that someone could PK you and take your stuff. The same can be true for you killing them. These possessions have no real world value. They are only valued because some people have a craving for them. Other than that the common sense standpoint is that they are not worth anything in the real world
Lint / dirt is worthless to most people. Just because some people like it enough ( MMORPG nerds ) to pay for it doesnt make it have a real actual value.
You play onlike poker because you have a credit card or banking account and assume the risk / know that you are gambling / taking a risk with real money. You dont hear people that lose in gambling sites threatening to lock you up because you took their money from them do you?
Who says Lineage 2 is not a recreational game? Probably 90% of the people who play it consider that.
Your just talking out of your ass.
Um, it's most definitely a game of skill. Or do people love lineage 2 so much despite the fact it boils down to a crapshoot?