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WoW Gamer Earns Federal Investigation Achievement

Posted by Soulskill on from the jack-thompson-jumps-for-joy dept.

barnyjr writes "A teenager could face federal charges after investigators say he made online threats to kill Americans on a plane from Indianapolis to Chicago. According to investigators, a monitor of the online interactive game World of Warcraft saw the alleged threats in an on-line chat and called Johnson County authorities. She told investigators the chatter didn't seem like a game." I'm not sure who's crazier, this guy or the guy who just became the first World of Warcraft player to rack up 10,000 achievement points.

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  1. Achmed the Dead Terrorist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I kill you!

  2. With what? by Tykho · · Score: 2, Funny

    I heard he was Herbalism/Alchemy, he lacked the profession with the means to blow up anything!

    1. Re:With what? by jbacon · · Score: 3, Funny

      orly? Or he could just pop a Flask of Pure Death and chuck some mad fireballs. I'm pretty sure a plane is worth flasking for.

  3. Noob by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    See what participating in Barrens chat will get you?

  4. Level 80 Dwarf Paladin (over 10,000 Achievenets) by moon3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Food eaten most: Conjured Mana Strudel (5447)

    So is this the WoW's secret doping formula?

  5. Re:Watch Your Trash Talk! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Great, you just threatened to crash a plane. Be worried -- very worried.

  6. Sweet baby-#$#!ing Jeebus! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I can't believe you're dick-duelling over accomplishments in a MMORPG. I've been there and done that, and I've learned exactly one thing:

    Be a bum online. Be a bum in real life. Pick one. (You can't be neither.)

  7. Re:Watch Your Trash Talk! by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Funny

    They had to. After the fifth person was sent to the mental ward, not even money could convince any sane, normal person that monitoring 4chan is worth the price. :)

    --
    We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
  8. Re:Level 80 Dwarf Paladin (over 10,000 Achievenets by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Paladin -> Holy Warrior -> Terrorist