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January 21, 2005

Scorned Lover Gets Revenge on MMO Character

Well, it had to happen sometime. People hook up occasionally while playing MMO games (see, we’re not the only “real” girl out there), and sometimes, those out-of-game relationships don’t work out.

A Japanese woman apparently met her boyfriend in the popular MMO Lineage, but when they broke up, she logged into his account and deleted all his fancy in-game items. He, of course, promptly called the real-life cops, who said that while you can’t really steal virtual game goods, logging in to someone else’s online account is indeed illegal, so an investigation is pending.

Link: http://rpg.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=7173

Posted by gamegal at January 21, 2005 01:36 PM