The Raid At A 'World Of Warcraft' Funeral
[ranking: 1]
In 2006, a group of players from the Alliance guild Serenity Now decided to raid an in-game funeral taking place in World of Warcraft. Members of a Horde faction planned the ceremony to commemorate the real death of one of their members after a fatal stroke.
But they conducted the ceremony on a PvP server, making it possible for anyone to kill players in the region.
This allowed Serenity Now, who learned about the event on the game's official forum, to crash the funeral and massacre everyone in attendance. Even worse, none of the mourners were prepared for trouble because they didn't expect anyone to be so callous.
An 'EVE Online' Player Betrayed His Corporation And Stole A Space Station
[ranking: 7]
In the MMO EVE Online, a high-ranking player known as The Judge grew unhappy with his group, the Circle of Two corporation, so he decided to leave and exact revenge. The rival Imperium corporation paid him 300 billion ISK (the in-game currency), and he promptly handed over control of Circle of Two's vast space station to them.
Not only did Circle of Two lose a structure that costs around 250 billion ISK, but the members also lost thousands of ships and items transferred along with the station.
A Father Hired Virtual Assassins To Kill His Son In Online Games
[ranking: 8]
Fearing his son was spending too much time playing online video games, a father in China decided to take matters into his own hands. He hired experienced players to track down his son??s characters in several different games and mercilessly kill them over and over again.
The boy eventually learned what his dad had done when he confronted some of his attackers and demanded to know why they were constantly harassing him.
A 'World Of Warcraft' Player Made People Jump Into The Ocean
[ranking: 13]
Redditor /u/Fly_Eagles_Fly played World of Warcraft as the Undead Shadow Priest. He would climb into a blimp at Orgrimmar and challenge other players to duel once the blimp began moving. He would then cast mind control.
For the first few seconds, he'd have them dance. Then he'd walk the player to the edge of the blimp and make them jump into the ocean. The player would then have to swim back to shore and wait for another blimp.
A 10-Month Infiltration To Assassinate An 'EVE Online' Guild Leader
[ranking: 9]
EVE Online is practically designed for players to carry out long-term plans and feats of espionage. Players run huge in-game corporations and the rules allow for all sorts of foul play.
In 2005, a group known as the Guiding Hand Social Club spent 10 months infiltrating the Ubiqua Seraph corporation at the behest of a client. Spies managed to implant themselves in almost every area of the target, and one member was able to gain the trust of the CEO they had been hired to kill. They killed her, destroyed her prized ship, and stole billions of ISK with a real-world value of around $16,500.
Players Deliberately Crashed 'RuneScape' For Others
[ranking: 3]
After an update to the MMORPG RuneScape in 2009, players learned it was possible to purposely crash another player??s client. This would force them from the game, allowing others to kill their character and steal their gear.
The problem arose because the game??s public chat feature was unable to render the character ???̡? and would cause a fatal error. Malicious players would turn off their text box so the issue wouldn't affect them, then go to crowded areas and send a public message to everyone nearby.
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