Omg Maple Story User Arrested for Virtual Murder

[samus x]

rofl click link and see the artical lmao

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,443767,00.html  

[Arikana]

Haha, I read that yesterday as well.

I have one word for that:


Pathetic.  

[Aurora Sonata]

She didn't 'kill' the character, she deleted it, by the way.

Quote:

「ゲーム内離婚」に立腹！？　不正アクセスで男性のキャラ消す　
2008.10.22 20:49

　インターネットのオンラインゲームに他人のＩＤでアクセスしたとして、札幌・北署は２２日、不正アクセス禁止法違反などの疑いで宮崎市小松台東、ピアノ講師、泊真由美容疑者（４３）を逮捕した。容疑を認めているという。

　調べでは、泊容疑者は５月中旬ごろ、オンラインゲーム「メイプルストーリー」に、ゲームを通じて知り合った札幌市北区の男性会社員（３３）のＩＤとパスワードを使って不正にアクセスし、男性がゲームで使っていたキャラクターを消去した疑い。

　同署によると、ゲーム上で泊容疑者と男性のキャラクターは結婚していたが、男性がキャラクターを一方的に離婚させたことに泊容疑者が立腹。以前、男性から教えられていたＩＤとパスワードを使ってアクセスしたという。

From: http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/crime/081022/crm0810222049031-n1.htm

In case you want to make a more accurate translation yourself.

There was also another incident similar to this one but I don't know if it involved Maple Story, lol.

 

[Artess]

It's really easy to say "pathetic" to that. Then let's say you blew 6,000 dollars on your character and spent 2 years lvling him. And some asshat hacks you and everything is gone in a moment. How would that make you feel?

The truth is, stealing $50 from someone's gym locker can get you arrested. How is that a lesser offense than destroying a valuable Maple or Gaia account?

I was friends with some guy for 13 years, he decided not to be friends with me anymore, and since I trusted him with my mesos, he decided not to return them, citing that it was "play money." 500 bucks down the toilet, and I had to replace all that "play money" with another 500 bucks. It's seriously not as funny as it sounds. I was basically robbed.  

[Aurora Sonata]

Artess

It's really easy to say "pathetic" to that. Then let's say you blew 6,000 dollars on your character and spent 2 years lvling him. And some asshat hacks you and everything is gone in a moment. How would that make you feel?

The truth is, stealing $50 from someone's gym locker can get you arrested. How is that a lesser offense than destroying a valuable Maple or Gaia account?

I was friends with some guy for 13 years, he decided not to be friends with me anymore, and since I trusted him with my mesos, he decided not to return them, citing that it was "play money." 500 bucks down the toilet, and I had to replace all that "play money" with another 500 bucks. It's seriously not as funny as it sounds. I was basically robbed.

I think it's pathetic the fact that the guy in the article trusted someone else with his ID and password.

And yes, these things can get you arrested... in Japan at least.

 

[TaerkDS]

I don't think I've even made $500 in my entire life.

Then again, "my entire life" isn't very long.  

[The_Belle_Ingenue]

So she hacked and deleted her husbands character and was arrested for it or is there somthing im missing or not getting  

[Ember1654]

Thats Hilarious!  

[xSabriel]

lol awesome dunno whether to laugh. sounds really absurd, considering how i've been hacked 4 times ==  

[Kite Katolia]

jvmadame

So she hacked and deleted her husbands character and was arrested for it or is there somthing im missing or not getting

They said online husband, so I don't think they were actually husband and wife.

This is pretty funny to me though.  

[Zarow]

Arikana

Haha, I read that yesterday as well.

I have one word for that:


Pathetic.

...o-o
I'd want money out of it.
I've spent four years on my character. You delete it, I'm suing your a**. D<