Woman arrested after killing video-game husband

[Grant A.]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/10/23/avatar.murder.japan.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview




The police official said he did not know if she was married in the real world.


Wow... ._.

[zmjjmz]

Yeah, uh, I'm quite sure this does not deserve anything at all.
I mean stuff like this happens all the time. Get a life.
Outside of MapleStory.

[kjb34]

That is crazy. She's arrested for whacking an avatar? Come on. Can't the guy just make a new one?

[ronnielsen1]

Yeah, let him make a new avatar and I guess don't p.o. the woman this time.

[BGrigg]

No, she's arrested for hacking the deceased account, not murder. It's a CNN story, the title of the story is completely misleading, like always.

[Lord Xeb]

WTF? I chuckled at that.

[zmjjmz]

But as the story says, they had shared passwords. So how is that "hacking" if you have permitted access to the account?
Anyways, I;m not familiar with MapleStory but if you die can't you just respawn like all other good MMORPG's?

[mrgnash]

Sad. Another reason for me to despise MMORPGs.

[MasterNetra]

Sad. Another reason for me to despise MMORPGs.

Nah just another reason not to give out your password :roll:

[NintendoTogepi]

When I seen the topic title, I pictured a story like this:

Woman's husband becomes obsessed with MMORPG
Woman's husband pays no attention to his wife
Woman snaps and stabs him when he's playing the game
Woman arrested for murder

[OutOfReach]

Wow, just wow.

[LaRoza]

Wow, just wow.

No, "Maple Story". WoW is another addictive online game.

[Paqman]

So how is that "hacking" if you have permitted access to the account?


Probably not hacking, no. But if you give a friend a spare key to your house, that doesn't mean they can to let themselves in and trash your stuff. IANA(J)L, but he could possibly allege some kind of damages.

[OutOfReach]

No, "Maple Story". WoW is another addictive online game.

Lol.
WoW, Maple Story, Runescape, they're all the same to me. :)

[LaRoza]

Lol.
WoW, Maple Story, Runescape, they're all the same to me. :)

I too. I have nothing to do with them.

If I wanted my computer to control my life...I'd use Linux.






Looking back, I think I should have thought that out more...

[SupaSonic]

I'm surprised the police even took the guy's statement.

[kernelhaxor]

the article says the punishment could be five years of prison?
Is this the real world that I am living in?

[PartisanEntity]

When I read articles like this I lose some faith in the future of humanity. Are we becoming more daft as a species the more advanced we become? Will we end up like the human beings in Wall.e ?

[LaRoza]

the article says the punishment could be five years of prison?
Is this the real world that I am living in?

Articles always give the max for the most serious possible charge.

Read the article again and you'll see there are no formal charges and it could just be a fine.

[LaRoza]

When I read articles like this I lose some faith in the future of humanity. Are we becoming more daft as a species the more advanced we become? Will we end up like the human beings in Wall.e ?

No, it is just bad writing.

Writers for "news" know nothing about law and want stories. They always pick the worst possible charge, the max penalty, and then do a pre-judgement to make it sound like it is in the bag.

The article and title makes it sound like someone is going to jail for five years for killing killing of a video game character, when in truth it is someone facing charges for cracking into another's personal computer, regardless of the reason.

I'd be surprised if there were a fine given in the end.

[earthpigg]

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A 43-year-old Japanese...

did anyone else see that coming before they even entered the thread?

in my head, it was a coin toss between Japan and South Korea.

[fatality_uk]

.... err .... I can't re .... don't know what to ....

[MaindotC]

Probably not hacking, no. But if you give a friend a spare key to your house, that doesn't mean they can to let themselves in and trash your stuff. IANA(J)L, but he could possibly allege some kind of damages.

Yeah, actually it does. The police will not file a police report because its not theft. Unfortunately, I speak from experience on this one...

[LaRoza]

Yeah, actually it does. The police will not file a police report because its not theft. Unfortunately, I speak from experience on this one...

That depends on the situation and statutes of the area.

[eragon100]

Quote:

"The woman, who is jailed on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, used his identification and password to log onto popular interactive game "Maple Story" to carry out the virtual murder in mid-May, a police official in northern Sapporo said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy."

What's so strange about this arrest? She basically impersonated the guy and ruined his game experience by logging in with his name and password!

If she would have killed him with her own account by simply cutting his head off with a sword or something (I guess it's done that way in maple story? :cool:), she wouldn't have been arrested. I don't see the problem :confused:

[earthpigg]

What's so strange about this arrest? She basically impersonated the guy and ruined his game experience by logging in with his name and password!


most MMO EULAs tell you not to share your password.

i never share passwords with anyone.

i really have zero sympathy for this guy.

in regards to the statement made about "just because someone gives you a key to their house, doesn't mean you can go in and trash it."

most MMO EULAs tell you that you do not own your character or account, the company does.

so, if anything, she trashed the companies stuff.

[Grant A.]

Well, it seems that the journalist has no idea about MMO's, nor the man apparently... You can respawn in MapleStory by pressing enter...

[Mason Whitaker]

I laughed so hard when I heard about this.

Look guys, it obvious the lady was imbalanced, or else she wouldn't had become THAT upset.

[the8thstar]

No, she's arrested for hacking the deceased account, not murder. It's a CNN story, the title of the story is completely misleading, like always.

Yep, the day journalists actually do some actual accurate reporting pigs will fly.

[zmjjmz]

Well, it seems that the journalist has no idea about MMO's, nor the man apparently... You can respawn in MapleStory by pressing enter...

Well he might of dropped possessions (like in Runescape) that would be hard to get back.

[mrgnash]

Nah just another reason not to give out your password :roll:

I've given out my password to various MMORPGs lots of times. Usually because I get bored with them before the duration of my membership has run out, and I give it to someone else to play for awhile.