According to Giant Bomb, the off-beat and totally cool MMO EVE Online recently encountered their first major class criminal. For people not familiar with EVEO, it's players make up the main government, which includes actually governing and making laws. Players can also own corporations such as banks, and hire real employees to work as tellers and other underlings. (This is how I understand it, someone correct me if I'm wrong)
The story goes like this: a teller went bad, and embezzled over 80 million ISKs (the main currency in EVEO) and took off. No, they didn't just sell the money online and kill their account. They weren't banned by a GM, or asked to give the money back. Players are now conducting a manhunt across the EVE galaxy looking for this person, to get the money back to the bank company.
As you can imagine, the players that had their money in the bank started to go and withdraw funds in a panic, even after the company made a public announcement that they had the funds to cover the loss.
Crazy, crazy, awesome.
What I'm playing: Crysis: Wars, Team Fortress 2, Company of Heroes, Dawn of War II MP Beta
Games I'm into: Dawn of War II, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, Burnout Paradise.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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