Japanese Woman Jailed After Killing Virtual Husband
Sometimes things get really ugly after people get a divorce. This 43-year-old Japanese piano teacher was so pissed off with her husband who suddenly divorced her that she logged onto his Maple Story account and deleted his character. LOL
She now she had landed herself in jail for viciously murdering her ex-husband’s character.
When the man discovered the death of his character, he called the police. The alleged virtual murderer has now been jailed for suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, which could carry a five-year prison sentence or a fine of up to $5,000.
Source: Yahoo News via Kotaku
I know I would be pissed enough to kill if someone deleted my wow or warhammer online character. =P
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Will this virtual murderer be sent to a virtual prison for a virtual crime?
Three words:
LAUGH
OUT
LOUD
Possibly the most pathetic thing ever.
Why not sentenced the wife to build a new character until it reached the same stats as the original character? Suing someone to jail over online game is just stupid.
my cod4 achievements halved in number after i updated the game, i wanted to murder people but i reserved myself and promptly left the game to never be played again
I reckon Blizzard would be able to restore your character, same goes to EA
This is the best crime anyone has ever been arested for EVER!
does this mean PKing will become illegal soon? i have a few years in the big house ahead of me if thats the case
ha ha ha
What a Law?
If she’s convicted for the vicious murder of a character, then quite a few fanfic writers should also be imprisoned.
@ bakaneko: Nah everything is too virtual then. LOL
@ Aizen: roflcopter
@ Mike: Come to think of it, it does sound kinda pathetic. “I can’t kill you, but I can kill your online character!! Muahaha”
@ Kresnik: Haha thats a really great idea.
@ Dee: I loved Call Of Duty 4, can’t wait for 5 to be released.
@ Leefe: Yeah … they could. My friend got hacked and lost his characters but they managed to restore it.
@ KiTT: LOL maybe I will read about you in the headlines soon.
@ Caitlin: I agree!! I still can’t get over L being killed in Death Note.
LOL
What a coincidence, I was playing Maple Story with my friend yesterday.
I still think that this is stupid.
OMG I have commited a sin. I too have killed many people online. We are all sinners. The pain we have caused these poor souls to there unrealistic character.
Probably, an act of complete stupidity…
This was just one of those days when people, as Byakuya states, let emotions get in the way of their judgement. Such behavior is acting out of fear. So people, whether offline or online, have to be more careful.
how bloody funny to read…not so funny for her. Bet it felt bloody good at the time, though