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Old 12-07-2004, 09:09 AM   #1
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http://www.time.com/time/interactive.../gangs_np.html

This is a rather old article, but fun none the less. It describes how the Korean obsession with Lineage led to strange occurances such as Offline Playerkillings. Pretty impressive. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Old 12-07-2004, 12:32 PM   #2
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Some of my favourite parts of the article:

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Actual violence has become so commonplace among computer-game players that concerned authorities even have a term for it that borrows from the game: "off-line PK" (player killings).
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Girl characters, meanwhile, have sometimes been known to offer sexual favors to experienced male gamers in exchange for virtual weapons. But, as one Lineage clan's guild master notes, who's to say the girl characters are really girls?
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Meanwhile, vigilantes with names like the Honorable Resolution Clan take it upon themselves to monitor their own members as well as the behavior of unsavory rivals.
Ah, that was a great article, the best I have read in a long while! It is amazing how addicted to these things people get, and how out of control it gets. I mean, you can see the same examples with EQ2 at the moment, people selling 1gold on ebay for up to £10! I must admit, the offline PK part had me laughing! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]
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