Wow, it’s been a rough day for social networks. First, the Myspace sex offender scoop, now this. Apparently armed
Brazilians aged 19-27 kidnapped one of the world’s top RPG gamers and held him hostage for 5 hours. Why? They wanted his password to the game Gunbound, a South Korean MMORPG. Details from Gizmodo:
The game looks to be quite popular, so the four gangsters decided they could make some quick cash if they kidnapped him to steal his user. Their plan: use one of the criminal’s girlfriends, called Tamires, to get him into a date using Google’s online social network Orkut, which is also extremely popular in Brazil. After contacting and seducing him, she told the GunBound wizard to meet her in a shopping mall.
But she never appeared. Instead, Igor the boyfriend did. Gun in hand, he abducted and held the player prisoner, planning to relay the password to his mates using a cellphone. Against all odds, our hero (or very stupid guy) resisted. Probably using some Stamina +357 spell. Or a Big Cojones +577 mana potion.
OK, we love gaming and social networks. We think they are wave of the future and all that. But this is out of control. Kids, with great power comes great responsibility. Let’s use the Internets for good, OK?
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