Sorrow said:
I love the plague incident
. It would be cool if there were actual plagues in on-line games. They could be fought by healers who would get gold and exp for curing other players
.
we (my guild) did that, though we were not the first to do so.
basically just a boss that debuffs you, and you need to rely on your raidgroup to remove it for you. or you die, though rather quickly.
so, with a minor unintended effect of a feature, you could get the affliction, teleport to Orgrimmar, spread the affliction in the town. due to the high population, the affliction pretty much wipes out the city, to then continue to spread to the Barrens etc (lowbie land).
many lulz were had.
the concept itself is however as old as the first real WoW raidinstance. in Molten Core, Garr gives you a Bomb debuff. you have to run away from the other raidmembers or you (and them) will blow up. it's very easy to survive, just run out of range and have someone heal you after you explode (but before you crash to the ground). for well equiped char, this isnt even a problem and they'll survive anyway.
of course, soon after that, it becomes a sport to blow up raidmembers just for laughs. especially after you have mastered the encounter.
now, with some ingenious use of game mechanics, you can get the Bomb debuff, and teleport back to Orgrimmar. you'll end up in the Inn or outside it (depending on how you do the trick), both places which are usually packed with people.
you'll explode, and do damage to people around you, thereby insta-killing all people below lvl 50 or so.
alec said:
The details about the case were not revealed, but two Belgian newspapers reported early this year that the Belgian Police would setup an in-game patrol unit to investigate virtual rape incidents.
Yep. Only in Belgium.
it's a PR gig, alec...
the cops use second life as a recruitment tool, and the thing above is simply additional PR.
