[OT] Good read about an online MMORPG game scam!

[Oxy]

Guys, this is a great read!

http://static.circa1984.com/the-big-scam.html

It's about 15k words but it's well written.

BTW, congrats to KTA!

[MoUsE_WiZ]

hehehehhehehehehhehehehehehehhehehehehehehhehehehe hehhehehehehehe
I'm not sure what part's the funniest; his story, the fact that he took the game so seriously, or how pathetic it is he thinks he is is the king pope of game town for scamming people.
Doesn't matter, good read no matter how I look at it =D

[Pherdnut]

I think you missed the part where he quit the game in disgust. HI-larious.

[Sip]

I cant believe i read that entire thing. Great story though

[TheCerberus]

It's a sad, sad day for humanity. That is all.

[repoarto]

I wonder what the "noob" did with the money, that amount of money so early in game probably he just sit on it hehe.. 1min updated clones perhaps?^^

-Arto-

[calnook]

Well it just goes to show that there's a sucker born every minute . I can't believe I actually read it all. Though I'll admit some parts were very funny the rest was rather sad . I don't condone what they did it was wrong , entertaining but wrong .

[GodObelisk]

I read thru it... Kinda sad!!
He had some much means, ideas, and for all that he chose to walk the path of no return.
Indeed he is now in the history of eve.. a god damn scammer. If he had chosen to carry out what he promised, well his ideas was GREAT. He would also be in the history of eve... as someone who is looked upon by others. Ok the pirates hates him... But now think even the pirates are admiring him, for he is on par or even surpass them in robbing.

[WingBlade]

That was an amazing read... and yes I read it entirely...

[Jimi-]

if he quit after he had scammed those players why didnt he just give the money back to the people he had scammed, instead of giving it to a ''noob'' that had in no way deserved it?

[MoUsE_WiZ]

In all fairness his "friend" that he scammed was a botter who deserved the money less than the newb.

[Chimaira]

Couldn't bring myself to read it... This has to be a joke, otherwise I might just hang myself... I can't bear the thought of a negative IQ actually being possible.

[MoUsE_WiZ]

I wouldn't mind hearing why this story means someone has a negative IQ...
Clearly the writer doesn't because:
Case 1, it actually happened:
-The author put that much thought into a fairly elaborate scam. It wasn't exactly a showcase of intellect, but no one who is stupid could have pulled it off.
-Ignore what he did and just read what was written. Again, no one who is as stupid as a negative IQ would imply could have written that.

Case 2, it's just a story some guy wrote for fun:
Same arguements as above, only instead of going through with the scam he just contrived the idea and wrote it out to make people laugh.

If you were to replace the phrase "negative IQ" with "that much obsession with a game" I'd say you had a fairly valid complaint, otherwise you're going to have to give a pretty convincing arguement if you want anyone else to believe there was a negative (or even below average) IQ involved.

[Chimaira]

If it's a joke, then good for him... If not then you have a seriously pathetic human being who is obviously too obsessed with a game and on top of that decides to scam someone.. as for negative IQ, that of course doesn't exist, I just wanted to convey my disgust at this vile action..

Why would a person decide to be mean and steal something from someone else and be so proud about it to write a story about it... That indicates a low intelligence in my opinion.. IQ is probably the wrong term to use since it's a measure of your logical prowess (at least that's what seems to be the purpose of the few tests I have been exposed to).

Intelligence is a lot more than just IQ at least in my opinion, it sounds like this person actually expected positive responses and respect but that's never gonna happen.. an intelligent person would have realised this and kept it to himself, or better yet not scammed in the first place. Hope this made a bit of sense it's late here.

[Cleglaw_Himself]

I read the whole thing.

Bit sad that he scammed all those ppl. I think, Chimaira, that you have intelligence mixed up with immaturity or immorality.

The guy certainly is intelligent, its just that he doesn't have similar ethics/morals to a lot of people.

It was a big scam, he did it, wrote about it, we read it but don't necessarily agree with what he did. Just another scammer, but an interesting read none-the-less. Just shows you the lengths scammers will go to these days. Don't get too worked up about it.

[Chimaira]

I probably did mix up sense of ethics/intelligence a bit but still I think my point is valid... If you spent all that time typing this story and thought it would earn you respect/credibility/admiration whatever.. and then it ends up here as a total joke, that's not very intelligent. That's sort of like in all those serial killer movies where the serial killer brags to the police about how leet a killer he is... and we all know how that works out for him. Going to all the trouble of typing all this just to have people feel sorry for you because they think you are patethic isn't exactly a stroke of brilliance..

Besides all those pages could definitely need a trimming.. "He sent a message to me, "250k or die." I responded to him, "okay", the sweat dripping down my armpits, past my side, and accumulating in a little puddle at the edge of my shirt." I mean what the hell is this, if it was a joke it would be funny, if it's real it's just a waste of time and very poorly written..

"I knew that my virtual life had changed forever." If I had written anything like this in school my teacher would have publicly executed me:) sounds pretty much like any cheesy b movie ever made.

[MoUsE_WiZ]

That's sort of like in all those serial killer movies
Not just movies.
The unibomber was caught because he sent an article to penthouse and his brother recognized the writing style or something like that -.-