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September 27, 2005
virtual bloodborne pathogen is killing online characters
Wow, this shit is getting crazy - a "Corrupted Blood" plague in the online game World of Warcraft has broken out, killing virtual characters:
The digital disease instantly killed lower level characters and did not take much longer to kill even powerful characters.
--- The "Corrupted Blood" plague is not the first virtual disease to break out in game worlds. In May 2000 many players of The Sims were outraged when their game characters died because of an infection contracted from a dirty virtual guinea pig.
With people killing each other in real time over virtual property, or people dying of starvation from playing too much online games, it's becoming more and more like The Matrix.
I'm in no danger of any of the above things happening to me - my DSL died last night with no warning. While I'm getting more sleep now, the withdrawl siezures are starting up...
Posted by jimbo at September 27, 2005 10:00 AM
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I play World of Warcraft. That illness has not reached our server/world yet.
Your characters in Warcraft keep coming back no matter how many times they "die" until you delete them from your account.
I will keep an eye out for this new plague, thanks for the info :-)
Posted by: Dax at September 27, 2005 2:51 PM
Good luck on that withdrawal thing. I just got off twelve days of cold turkey disconnection. Dial-up ain't no methadone.
Posted by: Chuck at September 27, 2005 6:51 PM