Here's one example of where the online gaming world comes into contact with the real world. Seems a man has been arrested for using a bot to mug gamers and then sell the virtual goods for real cash.
A man has been arrested in Japan on suspicion carrying out a virtual mugging spree by using software "bots" to beat up and rob characters in the online computer game Lineage II. The stolen virtual possessions were then exchanged for real cash.
The Chinese exchange student was arrested by police in Kagawa prefecture, southern Japan, the Mainichi Daily News reports.
Several players had their characters beaten and robbed of valuable virtual objects, which could have included the Earring of Wisdom or the Shield of Nightmare. The items were then fenced through a Japanese auction website, according to NCsoft, which makes Lineage II. The assailant was a character controlled by a software bot, rather than a human player, making it unbeatable.
This sort of thing will only get worse, seems like a there could have been more than a little truth in this report. It's all interesting nonetheless.
I certainly believe somebody would think of it and act on that thought.... internet makes people bolder and offers many many more 'real' opportunities and 'real' threats than people realise.
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