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Woman jailed after 'killing' virtual husband
AP ^ | 23 Oct 2008 | MARI YAMAGUCHI

Posted on 10/23/2008 9:33:28 AM PDT by BGHater

Edited on 10/23/2008 9:46:04 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

A 43-year-old Japanese piano teacher's sudden divorce from her online husband in a virtual game world made her so angry that she logged on and killed his digital persona, police said Thursday.

The woman, who has been jailed on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, used his identification and password to log onto popular interactive game "Maple Story" to carry out the virtual murder in mid-May, a police official in northern Sapporo City said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Japan
KEYWORDS: computers; japan; online; videogame
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To: Abathar
Penny "kills" Sheldon on the Big Bang Theory playing Halo 3.
21 posted on 10/23/2008 10:20:21 AM PDT by 6SJ7 (Welcome PUMAs!)
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To: Domandred
must go home and continue the zombie infestation

Hah! me too.
22 posted on 10/23/2008 10:25:01 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Mr. Mojo
"So a woman committed a virtual murder of her virtual husband in a virtual game. Is she staying in a virtual prison?"

Was a virtual criminal investigation conducted at the virtual scene of the crime, and did the virtual coroner conduct a virtual autopsy at the virtual morgue?

23 posted on 10/23/2008 10:34:36 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Abathar
drugging his beloved Paladin and sacrificing him to my goddess

Dang, that's hard core! I hope you were playing an evil character....

24 posted on 10/23/2008 10:53:10 AM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (1.8 x 10^12 furlongs per fortnight. 'Tis not just a good Idea, it doth be the Law!)
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To: BGHater

Are you sure this isn’t from The Onion? :-)


25 posted on 10/23/2008 10:55:40 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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To: Owl_Eagle; Constitution Day

Too modern for me... back in the day you’d just let the air out of your virtual spouse.


26 posted on 10/23/2008 10:57:05 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Domandred
I think she logged on as him (the actual crime) and erased his character.
27 posted on 10/23/2008 10:59:24 AM PDT by allmendream (White Dog Democrat: A Democrat who will not vote for 0bama because he's black.)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

My character was a chaotic neutral thief who was tired of being told “NO” by an anal retentive character who was a PITA when it came to having fun.

Lets just say when he stopped coming to the games no one was too sorry, besides he never ponied up when it came time for a mountain dew run.

He deserved it.


28 posted on 10/23/2008 11:03:31 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Abathar
My brother (who is only capable of playing an evil character) was the last man standing after a fight. A more powerful character (with an awesome magic sword) was wounded and knocked out.

My brother said “OK, I report back to the party that we were attacked and I was the only survivor”

The Dungeon Master said “Oh no, the other character survived, he was just unconscious and wounded.”

My brother “I am afraid he didn't survive....but I brought back his sword.”

DM “but...but....he survived!”

My brother “ummm....no...He didn't survive.”

It was hilarious!

29 posted on 10/23/2008 11:07:09 AM PDT by allmendream (White Dog Democrat: A Democrat who will not vote for 0bama because he's black.)
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To: allmendream

Man does that bring back some fond memories of adolescence.

I remember all of us laughing so hard the DM’s mom came downstairs to the family room at 4 a.m. telling us to lower it down or else... Those were some good times.


30 posted on 10/23/2008 11:20:37 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: BGHater
Maple Story

You too can kill your virtual mate.

31 posted on 10/23/2008 11:34:22 AM PDT by csvset
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To: 1rudeboy

Will she and her virtual character serve concurrent sentences?


32 posted on 10/23/2008 11:35:25 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Do you remember when blue was a feeling, gray was a word and one was a number...)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

That would be pretty cool . . . a bunch of virtual characters conspiring to bust the virtual murderer out of virtual prison.


33 posted on 10/23/2008 11:37:45 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: mass55th
Massacre at Virtual Funeral [contains profanity, virtual mayhem]
34 posted on 10/23/2008 11:42:23 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Toddsterpatriot
Real men play EVE Online. This video is a classic . . . mostly funny for the (sadly, spotty) audio.

A bunch of guys armed some transport ships, and due to fortunate circumstances, take down a heavy cruiser.

35 posted on 10/23/2008 12:01:30 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: BGHater

bump


36 posted on 10/23/2008 12:19:49 PM PDT by WhirlwindAttack (Browncoats rule. I aim to misbehave. Let's be bad guys!)
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To: 1rudeboy
Lucky hit on the engine (warp drive, whatever)?

Somali pirates?

37 posted on 10/23/2008 12:36:31 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Do you remember when blue was a feeling, gray was a word and one was a number...)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Wait until she gets to virtual prison, it’s a virtual hell.


38 posted on 10/23/2008 12:43:32 PM PDT by usmcobra (There are 665,000,000 reasons why Obama should show his eligibility to be president!)
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To: denydenydeny

A screen shot from Maple Story... gonna be tough to find any lady guilty or not based on these avatars!

Maybe this is hers...


39 posted on 10/23/2008 1:27:33 PM PDT by Teacher317 (Suddenly a big time Palin supporter... who's that McCabe guy?)
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To: Teacher317
Oh wow... Chibi Second Life.
40 posted on 10/23/2008 1:50:07 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (1.8 x 10^12 furlongs per fortnight. 'Tis not just a good Idea, it doth be the Law!)
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