Put him in virtual jail!

Jump

This is hilarious.

"A Dutch teenager has been arrested for allegedly stealing virtual furniture from "rooms" in Habbo Hotel, a 3D social networking website."

"We have had much of this scamming going on in many countries but this is the first case where the police have taken legal action."

>>> 'Virtual theft' leads to arrest

Tritian

uh oh. is this legal precedence for Icefoxen's case against Liet?

Jump

He steal the beer cooler out of his pod?

Tritian

no, i believe he threatened to sue a bunch of pvp'ers for griefing him, or something.

Jump

lol, that would probably never going to get past a lawyer interview. I never heard that before, but then that guy never really came to JSR.

This guy actually conned people out of their passwords and entered an other persons account.

Brooster

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Originally Posted by Tritian

no, i believe he threatened to sue a bunch of pvp'ers for griefing him, or something.

Wasn't it Biteme? he logged on to teamspeak and called him "hurtful".

Tritian

I dont remember, it's been too long. Which is sad because I think I was one of the people he was gonna sue. =P

Paging Liet to this thread...

Tim

Does the furniture cost actual money, or something?

This sounds like Second Life. That place was a remarkable tribute to people who have too much money.

Jump

Yes they paid actual money for it. How lame is that? They got fleeced twice eh?

vorlon31

They can buy furniture for cash or trade their way to gaining it I believe. Its an odd looking game that one of my kids plays.

Hornet

Tim

So, just to be clear on this.. there is a person or group of people who designed a game. It is a point-and-click game, only without any missions, goals, objectives, boards, levels, or equipment.

But you can buy equipment if you want. Except, because there are no monsters to kill (like would be in most games) you have to send in real money, which is then converted to fake money. I'm going to say that again, in it's own line, because I just have to look at it some more.

You send real money to the owners of the game, and they turn it into fake money, for your use in game.

Holy crap. And here I am, plying a trade skill.

So what happens when somebody gets bored and pulls the plug? Everybody keeps their game money, and the owners keep the real stuff?

My college adviser lied to me.

You know what I think this 17 yr old did to 'con' these folks out of their passwords? "Hey, dude, give me your password and you'll be cool". Then, being the mental giants they are, they gave the password.. because, hey, it seemed like such a good idea.

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	Jump Big Daddy Pilot Name: JumpDemon Faction: Solrain Joystick: MS FF2 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tracy, Ca. Posts: 7,036	Re: Put him in virtual jail! lol, that would probably never going to get past a lawyer interview. I never heard that before, but then that guy never really came to JSR. This guy actually conned people out of their passwords and entered an other persons account.


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	Tim Head Goober Joystick: Some 3-axis thing. It's black. Join Date: May 2004 Location: recovering from Naked Volleyball Posts: 818 Nominated 3 Times in 1 Post TOTW/F/M Award(s): 1	Re: Put him in virtual jail! So, just to be clear on this.. there is a person or group of people who designed a game. It is a point-and-click game, only without any missions, goals, objectives, boards, levels, or equipment. But you can buy equipment if you want. Except, because there are no monsters to kill (like would be in most games) you have to send in real money, which is then converted to fake money. I'm going to say that again, in it's own line, because I just have to look at it some more. You send real money to the owners of the game, and they turn it into fake money, for your use in game. Holy crap. And here I am, plying a trade skill. So what happens when somebody gets bored and pulls the plug? Everybody keeps their game money, and the owners keep the real stuff? My college adviser lied to me. You know what I think this 17 yr old did to 'con' these folks out of their passwords? "Hey, dude, give me your password and you'll be cool". Then, being the mental giants they are, they gave the password.. because, hey, it seemed like such a good idea.