A Chinese exchange student was arrested in Japan last week for using bots to run virtual stick-ups in the Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle online game, stealing items from players then reselling them on eBay.
Police in Kagawa prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, arrested the student, the Mainichi Daily News reported. He used game bots — automated characters that have been tweaked — to beat up and rob other players’ characters, said police.
The items, which could have included Lineage II staples such as the “Earring of Wisdom” or the “Shield of Nightmare,” were then fenced on e-auction sites, claimed NCsoft, the Korean maker of Lineage II. Players of the game noted on message boards that the items had appeared on eBay.
I remember reading TheStar InTech about a gamer in China reported to police when other gamer sold his item, but the police laught and then the gamer went to kill the gamer who stole his item. People are getting over addicted to game. Anyway there is Gamer Clinic in China.
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