Woman arrested for killing avatar

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:11 pm

Just in case anyone has any ideas.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... -game.html

Japanese woman arrested after 'murdering' virtual husband in online computer game

A Japanese woman who murdered her virtual husband after the couple got divorced in an online computer game has been arrested and faces a possible jail sentence.

By Agencies

Last Updated: 5:30PM BST 23 Oct 2008

The 43-year-old piano teacher used her husband's password and identification to log on onto the interactive game, Maple Story, and killed his digital persona after he had divorced her online.

"I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry," a police official quoted her as telling detectives after admitting the allegations.

The woman had not plotted any revenge in the real world, the official added.

She was arrested on suspicion of illegal accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data.

The woman has not been formally charged. If charged and convicted, she could face a prison term of up to five years or a fine up to Â£3,000.

Players in Maple Story raise and manipulate digital images called "avatars" that represent themselves, while engaging in relationships, social activities and fighting against monsters and other obstacles.

The woman used login information she got from the 33-year-old office worker when their characters were happily married, and killed the character. The man complained to police when he discovered that his beloved online avatar was dead.

The woman was arrested and taken across the country, travelling 620 miles from her home in southern Miyazaki to be detained in Sappporo, where the man lives, the official said.

The police source said he did not know if she was married in the real world.

In recent years, virtual lives have had consequences in the real world. In August, a woman was charged in Delaware with plotting the real-life abduction of a boyfriend she met through the virtual world Second Life.

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:26 pm

I think G-man already addressed this in this thread.

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showt ... hp?t=41396

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作者:

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OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:34 pm

Of course. Didn't notice that. Obviously those numbers in the text are a dead giveaway.:wah:

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:05 pm

Wow...some folks take their computer life way to seriously!

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:16 pm

A fine and five years?! That's absurd. Really. How can you kill something that exists not? People are getting crazy. Good story, OM.

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:18 pm

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotflOpenMind;1032508 wrote: Of course. Didn't notice that. Obviously those numbers in the text are a dead giveaway.:wah:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:40 pm

Id probably get the chair for FG crimes Ive committed.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:53 pm

RedGlitter;1032665 wrote: A fine and five years?! That's absurd. Really. How can you kill something that exists not? People are getting crazy. Good story, OM.

Seeing as how I'm not going to read anymore about the story than I already have my guess would be that she's being detained for computer hacking...

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:31 am

fuzzy butt;1032661 wrote: :wah::wah::wah: I think that's funny

I also think it's funny that we are supposed to read little squares and know what it means.:wah::wah:

OpenMind;1032508 wrote: Of course. Didn't notice that. Obviously those numbers in the text are a dead giveaway.:wah:

flopstock;1032789 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
You guys don't see chinese writing?

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:37 am

Nomad;1032835 wrote: Id probably get the chair for FG crimes Ive committed.

there's no chair in the garden, you'll have to go to the dungeon instead!

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:19 am

K.Snyder;1032847 wrote: Seeing as how I'm not going to read anymore about the story than I already have my guess would be that she's being detained for computer hacking...

She was given the access codes by the guy who's avatar she 'killed' while their avatars were 'married'. No hacking required.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:10 pm

OpenMind;1033118 wrote: She was given the access codes by the guy who's avatar she 'killed' while their avatars were 'married'. No hacking required.

Oh well then the Japanese governmental law is light years apart from the US if such holds up in court...

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:24 pm

OpenMind;1033118 wrote: She was given the access codes by the guy who's avatar she 'killed' while their avatars were 'married'. No hacking required.

Yes but if she didn't consent to his searching upon every instance I do believe that technically it can be considered hacking...

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:32 am

K.Snyder;1033679 wrote: Yes but if she didn't consent to his searching upon every instance I do believe that technically it can be considered hacking...

Nonetheless, she was sentenced for killing the avatar as opposed to hacking the site.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:15 pm

fuzzy butt;1032661 wrote: :wah::wah::wah: I think that's funny

I also think it's funny that we are supposed to read little squares and know what it means.:wah::wah:

Me too :wah:

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:45 pm

OpenMind;1033939 wrote: Nonetheless, she was sentenced for killing the avatar as opposed to hacking the site.

Oh ok...

I don't believe I read what she was exactly charged with in the OP so I was left to assume...

But seeing as how she was charged with murdering an avatar this surely has to be a joke.

:wah:...

Hehe...Good one!!!!!!...

Hehe...

:wah:...

:yh_wink

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:01 am

K.Snyder;1036012 wrote: Oh ok...

I don't believe I read what she was exactly charged with in the OP so I was left to assume...

But seeing as how she was charged with murdering an avatar this surely has to be a joke.

:wah:...

Hehe...Good one!!!!!!...

Hehe...

:wah:...

:yh_wink

Actually, I have to correct my statement. As per the article - she was arrested for murdering her virtual husband after they were divorced (the virtual pair that is). She has not been formally charged but "She was arrested on suspicion of illegal accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data."

Sorry mate. I think I got confused somewhere along the line.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:55 pm

OpenMind;1036796 wrote: Actually, I have to correct my statement. As per the article - she was arrested for murdering her virtual husband after they were divorced (the virtual pair that is). She has not been formally charged but "She was arrested on suspicion of illegal accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data."

Sorry mate. I think I got confused somewhere along the line.

Actually,.."She was arrested on suspicion of illegal accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data." seems a bit serious...

If this isn't a joke this is assuredly, well,..a joke...

Not in the Ha Ha funny way but in the "this is absolutely ridiculous" sort of way.

What's next,..cutting off Yogi Bears hands?...

"Ia didn't steal no picanic basket Sherrif!!!!!!!" -- *FFFfffffffffff*...

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:00 pm

K.Snyder;1037065 wrote: Actually,.."She was arrested on suspicion of illegal accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data." seems a bit serious...

If this isn't a joke this is assuredly, well,..a joke...

Not in the Ha Ha funny way but in the "this is absolutely ridiculous" sort of way.

What's next,..cutting off Yogi Bears hands?...

"Ia didn't steal no picanic basket Sherrif!!!!!!!" -- *FFFfffffffffff*...

I know where you're coming from KS, but that's why I posted the item in the first place.