this is why we can’t have nice things

The real problem with this genre is the fact that humans play it. Here’s some of the worst stuff they’ve done.

Nintendo bans Splatoon 2 greyhat who begged it to address the hackers and exploits destroying the game

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I'm not gonna lie, watching my kid and his cousin play Splatoon 2 on said cousin's shiny new Switch made me reaaaalllly want to...
Your approval fills me with shame.

Today in why we can’t have nice things: Roblox players were banned after ‘raping’ little girl’s avatar

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Please note, this article covers a sensitive subject - please skip it if the title is already crunching up your stomach. If you've got kids,...
Oh, you wanted to use these things. Huh.

Today in why we can’t have nice things: How a No Man’s Sky griefer exploits design flaws to screw with communities

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A No Man's Sky griefer purporting to roleplay an evil emperor, monologuing and all, decided to up his griefer game by taking it out of game and...

Two teens who allegedly contributed to Call of Duty swatting murder plead not guilty

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Reuters has an update on the ongoing criminal cases against the some of the defendants in the Call of Duty swatting incident from last...
Bang bang.

Call of Duty swatting murder sees three men charged in federal court

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At the end of 2017, a Call of Duty swatting incident in Kansas took the life of a completely innocent man after police killed him following...

Police who killed innocent man during Call of Duty swatting incident won’t be charged

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At the tail end of 2017, a Call of Duty swatting incident in Kansas took the life of a completely innocent man after police killed him...

Here’s something nobody saw coming, and by nobody we mean everybody: Sea of Thieves griefers are abusing the brig

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Did you think Sea of Thieves' patch yesterday, which aimed to address respawn griefing, was going to put an end to players' torment? Yo-ho-ho...

Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous players expose ‘wanker function’ hacker (March 24, 2018)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Elite Dangerous players scoped out the dirty doings of the paid HCS voice pack plugin, which was apparently intentionally and...

Pre-teen Fortnite YouTuber gets swatted after achieving a high profile

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In one story here we have the best and worst of humanity on display. It all begins with 12-year-old YouTuber Peter Varady, who goes by...

The ESA is fighting proposed DMCA exemptions that would preserve sunsetted MMORPGs because of course it is

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Over the last couple of years, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has been petitioning for changes to the DMCA to help preserve old video games...

Elite Dangerous community thwarts griefers’ attempt to ruin final in-game voyage of terminally ill player

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Elite Dangerous has once again become the battleground between griefers and everybody else, this time with real-life stakes. A few weeks ago, the Elite community...

Affidavit names two more gamers involved in fatal Call of Duty swatting incident

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More details about the fatal Call of Duty swatting incident that took place in Kansas at the tail end of 2017 are coming to...

Elite Dangerous disables part of its passenger transport system to block huge credit exploit

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If you were among those farming your Elite Dangerous bajillions running bulk passenger transports to Smeaton Orbital (or various other well-placed stations), your fun...

Accused Call of Duty swatter charged with involuntary manslaughter

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Just before the new year, the gaming community was mortified to learn that an innocent Kansas man had been shot by police following a...

Call of Duty swatting incident leads to man’s death in Kansas

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A case of gamer "swatting" in the U.S. has led to the death of an innocent father of two in Kansas earlier this week. According...

Lizard Squad leader convicted for 2014 cyberattacks on H1Z1 and John Smedley

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You do the cybercrime, you do real world time. Cast your mind back to 2014 and 2015, when a hacker group called Lizard Squad...
The joke here is that the dungeons for this game were miserable slogs.

WildStar, Blade and Soul, Aion, and Lineage II come under DDoS attacks

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Hackers launched an offensive against NCsoft yesterday, targeting several of the company's MMORPGs in a series of DDoS attacks. WildStar, Aion, Lineage II, and...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community rocked by death threat controversy

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Here is a lesson that we should all take to heart: Smack talk is one thing, actual death threats are entirely another. The Counter-Strike: Global...

EVE Online thieves produce propaganda music video, auction off ill-gotten gains

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If betrayals, heists, coups d'état, and threats aren't enough to pique your interest in EVE Online's metagame, maybe memes will do the trick. As PCGN...
All right, the Lopp have some chops here too.

Hacker claims to have made a living cheating in MMOs for two decades

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Motherboard has a fun-slash-depressing piece out this week on an unnamed hacker who claims he's been cheating at MMORPGs to make a living for...

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