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Metspitzer
Sep 16, 2012, 10:06:38 AM9/16/12
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The Corrupted Blood incident is a video game glitch and virtual plague
that occurred on September 13, 2005 in the MMORPG World of Warcraft.
The epidemic began with the introduction of the new dungeon Zul'Gurub
and its end boss Hakkar who, when confronted and attacked, would cast
on players a hit point draining and highly-contagious debuff spell
called "Corrupted Blood."
The spell, intended to last only seconds and function only within the
new area of Zul'Gurub, soon spread across the virtual world when
players discovered that the use of teleportation spells could take the
affliction out of its intended confines. By both accidental and
purposeful intent, a pandemic ensued that quickly killed lower-level
characters and annoyed higher-leveled ones, drastically changing
normal gameplay, as players did what they could to avoid infection.
Despite measures such as programmer-imposed quarantines, and the
players' abandoning of densely populated cities (or even just not
playing the game), the epidemic was only finally controlled with a
combination of patches and resets of the virtual world.
The conditions and reactions of the event attracted the attention of
epidemiologists for its implications of how human populations could
react to a real-world epidemic. Anti-terrorism officials also took
notice of the event noting the implications of some players planning
and perpetrating a virtual biological attack.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident
This happened in 2005. Incase I am not the only one that never heard
of it.............
that occurred on September 13, 2005 in the MMORPG World of Warcraft.
The epidemic began with the introduction of the new dungeon Zul'Gurub
and its end boss Hakkar who, when confronted and attacked, would cast
on players a hit point draining and highly-contagious debuff spell
called "Corrupted Blood."
The spell, intended to last only seconds and function only within the
new area of Zul'Gurub, soon spread across the virtual world when
players discovered that the use of teleportation spells could take the
affliction out of its intended confines. By both accidental and
purposeful intent, a pandemic ensued that quickly killed lower-level
characters and annoyed higher-leveled ones, drastically changing
normal gameplay, as players did what they could to avoid infection.
Despite measures such as programmer-imposed quarantines, and the
players' abandoning of densely populated cities (or even just not
playing the game), the epidemic was only finally controlled with a
combination of patches and resets of the virtual world.
The conditions and reactions of the event attracted the attention of
epidemiologists for its implications of how human populations could
react to a real-world epidemic. Anti-terrorism officials also took
notice of the event noting the implications of some players planning
and perpetrating a virtual biological attack.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident
This happened in 2005. Incase I am not the only one that never heard
of it.............
*Hemidactylus*
Sep 16, 2012, 10:19:03 AM9/16/12
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last video game was a Madden football game for PS2. Thanks for the info.
All I know about WoW comes from an episode of South Park.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Love,_Not_Warcraft
There's a term from that wikipedia article I never heard:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griefer
[quote]A griefer is a player in a multiplayer video game who
deliberately irritates and harasses other players within the game, using
aspects of the game in unintended ways.[1] A griefer derives pleasure
primarily or exclusively from the act of annoying other users, and as
such is a particular nuisance in online gaming communities, since
griefers often cannot be deterred by penalties related to in-game
goals.[2][/quote]
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