by John Hoskin on Nov 30, 2007
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Jason Stone's answers to my death penalty queries stirred up some discussion in the message forums. Jason himself stopped by the blog to comment.
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Cameron, our #1 newsie type and all around nice guy plucked a story yesterday titled, MMO Security: Are Players Getting Played? from TechNewsWorld.com, a site with an impressive name and less impressive traffic score. I threw the score part in there because I'm a jerk.
"For instance, "World of Warcraft," the largest of these games, recently surpassed nine million subscribers worldwide. Each of these subscribers to "World of Warcraft" is paying US$15 a month to play the game."
Stop reporting on our industry if you don't know what you are writing about. Many of the subscribers to WoW are from outside of North America and Europe where the price tag is not $15 a month. Your other option is to keep reporting, but take up my radical cause of being unbridled by both facts and grammar. If you are going to pretend to be trustworthy then you need to check some things out before you go tippity-tapping away on the keypad. My route is easier and generally more entertaining.
Basically the article goes on and on about bad guys using websites to get your personal information. I'm pretty sure that MMOGs aren't the only industry that the malcontents are targeting. On the other hand, maybe they are inferring that we gamers are just too damn stupid to know about nasty websites. Back to eating your own feces in the last car of the lamebrain train you halfwit. Oh, and stay away from websites. They are teh eViL. I heard
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New MMOG Articles At Ten Ton Hammer Today
Special Offer: 25% Off Legend of the Syndicate To Ten Ton Hammer Readers Giveaway - Neocron 2: Giving The Gift of Time ----- City of Heroes/Villains: Issue 11 Video EverQuest 2: Humour - Tales From Kunark EverQuest 2: Timorous Deep Zone Guide Lord of the Rings Online: Weekly Troll Report 11.29.2007 MMOG Wiki: Luminary and Red Stone Pirates of the Caribbean Online: Interview With Disney Online VP, Mike Goslin Tabula Rasa: AFS Field Report Week of 11.29.2007 Tabula Rasa: Guide To Mount Hellas Vanguard: Dynamic Duos - Offensive Fighter + Arcane Caster Warhammer Online: Updated FAQ World of Warcraft: Zul'Aman Guide - Zul'jin Encounter World of Warcraft: Jumping Into The Arenas In Season 3Hot Content - Or, what I took a fancy to.
Pirates of the Caribbean Online: Interview With Disney Online VP, Mike Goslin EverQuest 2: Humour - Tales From Kunark Book: Legend of the Syndicate - Interview With Sean Stalzer Interview: Richard Bartle and Jessica Mulligan Bounty Bay Online: Storm Island Exclusive Hands-on Reveal Warhammer Online: Interview With Games Workshop's Erik MogensenReal World News
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