Woman kills ex Maple Story husband, gets arrested
Category: PC, Posted: 10/23/2008 at 01:24PM EDT by Brendon Lindsey, GN Director
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Especially if that woman is your virtual ex-wife.
In Tokyo, a 43-year-old woman was so angry over a sudden divorce from her Maple Story hubby that she logged on to his account and deleted him in cold, virtual blood. "I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry," the official quoted her as telling investigators and admitting the allegations.
When the 33-year-old office worker realized his avatar had been murdered in cold blood, he contacted the authorities, who then arrested the woman on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data. If convicted, she could face up to five years in prison, or a fine of $5,000.
So for those millions still playing Maple Story who are grinding to complete your wedding quests, remember: only marry digital avatars you truly know, because if you ask for a divorce they may murder you while you're logged off.
[via Yahoo]
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I can't help but think he was probably playing Maple Story instead of spending time with his real wife.
I was actually worried that this was a real murder. That would have worried me greatly.
lol owned
Also it wouldn't have worked out, she's 43 and he's 33.
Something similar happened when I played WoW all the time. One of my ex guildmates had deleted one of my guildmate's characters, and they ended up having a whole lot of things go wrong in their life after that, from what I heard.
How can you go to prison for deleting someone's online game account? That sounds insane.
And this is why I don't play MMOs.