Thieve earns 200 billion in bank robbery

[Respenus]

I just read the article before you posted it. Well, it is a great example of how "human" MMORPGs really are. The well developed ones function like the real world (which I prefer) with a myriad of things going on, even the display of despicable acts such as the mention robbery. What I am surprised is that he was not prosecuted. This could bring along far more trouble in the future. People living double lives, with their virtual character acting like a business firm today, it is a legal entity, not a real one and the same rules to not apply. You broke the rules, well the entity ceased to exist yet the crime has been done and you cannot be punished. If enough sinister people get together and form a virtual crime consortium across the entire MMO community with people gullible enough to pay them money, well then there might truly be a day when identity will be enforced on the net and it will be the same as your real life identity.