I was playing DDO:Stormreach on the weekend (Geek alert!), and had the hilarious experience of watching someone playing a sorcerer (think, weak, effeminate magic using guy) try to tank (RPG term for "hardcore warrior") this massive giant.
The freaking cleric, who was leader of his party, almost had a coronary! I'm almost disappointed I didn't have voicechat turned on.
Anyway, apart from being called "moronic", or rather "m0r0n1c", the git suffered no punishment...unlike in other online games....
AN internet game site based on Roman Britain has staged a "virtual crucifixion" of one of its players to punish him for breaking the rules.
The site Roma Victor (http://www.roma-victor.com/) is an online recreation of life in Britain 2000 years ago, in which players live as slaves and citizens under the Roman empire.
Cynewulf - in real life a 27-year-old electrical engineer from Flint, Michigan - has been electronically nailed to a cross where he will hang "for a full seven days on full public display", the site says.
His punishment is for "ganking", or repeatedly gang-killing new players as soon as they appear, thus destroying their chances of getting to grips with the game.
Gamers on the site have the opportunity of insulting Cynewulf as they pass by his cross in a public square.
Awesome.
Posted by Quentin George at April 3, 2006 06:54 PM