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Online gaming's dirtiest tricks

And other tales from the dark side of plugged-in playtime

Words: Andy Kelly, GamesRadar UK
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StefanGrey  - 10 months 22 days ago 
The WoW outbreak was so bad Blizzard decided it would be fun to make it an in game event and use it to build up Litch King.

Still, best WoW griefing had to be the guys who ambushed the funeral on the PvP server.
NullG7  - 10 months 22 days ago 
LoL some of these were funny and others were creapy, the Halo video was espeialy funny.
NullG7  - 10 months 22 days ago 
Oh and sorry about double posting but the WoW funeral crash was evil they could have at least wait till it was over or mabey not kill the deceased
MacGyver1138  - 10 months 21 days ago 
These things are funny when seen from the outside, but I bet there were some pissed off people on the receiving end of these tricks. After reading about those guys who got beat at Goldeneye Rogue Agent online, then tracked down the other people and murdered them, I would worry a bit about doing these things. Granted, it was probably easy for those guys to be tracked down because they were the only other people playing Rogue Agent....but I'd still think about it.
Darkdraak21  - 10 months 21 days ago 
I wasnt playing WoW at the time of the zombie outbreak but from what i saw on my friends computer it wasnt so bad towards the end. The Halo vid was hilarious and i wanna know how the red guys didnt see the blue guy right out in the open they mustve been blind.
d0x  - 10 months 21 days ago 
The article was just posted and already the Halo youtube video has been removed! For what possible reason could they have removed it? Sometimes I hate them.

Great article though.
drprofessor  - 10 months 21 days ago 
the scrouge infection in wow was the most annoying thing i'dever experienced. it broke flight paths, quest givers died, and shop keepers died. it was utter bullshit. and if i fought back at the zombies they just qq'd to me that i was ruining THEIR fun. blizzard dropped the ball on that one.
Blinder  - 10 months 21 days ago 
Great article. I think one of the dirtiest tricks I have seen was when Disney closed it's Virtual Magic Kingdom site. Here's a link to one of the articles:
http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html
Sly_Fox  - 10 months 20 days ago 
Mainman, i hated paladins like you who would cure me and others while trying to grief!

mind your own business! lol
HungryBeaver  - 10 months 20 days ago 
lol... 16000 bucks wow... they need to put runescape in there somehow. im done with it now but the scams and stuff were rediculous
sader54321  - 10 months 19 days ago 
wow the little eurepeon mmo guy that was awesome
Herschal  - 10 months 19 days ago 
The eve onlie heist was th coolest thing ever done in a game, taking all my holiday gift cards and getting it. Right now.
SPANKY2817  - 10 months 19 days ago 
Nailing gamers avatar to a cross is highlt offensev!!!!!!!! but kinda funny laughing at dumbasses trying to stuff secretly but get caught.
CandiedJester  - 10 months 19 days ago 
What Akiira said.

Man..The Guiding Hands sound like the mafia of EVE. It's one of those things that's so evil..yet done so well, and with so much purpose, that you can't help but appreciate it.

It's intriguing.
StevenHawking  - 10 months 17 days ago 
Okay, the TF2 trivia was hilarious. I wouldn't have been mad about that, I would have laughed my friggin' ass off!
Teh_Ty  - 10 months 17 days ago 
I actaully rofl'd at the hiding in halo thing.
likedamaster  - 10 months 15 days ago 
HLG? I'm glad they weren't really serious about what they were doing but... LOL. It was funny.
AnonymouZ  - 3 months 25 days ago 
holy crap, i never thought ANY games related website would ever publish ANYTHING to do with my beloved FIRST MMO experience which is TIBIA.

Indeed, cheaters, bots, and gold farmers messed up the game real bad, but for those that still linger, hotdamn it was the shit.

As for the hidden league, holy shit, those guys are the PWNT!!!
AuthorityFigure  - 3 months 18 days ago 
You don't have to convince me that online gaming sux. I never go online anymore because of all of those reasons you've mentioned (and more). NPCs are always there, they don't trash talk, glitch, cheat or quit. Ever.
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