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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.