Comments on: Final Fantasy XI player ‘mugged’, police refuse to help

By: FFXIPlayer2004

FFXIPlayer2004 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:46:06 +0000

Think of an MMO this way, an Investment, you pay for the software (the investment) and then keep building on that investment (building up the character). Not many people would like to see a bank robber run off with thier savings account which they have been building since they invested in the bank account would they. Now if you gave out your account info whether it be your bank account or your character account well then your just dumb.

By: Glori

Glori — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:56:12 +0000

I just want to say that my account was stolen and I have NEVER given out my password, NEVER participated in any RMT dealings (in fact, I often turn them in, especially the ones that farm leeches), and that no one in my “real life” plays the game. The entire situation has been horrible.

By: Colin Temple

Colin Temple — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:27:09 +0000

At the time of this article there was a rash of FFXI account hackings that were not the case of them giving out passwords. No, I can’t give you proof, but I can’t prove that all instances were of shared accounts, either. I personally knew people, in real life, who had their accounts hacked in FFXI.

That said, hacked accounts are computer crimes. Not a “crime” but a real, full-fledged crime. Yeah, it’s just a game, but if it involves breaking into someone’s private account, it’s still a crime. If I hacked into my neighbours network and deleted some of his family pictures, or hacked someone’s email to play a prank, is that not a crime? Does it have to be a theft of something with obvious monetary value to deserve legal attention?

After all, a significant amount of the stolen accounts and gil, especially those that happened a year ago, were supposedly done by people who went and sold that gil for real money.

By: powerpatriot

powerpatriot — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:16:39 +0000

I believe at some point in time this guy gave out his password to this “friend” of his. I have never seen any proof that a FFXI account has ever been “hacked” without the “hacker” knowing some of the players information. As for contacting the police about his virtual stuff being stolen, why should the police use their precious man hours on this stupid of a “crime” when they could be out looking for real criminals. Also, he would need to bring proof that these items were stolen, and since SquareEnix does not keep a record of all items or gil that a certain player has, it is almost impossible to be able to find out if that is real. I could just as easily say that 75 million gil of coin and items were stolen from it (although I don’t have that) and claim that I want it back. People like this make the game un-fun to play and should just stop crying and whining about it and go back to their real life. Stop giving out your information to other people and we can all avoid this type of thing.

By: Enkidu

Enkidu — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:45:03 +0000

I cant wait for the day that police would actually investigate this type of thing. things such as this are happening alot recently. like the case where a second life community was sueing a guy for stealing items. “Internet crime” is going to be the next big thing lol D=

I hope the guy gets help and that he wasn’t the one giving out his own password >_>

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:51:39 +0000

The police can’t do anything. The person should have contacted the IC3. They are an internet crime center that is affiliated with the FBI. Contacting a lawyer is a good idea too, but the IC3 will have more resources to actually ‘find’ the crook. Once the crook is found then the police can be contacted.

By: Chris Schaffer

Chris Schaffer — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:04:11 +0000

It may be spilled milk, but the fact is that law enforcement is way behind the times as well. the fact that we (myself included) should be spending time doing something in the “real world” that enriches are lives is irrelevant when the object or information does in fact have a real market value.

After all, aren’t all those little number in your bank accounts just digital representation of what we hope is real money?

By: Valenna

Valenna — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:08:23 +0000

Well, I think it’s true that that law enforcement is behind the times on this, but if this were pursued by law enforcement and it turned out that the player gave out his information then he should be fined for wasting public resources.

And I love the context-sensitive ads offering FFXI gold. ^_^