THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: ManaByte on July 14, 2009, 05:51:57 PM
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http://www.indystar.com/article/20090714/LOCAL04/90714019
A Johnson County man who told investigators that he was merely testing a theory could face federal charges after he told deputies he threatened to blow up a commercial airliner.
The 18-year-old, who lives in the 4000 block of Ridgemere Drive, Greenwood, told Johnson County deputies that he was playing a popular online role-playing game early Monday morning when he issued a threat that he "was going to board a plane at 7:30 to Chicago and that (he) was going to try and kill as many Americans as possible," according to an incident report from the sheriff's department.
A facilitator with an online gaming center alerted authorities after she noticed several messages from the man, who was playing "World of Warcraft," threatening to blow up an airliner.
The man, who originally told investigators that someone had hacked into his computer, admitted he jokingly made the threats, which did not name a specific airline, because he had heard that merely doing so would bring police to his house, "but I didn't really believe it," he said in a written statement.
A representative from Blizzard Entertainment, the online gaming site, would not disclose the exact content of the chat logs to investigators without a subpoena, but she said the logs seemed "very serious" and did not seem like jokes.
The man's computer was seized as evidence.
The Federal Bureau of Investigations, which took over the investigation, could file charges with the U.S. Attorney's Office, according to the affidavit.
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pwned
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What cunt of a GM :lol I wish I still had my old chatlogs.
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What cunt of a GM :lol I wish I still had my old chatlogs.
Doesn't "facilitator with an online gaming center" mean "manager/employee at an internet cafe"?
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Someone tell Alex Jones
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HE WAS A GOON.
Huh, I don't see any threads on SA talking about that. Can you link me?
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What cunt of a GM :lol I wish I still had my old chatlogs.
Doesn't "facilitator with an online gaming center" mean "manager/employee at an internet cafe"?
Ohh, I can't read :-\
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The man's computer was seized as evidence.
Well now he's REALLY fucked.
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The man's computer was seized as evidence.
Well now he's REALLY fucked.
I'm reading Doctorow's "Little Brother" right now, and so I'm inclined to agree with that assessment.
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HE WAS A GOON.
Huh, I don't see any threads on SA talking about that. Can you link me?
i looked for them too and couldnt find it
speaking of which what happened to helldump?
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he had heard that merely doing so would bring police to his house, "but I didn't really believe it," he said in a written statement.
:lol
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brb police aggro
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brb police aggro
:lol