Gang kidnaps top RPG gamer, holds gun to head for password..

[rezn0r]

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/sex%2C-cr...ate-280966.php

An armed gang of four kidnapped one of the world's top RPG gamers after one criminal's girlfriend lured him into a fake date using Orkut, Google's social network. After sequestering him in Sao Paulo, they held a gun against the victim's head for five hours to get his password, which they wanted to sell for $8,000. And yes, the story gets even better.

Surprisingly enough, after five hours the hostage wasn't talking. The group leader had a gun against his head all that time but the guy didn't say a word. At that point, the crooks gave up and decided to let him go. The brazilian police then caught the four suspects, aged 19 to 27.

According to the police, the captive is the world leader in GunBound, a turn-based RPG-style multiplayer online game. Developed in South Korea, in this artillery game you get more experience points, offensive and defensive capabilities depending on your skills during battle, as well as money to buy more weapons, armor and all kinds of gear for your multiple avatars. You can only play with one of your avatars each time, but all of them belong to a single account.

The game looks to be quite popular, so the four gangsters decided they could make some quick cash if they kidnapped him to steal his user. Their plan: use one of the criminal's girlfriends, called Tamires, to get him into a date using Google's online social network Orkut, which is also extremely popular in Brazil. After contacting and seducing him, she told the GunBound wizard to meet her in a shopping mall.

But she never appeared. Instead, Igor the boyfriend did. Gun in hand, he abducted and held the player prisoner, planning to rely the password to his mates using a cellphone. Against all odds, our hero (or very stupid guy) resisted. Probably using some Stamina +357 spell. Or a Big Cojones +577 mana potion.

Whatever he did to resist the torture for a stupid game password, boys and girls, there's a moral to this story: if you live in Brazil, keep playing Tetris.

[Exoduso]

We need a turn-based MMO in the states, that would be fun (it's what I imagined FFXI would be when it was just announced heh..)

and lolbrazilians, what do you expect? Kidnapping is like saying Hello there.

[MisterBob]

cool

[Rocl]

fucking hate gunbound

[MisterBob]

fucking hate gunbound

Agreed.

[Ryko]

They tied him up and put a gun to his head. Get it? Gunbound? Teehee

[Khamsin]

At least he didn't buckle under pressure and give in to the kidnappers. The Brazillian CIA could make use of him.

[Septimus]

Wow, that is really, really desperate.

[Maguspk]

Could they really sell the character for 8k? I remember Gunbound being a clusterfuck with you being:

A. Decked out in the best shit and some giant Indian chieftan headress
B. Shitty gear and not owning a aim hack so you suck

But how does someone rise to have an account to be worth 8k? Also, didn't they make the best stuff buyable in gunbound to make more money, can you buy 8k worth of gear lol...?

[Mizango]

God I hate that fucking game, but "wow" at the guys not saying a word for what? 5 hours?

I'm impressed.

Edit: lol @ Igor. A fitting name for a block headed goon.

[thestalkmore]

Dude: NP, I can log in at a Cybercafe in heaven.

[BRP]

Ruke should be careful.

[Shadowscythe]

Thank god I'm safe with my single digit post count.

[SephYuyX]

Gunbound used to be cool, then they sold out to Ijji and fucked it up even more.

[Kaylia]

Think twice before lotting on Ridill next time.

[Nitsuki]

what did ijji do to fuck it up? afaik they made american servers for the game.

on topic: considering he was the "best gunbound player" he musta been #1 in rank (duh!) i guess that alone makes it worth having the account sold for $8k? not just the items, anyone can get the items if they play nonstop for a week or two.

[Izzy]

I tried to play it again last night, and my account is active, but you can't fucking login to it. It's annoying. It just says, "Page not found, if you need help contact Customer Service here., THEN you click on that link, and it's like "login for customer service". OK DUDERS THX 4 HELP!

[Alvinho]

We need a turn-based MMO in the states, that would be fun (it's what I imagined FFXI would be when it was just announced heh..)

and lolbrazilians, what do you expect? Kidnapping is like saying Hello there.

You're an idiot.