Posted May 01, 2007 at 07:15PM by Karl B.

http://www.qj.net/WoW-player-harrasses-woman-in-game-gets-beat-up-by-woman-s-husband-IRL/pg/49/aid/91058

Bronco Carson, a World of Warcraft player from Mexico, reported to police on Saturday that three men broke into his home and beat his arms with clubs and totalled his computer. The reason? Carson had been repeatedly ganking (harassing) the WoW character of the wife of one of his assailants.

Carson reportedly told police that he had been "making it hard for her to get far in the game." The woman had already threatened Carson online, and Carson said that he had already been constantly harassed in-game two weeks prior to the attack.

And then Carson made the mistake of giving the woman his address, telling the woman that "if her husband was man enough to just come meet me to settle this."

The result? Carson got two broken fingers and a fractured wrist during the assault. His computer and entertainment center were also totalled by his three attackers before they left. "I knew that I might be messed with in the game but I didn't really expect her husband to come looking for me," said Carson. "I couldn't have been more wrong."

Now let this be a lesson to everybody. Taunting people behind the relative safety of the Internet may be fun, but don't be stupid enough to give out your real home address. If you do, then it's a whole new ballgame.

Submitted on 05/02/2007

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: http://www.qj.net/WoW-player-harrasses-woman-in-game-gets-beat-up-by-woman-s-husband-IRL/pg/49/aid/9

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Jack said:
Neutral: Personal Account
An interesting story... I've never played any on-line games, so I'll leave it to my fellow moderators to make a determination. Thanks for a different sort of submission!

Graham said:
Neutral: Personal Account
All I can say is: Switch off your computers, eat more vegetables and go outside. Would you believe there is actually fresh air, trees, and water out there? Really. Go look. It's true.

James said:
Definitely Toss: No Self-Selection
Definitely bizarre, but not really DA material. Firstly, it's an online game. People get tempermental and say/do stupid things. Secondly, Carson had no idea this woman was psycho enough to send goons. Sure, one NEVER gives out an address online in that manner, but in the end that lapse alone isn't worthy of a DA. Sure is a funny story, however! Thanks!

Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I'll go for a personal account on this one. The resulting injuries were not life threatening in this case, but the stupidity of giving out your address and taunting the women showed a complete lack of disregard for his continued existence. Thanks for sendin the story.

Shadow said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
A few broken bones, a lesson hopefully learned. but as he lived i just dont see this as DA material. Thanks for the submission though!

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