Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted June 2, 2003 http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,59034,00.html Late Tuesday evening, little things suddenly started to go very wrong in the virtual world of Shadowbane, a popular online multiplayer game. Some players noticed that their money and weapons had suddenly vanished. A few whispered that tonight the monsters somehow seemed slightly bigger and meaner. And then all hell broke loose. Shadowbane had been hacked by several of its players. But unlike standard game hacks, where players gift themselves with super strength, health or wealth, these hackers managed to completely alter the rules of Shadowbane -- turning a suddenly wrathful game loose on its players. "At first, players started speculating that there was a really bad bug in the game code," player Tim Wheating said. "Then we realized that somehow an insane god had taken control of our world and was out to kill us all." ... The population of an entire Shadowbane town was forcibly moved to the bottom of the sea, where they drowned. City guards turned feral and attacked town residents. Mobs of never-before-seen superpowerful creatures, seemingly spontaneously spawned from the ether, began to prowl the streets unchecked, killing characters in the most painful way possible. .. But on Tuesday there were no neutral zones -- nowhere to run -- and newbies became the prime targets. Experienced players looked on in horror as new players were slowly and gleefully dismembered by ax-wielding ogres. Others just laughed and looted the characters' bodies after the ogres were done. ... Mike Gontelli, a late arrival to the game that evening, said that when he arrived in Shadowbane "there were hundreds of tombstones. New players were being beaten and tortured. Newbie blood was flowing like a river. I knew it wasn't real, but it was oddly terrifying." .. "Hallelujah, I was dead and now I'm not," said player Brian Buttoloer. "This is way better than real life. Let the games begin … again." I'm sorry.. that's just too fuckin' funny. The fact that superstrong monsters just slaughtered everything, and then i'm sure some of them just pouted and cried. If any of you were on that game.. you should have just logged off ASAP. When I see a fucking ogre coming to kill me, I'll leave too. Why don't more games have a 'Wrath of God' mode? Just for the pure chaos. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lightning Flik Report post Posted June 2, 2003 Why don't more games have a 'Wrath of God' mode? Just for the pure chaos. Because only Smarks would every think of stuff like that (or in this case, some really cool hackers that'd I'd like to stop over in AC2 to do the same thing). It's a crying shame that there is no Wrath of God mode, but you make due, I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Human Fly Report post Posted June 2, 2003 Newbie blood was flowing like a river That's the best line of them all right there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TwiztidKing Report post Posted June 3, 2003 I have never heard of anything like that before. Funny as hell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SP-1 Report post Posted June 4, 2003 Best. Hack. Ever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
