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[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Knight Hawk

Blizzard Helps Cops Track Down WoW Fan, Suspected Drug Dealer

Armory link.
Tough luck fella. Bwahaha~

If you read the link on the Kokomo's perspective, the guy who tracked him down, Dep Roberson ALSO played the game. For all he knows, he could have traded rare items with that guy sometime ago.

Doesn't this indirectly mean corruption? What a funny world we live in. Also, I believe one of the lines the policeman would have said to that trafficker is :

"Thanks to you, I have to stop playing the game to focus on my extra workload!"

[ZephyrLeanne]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

If you read the link on the Kokomo's perspective, the guy who tracked him down, Dep Roberson ALSO played the game. For all he knows, he could have traded rare items with that guy sometime ago.

Doesn't this indirectly mean corruption? What a funny world we live in. Also, I believe one of the lines the policeman would have said to that trafficker is :

"Thanks to you, I have to stop playing the game to focus on my extra workload!"

Did you know that one good thing that came out of the Odex saga was that they caught a terrorist while he downloaded the bacteria anime series? I bet he was planning on biological warfare.

[Tealeafy]

Anyone else hear about the man in Japan who married a videogame character?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapc...ing/index.html

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by ShimatheKat

Did you know that one good thing that came out of the Odex saga was that they caught a terrorist while he downloaded the bacteria anime series? I bet he was planning on biological warfare.

Really? Is there a link to that? This is hilarious......

[Theowne]

Originally Posted by Tealeafy

Anyone else hear about the man in Japan who married a videogame character?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapc...ing/index.html

I think every soul on the planet knows of this by now

[Tealeafy]

Originally Posted by Theowne

I think every soul on the planet knows of this by now

lol
I'm so behind xDDD

[Knight Hawk]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

If you read the link on the Kokomo's perspective, the guy who tracked him down, Dep Roberson ALSO played the game. For all he knows, he could have traded rare items with that guy sometime ago.

Doesn't this indirectly mean corruption? What a funny world we live in. Also, I believe one of the lines the policeman would have said to that trafficker is :

"Thanks to you, I have to stop playing the game to focus on my extra workload!"

Bet that officer got ninja'd and nerd raged over the loss. Payback's a bitch huh.

[Zu Ra]

Dont follow the manga so no idea if this topic was brought up in the thread . Reminded of that other incident of Otaku Rage over Nagi (Kannagi) ....

Otaku Force Mangaka Offline Over Second-Hand Shoujo

Spoiler for MANGA:

Otaku incensed at a mangaka’s decision to portray a heroine as being a non-virgin have launched a campaign of harassment which has seen the writer forced to close her blog, reporting that she is “heart-broken” over their hateful attacks. The mangaka in question, Sasuga Kei (real name Keiko Sasaki), currently writes “ G.E. Good Ending,” a popular love comedy serialized in Shonen Magazine. However, she made the mistake of portraying a “dojikko” character (Shou Iketani) as ending up with kiss-marks on her neck after an amorous encounter in the back of a car – fans complained that for this formerly prim and proper girl to be sexually involved with someone was an outrage, with 2ch spewing forth such criticisms as:

A subsequent flood of comments to her blog, most harshly critical, led to the mangaka closing her site, saying “I just don’t have the confidence to continue with my site.”This is of course not the first time the depiction of a girl enjoying normal sexual relations has sent otaku into a rage at having their fantasies of de-virgination shattered…

Credits : Sankaku C

[Jinto]

Originally Posted by Zu Ra

Dont follow the manga so no idea if this topic was brought up in the thread . Reminded of that other incident of Otaku Rage over Nagi (Kannagi) ....

Credits : Sankaku C

There are fanatics everywhere. I can imagine such a reaction is quite disturbing for a mangaka (especially if the mangaka bases the character to a certain extent on his/her own personality). I wonder how those fanatics see this world. I suppose that would be a bizarre experience.

[Anh_Minh]

I wonder if publishers will start to put warning labels on manga? "Contain non-virgin" or "Will contain non virgin by the end"? Or possibly "Your mom's not a virgin". Whoever faints at the idea won't buy the manga. Problem solved.

[ZephyrLeanne]

Originally Posted by Jinto

There are fanatics everywhere. I can imagine such a reaction is quite disturbing for a mangaka (especially if the mangaka bases the character to a certain extent on his/her own personality). I wonder how those fanatics see this world. I suppose that would be a bizarre experience.

How about yawn? 2chan, 4chan...

[Haruka_Kitten]

Originally Posted by Zu Ra

Dont follow the manga so no idea if this topic was brought up in the thread . Reminded of that other incident of Otaku Rage over Nagi (Kannagi) ....

Credits : Sankaku C

That is seriously unfair. It's their story so how they want to do it should not be influenced by a bunch of angry fans. So there will be a drop in readers, that's their problem

[Haruka_Kitten]

Sleep turns woman into a sex addict

Haha, now that's something I don't hear everyday

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Harufox

That is seriously unfair. It's their story so how they want to do it should not be influenced by a bunch of angry fans. So there will be a drop in readers, that's their problem

If she is so ashamed to upkeep her blog or manga, I would say : just quit the industry and get another job. Entertainment industry is not for the weak minded.

[Anh_Minh]

Or just, you know. Close your blog, don't visit forums. Why throw the baby out with the bathwater?

[Jinto]

Originally Posted by ShimatheKat

How about yawn? 2chan, 4chan...

Its not the same, that just shows how they express themselves. But you cannot feel/see like them (understand them).

[-KarumA-]

Originally Posted by Harufox

Sleep turns woman into a sex addict

Haha, now that's something I don't hear everyday

Hey lol, that's my city

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

Or just, you know. Close your blog, don't visit forums. Why throw the baby out with the bathwater?

Originally Posted by Jinto

Its not the same, that just shows how they express themselves. But you cannot feel/see like them (understand them).

IMO they are part of the society as a driving force towards freedom of speech. Nobody said that free speech doesn't hurt feelings. It is just how you are going to loll over it, or suck it up and just get going.

Keep in mind tsundere-type fans do exist. They don't like the storyline, but they like the characters, it is just that they refuse to admit it.

[Anh_Minh]

Freedom of speech != right to be listened to.

For that matter, I disagree that they drive toward freedom of speech. They drive away from it by abusing the privilege.

[ChainLegacy]

I can't picture what oh-so-horrible things these closeted, raging fanboys could have said that would make her close down her blog. I think she needs to grow a backbone, and her critics need to get a life.