"Hackers have massacred all the virtual characters in some of online adventure game World of Warcraft's major cities" [BBC]

  • Daemonworks

    Not quite as cool as the accidental plague event.

  • Steve Begley

    Wow. Think of the smell!

  • That_Anonymous_Coward

    This is what happens when you pick on level 1 noobs 1 to many times…

  • franko

    i was so bummed i missed this. why do all the wacky, cool things happen when i’m not logged in?

    • acerplatanoides

      Truly a question that answers itself.

  • Boundegar

    It was a trojan called REAMDE.

  • Frank Diekman

    Life imitates South Park.

    • Nat trax

      My thoughts exactly, TO THE BOARS!!!

      • Frank Diekman

         Live to win!

  • http://twitter.com/scutanddestroy Peter Queckenstedt

    This is lovely timing, as I am in the midst of reading Charles Stross’ Halting State.

  • niktemadur

    Even though I don’t do the WoW, this bit of news draws me in and gives me pause.
    Seriously, that was hardcore, like some infernal, toxic condor Easter egg.

    In the physical world, stuff like this is talked about with shudders even from afar, like the Malaysian amok or the Norse berserk.
    To be going about your business in Azeroth, and suddenly this comes out of nowhere and straight at you… it’s gotta be a shock and a rush of adrenaline.  In its’ way and context, it’s definitely a significant event.

  • That_Anonymous_Coward

    So they left a command open to a level 1 character so they could just kill every entity they came across…  whats the problem?
    So what if it took Blizzard over 4 hours to notice this command being spammed…

  • chiasmus11

    Why is it always so painfully obvious that not a single technology writer on any major news outlet has ever played World of Warcraft.

    • ocker3

       For someone who’s only played WoW for 30 mins (and then decided it was too addictive), can you explain that?

    • Dave X

       Because those people have jobs.