A lady who married a man virtually in the popular massively multiplayer game MapleStory was so furious at him unilaterally divorcing her that she logged in using his details and deleted him. Police then arrested her for unauthorised access to his account.
The lady, a 43-year-old piano teacher offline, married in the game (to a 33-year-old salaryman), but the marriage apparently suffered difficulties; the husband took it upon himself to unilaterally divorce her.
So spurned, the wife was enraged, and using the login and password her husband had previously told her, logged in to his account, where she deleted him.
Police arrested her some months later on charges of unauthorised access; for her part, she admits to deleting him.
Via Sankei.
MapleStory actually has an in game system for marriages, with various associated quests and buyable enhancements. It is not clear how one can perform a divorce, though the simple expedient of PKing the unwanted spouse seems unlikely…
You will of course immediately notice parallels to a similar previous incident involving a character deletion arrest; it seems Japanese police are the best friend of the MMORPG gamer.
A tragic love story
see this kind of s♥♥t is why you should never implemented a marriage system.
i don’t quite get this story… from what i gather he gave her the password so doesn’t that mean he gave her the right to access the account?
So spurned, the wife was enraged, and using the login and password her husband had previously told her, logged in to his account, where she deleted him. Proof right here that she had access to his account.
Geez, read everything before you jump to a conclusion. So she got what she deserved.
And it’s his own fault to begin with.
Some people cry when they are sad.
Stupid people make me sad because they have no freaking common sense.
perfect world is another MMORPG that allows u to marry and divorce in game. and beleave me i know alot of couples there that have their mates password, but never witnessed such thing like this b4. im married in that game too and i too have my wifes password tho i never log in in her account but never gave her mine. and thats how its supposed to b. thats y its called password its supposed to b urs and urs only. not even real life wifes should know it and specialy not ur moms. they may have an urge to erase ur thing to make a point :O XD
GG