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Blizzard helps authorities track fugitive
Blizzard helped an Indiana sheriff track an allegedly drug-dealing, definitely WoW-playing fugitive to Canada. Sheriff's Deputy Matt Roberson, who used to play World of Warcraft, discovered that Alfred Hightower aka Rastlynn, was an avid player. So he contacted Blizzard with a request for help in locating his quarry. Three months later, Blizzard sent Roberson a package containing Rastlynn's IP address, billing address and other info. After finding out the fugitive's latitude and longitude from his IP, Roberson used Google Search to pinpoint Rastlynn's exact location. With the cooperation of Canadian authorities, Hightower has been deported and now awaits his fate in the U.S. Usually it is Blizzard that is calling the police for help, as in the cases of: The teenager who threatened to blow up a plane using in-game chat. The kid who threatened to kill himself if his ban wasn't removed. The teen who was arrested for making a suicide threat to a GM.
From Azeroth to Canada: Tracking down a fugitive in World of Warcraft
var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/pc_games/Fleeing_fugitive_caught_through_World_of_Warcraft'; If you thought you could hide online, think again. Alfred "Rastlynn" Hightower just found out that when you're playing World of Warcraft, you can't hide from the law. Hightower was wanted in Howard County, Indiana for two charges of dealing a controlled substance and for dealing marijuana, but had fled the country to Canada. Howard County sheriffs had enlisted the help of the U.S. Marshals to track down the suspect, and were working with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to extradite him. However, they had to locate him first.
Testing out Age of Conan's new PvP system
As we mentioned earlier, the new PvP system (or at least a large part of it) for Age of Conan is currently on the Testlive server, and undergoing rigorous testing. We're particularly impressed by tester Ydiss, who has gone out of his way to provide feedback based on actual play experience rather than speculation and hyperbole. Through testing, some interesting features of the system have come to light, which shatter previous player assumptions and weren't spelled out in the notes.Many players had assumed killing an Innocent of your own level would result in Murder Points, but it doesn't. The research actually shows that you can gank players of up to two levels below you (and any amount of levels above you) without any penalty other than being temporarily flagged as Criminal. This removes a huge anticipated bar to free PvP. Being a Criminal gives you a funky crossed-swords icon above your head (see image) and being a Murderer gives you a skull.
