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Re:Video game execution watched by 325K players by anigbrowl on Sunday May 10, 2015 @04:17AM (#9519283)
If you're playing a game like Guild Wars it's probably because you are already entertained by fantasy violence and skulduggery. I actually think this is a healthy thing, insofar as it shows the character getting punished within the context of the game mechanics. Just blocking the account or whatever is arguably rather like the way we treat people with prison - sending them away to a place where we don't have to look at the consequences. If videogames do inform attitudes and behavior - and I find that thesis questionable - than doing the punishment out of sight arguably teaches people that the appropriate response to social problems is to make the offending parties disappear.
Re:Video game execution watched by 325K players by atmosx on Sunday May 10, 2015 @04:49AM (#9519346)
I don't think that having your account taken over by the admin is in the context of game mechanics.
Re:Video game execution watched by 325K players by qbrass on Sunday May 10, 2015 @06:32AM (#9519495)
The player gave up their rights to the account by cheating.

The admin can do whatever they want with abandoned property.

Re:Video game execution watched by 325K players by pki on Sunday May 10, 2015 @07:59AM (#9519656)
The player never had rights to their account, they were merely temporarily permitted access to it by licence. It has been owned by the game since the start.