I too had my curiosity aroused by this workshop. There were a few things that I hadn't really thought about so it really gave my brain cells a going over. On that note I'd like to pose another ethical question for the tutorial.
In the World of Warcraft, several years ago, there was a woman who played with a Horde guild (a group of like minded people who hang out together ingame) in America and became really close friends with the people in her guild. She then died of stroke. She lived in a different state from the rest of her guild, who were all over America, but they wanted to hold a memorial service for her that all could attend, so they decided to hold one ingame. They posted for everyone to read thay they would be holding a memorial for their friend, and could everyone please respect them and keep away, mainly for the Alliance players. This is on a PVP server where anyone from the opposite faction, Horde vs Alliance, can kill the other as and when they meet, if they want. About 50 people turned up for the memorial, wearing only decorative clothes that offer no protection from attacks. 30 odd players from an Alliance guild saw this as a good chance to get Honour points for killing Horde players, so rocked up and killed everyone in a surprise attack, getting many points really easily. They recorded it and it's been turned into a clip that has many versions, but I've linked this one. Don't watch this clip if you have an aversion to swearing, the beggining has a few quotes from people who were there during the attack.
Is this a justified, if mean, use of the game tactics to get honour for your guild? Or a horrible desecration of a farewell to a loved friend? What kind of repercussions would there be if this was in real life (obviously not the killing of everyone, but certainly the gatecrashing), and do they apply in this online situation?
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