``The largest robbery in game history'' that brilliantly cheats about 3 million yen with real money occurs in EVE Online
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In the long-established MMORPG 'EVE Online' set in space, a quick and clean robbery incident occurred that poked a hole in the rules of the game, and the in-game currency equivalent to 22,300 dollars (about 2.95 million yen) was 2,230,000. PC Gamer, a gaming media, reported that 100 million ISK was vividly stolen.
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The robbery 'Operation Yours is Mine', which took place in EVE Online this time, has 299 players using the structure of player-operated companies and stocks in EVE Online. Just two people take over the company, Event Horizon Expeditionaries.
In order to realize this robbery, Mr. Flam_Hill, a user of the bulletin board type social news site Reddit, prepared a clean account with a character with a play history and applied to join Event Horizon Expeditionaries. After successfully infiltrating the company, Flam_Hill gave the infiltrator a small stake in Event Horizon Expeditionaries and initiated a vote to determine the new CEO.
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In fact, EVE Online's corporate voting system allows anyone who is a member of a company that owns 5% or more of all shares to start voting, and if they get more than half of the total votes, that person will There are rules to win.
During the 72-hour voting period, only two Event Horizon Expeditionaries employees voted, Flam_Hill and his co-conspirators. With just two votes in favor, the infiltrator suddenly becomes CEO and appoints Flam_Hill as the executive of Event Horizon Expeditionaries. And Flam_Hill, who expelled other executives, steals 130 billion ISK from the company's coffers.
However, this was only a fraction of the stolen assets, and the Event Horizon Expeditionaries also owned assets such as large ships, so the final total damage amounted to 2.23 trillion ISK, or 20,000 in real world money. It is expected to go up to $2300. ISK cannot be redeemed for real money on EVE Online, but it can be used to upgrade your account, purchase virtual goods, and purchase Plex, a chargeable item used for other services.
Flam_Hill said of the success of the heist: “Two things made this heist possible. It was not there,' he said.
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One of the most controversial points in Flam_Hill's Reddit success story is where the stock comes from to kick off the CEO vote. One person suggested that ``Event Horizon Expeditionaries was originally founded by Mr. Flam_Hill, so he may have secretly held shares for many years,'' while another suggested, ``I forgot to transfer the shares. There is a possibility that the character was purchased from the employee along with the stock.' There is also a line that someone got the stock due to a simple operation error or misunderstanding.
In fact, one Reddit user tried Flam_Hill's trick by transferring 1,000 shares of another company's stock to a non-employee account, then joining the company through the standard application process. At first, the test seemed to have hit a dead end because the option to suggest a vote was not displayed, but another Reddit user said, 'Your character needs to be trained to have a corporate management skill of 1 or higher.' Yes,' he said, and he certainly succeeded in starting voting.
CCP Games, the developer of EVE Online, declined to comment on the amount of damage, but confirmed that a robbery had taken place.
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And, according to PC Gamer's interview, it turned out that the 'former CEO theory' is correct. EVE Online user Sienna d'Orien, real name Dave, who is the mastermind of the robbery, was indeed the founder and former CEO of Event Horizon Expeditionaries. Dave retired from EVE Online in 2018 due to burnout and other priorities, but returned in 2022 to find his company a husk.
So Dave, who formed a new group, contacted Event Horizon Expeditionaries and asked for the return of the former assets, but was ignored. So, Mr. Dave, with the cooperation of Packratt, another mastermind who got into the company, and Highlander McLeod, a former member of the company, carried out this ``Your thing is mine strategy''. Mr. Dave could not reveal his identity, but he decided that he would eventually find out and told PC Gamer the whole story.
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After that, Mr. Dave enjoyed playing with his former companion, but he said, 'It's a game after all, so I might be chased as much as I get applause.' I acknowledged that my in-game life was having a hard time.
Dave continued, ``In another robbery that happened earlier, there were actual threats. If it happens, CCP Games will take care of it, but I think people who do that should live a better life.'
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