This happened in Eve Online. Some guy acted as a defacto bank, built trust over several years, then blew all the credits on a flagship.
Held legally accountable? Lmao. Guile is part of the game and all your credits belong to Eve.
Held legally accountable? Lmao. Guile is part of the game and all your credits belong to Eve.
"But your honor, ISK is part of the EVE Online game, and it's in the nature of the game to build up a bunch of in-game assets and then get screwed out of them by other players. Players find this fun and continue to come back to it.
"Exhibit A is the relevant value-lost-per-day in dumb territory disputes and ultimately meaningless fun-fights. As our expert witness, we're calling a psychologist who can explain the sort of masochism that factors into a person's enjoyment of this experience..." ;)