According to recent reports, South Korean Lineage players have
been ganging up on Chinese players in an attempt to wipe them from
Korean servers. The recent killings are a response to rumors that
Chinese gamers have not been following the unspoken rule: don't
take money or items dropped by a monster slain by another
player.
Items from the game are sold for real money on online trading
sites, and Chinese gamers have been reportedly joining South Korean
servers because there are greater opportunities for making real
money in these matches due to an abundance of trade. Unfortunately,
Korean gamers have begun to see the Chinese presence as a threat,
prompting some of these players to stage violent massacres. In
areas like the Island of Dreams, where it is relatively simple to
earn money, gangs of Korean players have been hunting down any
Chinese player that dares to enter the region. One Korean player
claims, "you can tell they are Chinese because they can't speak
Korean."
Lineage continues to be plagued by identity theft, which may be
linked to reports that suggest there are Chinese sweatshops where
workers play ceaselessly to earn money using Korean identities.
More than 220,000 South Koreans have reported their identities
stolen. NCsoft, makers of the game, are aware of the virtual
genocide and have begun blocking Chinese IP addresses on Korean
servers. NCsoft has sided with Koreans because the company is
against item trading, which NCsoft apparently considers an
exclusively Chinese practice.
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