EVE Online, of course, had a similar incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodbath_of_B-R5RB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodbath_of_B-R5RB On January 2

EVE Online, of course, had a similar incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodbath_of_B-R5RB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodbath_of_B-R5RB On January 27, 2014 (YC 116 in-game), the one-year anniversary of the immense Battle of Asakai, player corporation "H A V O C", a member of Nulli Secunda, which in turn is a part of the N3/Pandemic Legion coalition, mistakenly failed to make a scheduled payment to in-game security force CONCORD. This resulted in the star system B-R5RB losing its sovereign status, which meant that other players could capture the system without needing to wait for the normal "reinforcement timers" (real time waiting periods of several days designed to allow defenders to rally). I played EVE Online for a good 6 months but never really got over the learning curve hump, at least to the point where I would consider it "fun". I found myself split screening it and having an Excel spreadsheet open and suddenly I realized I was competing in an virtual economy that was all too real.