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I read the actual report from the professor prepublication, and that is not at all how I understand it. Please correct me if I am misunderstanding, but he was

I read the actual report from the professor prepublication, and that is not at all how I understand it. Please correct me if I am misunderstanding, but he was killing "Villains" as a "Hero" character, at least as his primary personna. He did use "alts" for further testing and just to enjoy the game as well. He did not use glitches or bugs. He did exploit the rules to their fullest, but in most truly competitive games that is expected. He did kill "Villains" that were not looking for PVP, but he only did so in zones that were designed (or at least had the stated purpose) of being designated PVP areas. I do not play "City of Heroes" or any other MMORPG currently but my understanding from his description of the zone is that at least by the stated purpose anyone in those zones should expected to be attacked. As I understand it, he was accurately roleplaying a "Hero", albiet a ruthless one.

itgoon 17y ago
That's how I read it. If I were a real superhero, with real teleportation abilities, I'd be teleporting everything into something incredibly lethal, too. The NPCs were available in CoH; in real life, I have deep mineshafts. Heck, I'd probably _create_ something incredibly lethal just to have something to teleport things into. Looking at it from a storyline point of view, it's really cool. The city is overrun by villians, while the nominal "heroes" of the city rest on their laurels, or cower in their mansions. Then, from nowhere, a true hero: Twixt! The villians try everything they can, including banding together en-masse, but are unable to topple the City's Savior! Biff! Pow! Zap!