Plucky gaming nerd resists armed gang
Tuesday Jul 24 13:00 AEST
By ninemsn staff
An armed gang used an online dating service to kidnap one of the world's top multiplayer computer gamers, according to Brazilian media reports.
The kidnappers are accused of abducting the Sao Paulo man, an expert in Korean-designed game GunBound, so they could extract the password to his gaming account.
They intended to sell the password — and all of the gamer's hard-won experience points — for $9000, Brazilian news website Folha Online said.
But the plucky nerd refused to hand over his details, despite having a gun pointed at his head. After five hours, the gang let him go.
One of the gang member's girlfriends allegedly contacted the gamer through Google's social networking site, Orkut, asking him out on a date at a shopping mall.
When the gamer arrived at the mall, he was met by a gun-toting gang member instead.
The kidnappers have since been arrested and charged over the incident.
