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Remembering the Corrupted Blood incident: That time WoW was overrun by a virtual plague now referenced by Covid-19 researchers (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] DrDominate@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

There's only one I can think of, the Faldor Massacre. https://runescape.wiki/w/Falador_Massacre Basically a bug let players kill anyone they wanted even in safe zones. This meant a lot of people lost a lot of gear. Ironically occurring on the date 06/6/06.

[โ€“] Speculater@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Did the victors get to keep all the gear?!