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Keith Stuart

The problem with idiots

CNET News.com has posted an interesting article looking into how publishers of multplayer online games are dealing with 'griefers' - those anti-social morons who beat up 'newbies' and generally try to disrupt things for everything else. It seems that companies are now turning to a mix of psychological warfare and crippling peer pressure. Sounds like my school days.

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