So, they had a Runescape (a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game, or MMORPG) winner-take-all competition. 2,000 players: $10,000 cash prize. Lots of excitement. Lots of buzz. Then they set it up – ACCIDENTALLY – so that the game killed 98% of the players in the first two minutes by slowly choking their characters to death with poisonous fog.
Lots of screaming. Lots of swears. Continue reading Game tournament FAIL: Runescape’s Oopsie Fog of Death.