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[Draugoth]

Bungie has won a $400k lawsuit against a Destiny 2 player who threatened and harassed Bungie's Community Manager. Setting a precedent about harassments like this in the industry.​

From the filing:

First, he obtained the personal home address and phone numbers of the victim and his immediate family member. Second, he sent racist, abusive verbal and text messages to both victims. In these messages, Comer repeatedly referenced “[n- word] killing.” Third, Comer fraudulently abused the services of a local pizza company to send a carefully timed physical threat within minutes of his digital threats. This wasn’t a normal pizza: Comer engineered the situation to ensure his malicious intent was delivered.

Via his delivery notes, Comer tried to trick the driver to unwittingly act in a way that would be perceived as violent, requesting that they knock “at least 5 times” and extra loud, falsely stating “I’ll probably be wearing headphones.” Thus, Comer orchestrated a chilling sequence of events at the victim’s home: Late at night, minutes after bizarre verbal threats, a stranger suddenly and loudly bangs on the door. Comer gleefully referenced the incident in another abusive voicemail shortly after the delivery (“enjoy your pizza”).

 

[Punished Miku]

I'll just stick with Splatoon 3. Worst I got was someone sniping me one time and then rapidly doing the squid dance, and let me tell you, that hurt.

 

[Spukc]

Wtf goes on in the head of a stalker dude

What the actual fuck

 

[Crispy Gamer]

Dude was a sick stalker

 

[SJRB]

Wow, that story is crazy. Fuck that guy, what a sociopath.

Good on Bungie for taking proper action against this insane behavior.

 

[Pelta88]

400K in the hole because you didn't like an update and couldn't get the Kung Fu grip on your favourite weapon.

 

[Warnen]

Great now that’s behind them, maybe work on the servers?

 

[MiguelItUp]

That dude got what he deserved. I'll never understand what goes through some people's head. It's definitely hard to process.

 

[adamsapple]

Good. Fuck that guy.

 

[DaGwaphics]

Good to see that action was taken. Too much of the online lunacy goes completely unchecked.

 

[UnNamed]

Good. They should took this road more often.

 

[ReBurn]

I couldn't imagine getting that bent over a video game and ruining your life.

 

[Yoboman]

More revenue for Sony first party

 

[Heisenberg007]

Sony be like, "yo, more acquisition money."

 

[Salz01]

400k is honestly too low……. Needs to be way higher……

 

[Skifi28]

Forget the money, he needs to be locked away for the protection of everyone else.

 

[Gudji]

400k

Good. Fuck that guy.

Bet his name was Phil.

 

[Heisenberg007]

400k

Bet his name was Phil.

In that case, "fuck that guy

."

 

[Punished Miku]

Bet his name was Phil.

You're one pizza away from following this guy down a dark path. Turn your life around.

 

[Ansphn]

Good for Bungie.

 

[phant0m]

400K in the hole because you didn't like an update and couldn't get the Kung Fu grip on your favourite weapon.

once again, gamers were a mistake

 

[StreetsofBeige]

No wonder gamers get a bad image.

 

[Lupin3]

400k? Could've gotten a handful of shaders instead.

 

[mitch1971]

Court documents showed the stalker was going to increase the threat by adding pineapple to the next pizza.

 

[Griffon]

Good, courts need to prosecute those stalker cases more often and with stricter punishments. A shame this didn't also include jail time and/or mandatory psychiatric treatment.

 

[Revolutionary]

This wasn’t a normal pizza: Comer engineered the situation to ensure his malicious intent was delivered.

Malicious Pizza Delivery, only from Papa Johns!

 

[lughnasadh123]

Can we make this mandatory viewing for any potential dates of his?