… idiots.

Enter Penny-Arcade’s most wonderful contribution to modern society. The discovery of the Internet Fuckwad Theory!

I feel bad that so many smart and wonderful human beings (namely myself) have to be lumped in the same crowd with these freaking windowlicking organ donors. Maybe I’m just naive or something, but every community game (MMO) that I’ve been a part of has had at least some sort of civility and overall positive vibe going on in their public forums (in game and out).

Visit the general forums or even realm forums (spend some time on Altar of Suck’s forums and you’ll see what I mean) and browse a few topics. More than 75% of every post is either trolling, flaming, or otherwise putting down some one or some thing. Its like the general populace is full of such jaded cynical and otherwise negative jerks that it sucks all the life and joy and excitement from the game. Unfortunately there are so many good and constructive or helpful and jovial posts made by good people that get lost in the mud.

And then there’s this fucking moron. Really? You’re going to threaten to bomb an airplane and kill as many Americans as possible in trade chat? Are you fucking STUPID!? I bet this asshole was surprised when the police arrested him and turned him over to the FBI. Welcome to “Pound you in the Ass Prison” for a long time. One less jackoff in trade chat, good riddance.

This kid is a true Champion of Azeroth!

A Johnson County man who told investigators that he was merely testing a theory could face federal charges after he told deputies he threatened to blow up a commercial airliner.

The 18-year-old, who lives in the 4000 block of Ridgemere Drive, Greenwood, told Johnson County deputies that he was playing a popular online role-playing game early Monday morning when he issued a threat that he “was going to board a plane at 7:30 to Chicago and that (he) was going to try and kill as many Americans as possible,” according to an incident report from the sheriff’s department.

A facilitator with an online gaming center alerted authorities after she noticed several messages from the man, who was playing “World of Warcraft,” threatening to blow up an airliner.

The man, who originally told investigators that someone had hacked into his computer, admitted he jokingly made the threats, which did not name a specific airline, because he had heard that merely doing so would bring police to his house, “but I didn’t really believe it,” he said in a written statement.

A representative from Blizzard Entertainment, the online gaming site, would not disclose the exact content of the chat logs to investigators without a subpoena, but she said the logs seemed “very serious” and did not seem like jokes.

The man’s computer was seized as evidence.

The Federal Bureau of Investigations, which took over the investigation, could file charges with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, according to the affidavit.