Terra Nova: A Riot

A virtual riot broke out in A Tale in the Desert, a MMORPG, recently according to Terra Nova. Evidently, a character named Malaki was trading valuable, rare items with characters, but refused to trade with female characters, asking incendiary questions, such as, "Who is your master?" and "I don't trade with slaves."

This has caused a fair amount of discussion on the rules that shoul/shouldn't be applied to virtual worlds and the role of sociological experimentation in these worlds. More thoughts can be seen at Terra Nova.

One commented believes this might be the first virtual riot. I have to disagree as I recall the naked, drunk riot that occurred when the ultima online economy was being figured out in its early days. The original call to arms can be found thanks to google groups.