Darknet Diaries

Ep 8: Manfred (Part 2)

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Dec 1, 2017
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ANECDOTE

Ultima Online House Exploit

  • Manfred exploited a bug in Ultima Online where he could delete other players' houses without ownership checks.
  • This allowed him to steal items and deeds, effectively taking over those houses and selling them for real money.
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Guild House Replacement Incident

  • Manfred replaced a collapsing large guild house with his own smaller houses, baffling the original owner and guild.
  • Game masters were unable to trace or resolve the incident, showing poor server logging and tracking tools.
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Reporting Bug Led To Retaliation

  • After reporting an underground house bug and the GM getting fired, Manfred was banned despite trying to help.
  • This led him to delete hundreds of houses in retaliation, causing chaos and a server rollback.
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