The Corrupted Blood Incident Began Sixteen Years Ago on September 15, 2005

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Player responses varied but resembled real-world behaviors. Some characters with healing abilities volunteered their services, some lower-level characters who could not help would direct people away from infected areas, some characters would flee to uninfected areas, and some characters attempted to spread the disease to others. Players in the game reacted to the disease as if there was a real risk to their well-being. Blizzard Entertainment attempted to institute a voluntary quarantine to stem the disease, but it failed, as some players didn't take it seriously, while others took advantage of the pandemic. Despite certain security measures, players overcame them by giving the disease to summonable pets.
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Griefing, such as players intentionally spreading Corrupted Blood to others, was one of the aspects of the Corrupted Blood study that has been criticized as lacking a real-world basis; Dr. Lofgren expressed in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic that "one of the critiques we got from a lot of people, both gamers and scientists, was over this idea of griefing, ... How griefing isn't really analogous to anything that takes place in the real world. People aren't intentionally getting people sick. And they might not be intentionally getting people sick, but wilfully ignoring your potential to get people sick is pretty close to that. You start to see people like 'oh this isn't a big deal, I'm not going to change my behavior.' ... Epidemics are a social problem... Minimizing the seriousness of something is sort of real-world griefing."
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Comment by Chr1st0phI love that this was used to study virus spreading in a legitimate way. Wonder how that worked in this day and age with the current COVID situationComment by CareeBearHow griefing isn't really analogous to anything that takes place in the real world. People aren't intentionally getting people sick.oneComment by ZygosI love that this was used to study virus spreading in a legitimate way. Wonder how that worked in this day and age with the current COVID situationComment by CarrionCarcassFun event that should be brought back randomly and unannounced.Comment by NetspookWere you there? Were you affected? Let us know in the comments.Comment by Chr1st0phI love that this was used to study virus spreading in a legitimate way. Wonder how that worked in this day and age with the current COVID situationComment by EighjanThe closest analogy to griefing, in this context, would be those people who pathologically sought to spread HIV once they discovered they were infected, before some form of mandatory disclosure of infection became a thing that would result in criminal repercussion if a person failed to disclose it.Comment by Boudica79Fun event that should be brought back randomly and unannounced.Comment by brutojogadorThe closest analogy to griefing, in this context, would be those people who pathologically sought to spread HIV once they discovered they were infected, before some form of mandatory disclosure of infection became a thing that would result in criminal repercussion if a person failed to disclose it.Comment by Mardux11The closest analogy to griefing, in this context, would be those people who pathologically sought to spread HIV once they discovered they were infected, before some form of mandatory disclosure of infection became a thing that would result in criminal repercussion if a person failed to disclose it.Comment by Mardux11The closest analogy to griefing, in this context, would be those people who pathologically sought to spread HIV once they discovered they were infected, before some form of mandatory disclosure of infection became a thing that would result in criminal repercussion if a person failed to disclose it.Comment by ComeAndSeeTo think I missed this incident by like two months.Comment by KryzMRemovedComment by CharlayneWere you there? Were you affected? Let us know in the comments.Comment by ekrietlowRemovedComment by bohdisativaIt was overwhelming but it was lots of fun. You couldn't get away it spread too fast.Comment by elvendarkmageNever forget the 15th of September, when a diseased hunter pet caused the devs to surrender.Comment by PyrotessaI was there, I remember trying to heal people and I believe I was able to dispel it as a resto druid. It wasn't troublesome on a lot of the high levels, but man did it decimate Ironforge (our go to city on our server). It's fun to think back on that I was a part of that "event."Comment by TailleventThe closest analogy to griefing, in this context, would be those people who pathologically sought to spread HIV once they discovered they were infected, before some form of mandatory disclosure of infection became a thing that would result in criminal repercussion if a person failed to disclose it.Comment by CMOK34I remember logging in and walking towards the gates of Ogrimmar. once you got into the central area , I seen tons of skeleton remains on the ground and people running around with the plague. I manage to alt+F4 out immediately before I got infected and waited out the storm. watching videos back then of the chaos that ensued was crazy in itself.