Well what could he have done you ask? May, attended the first annual PAX East this weekend where a multitude of avid gamers reveled in their geekiness and played demos and checked out company booths. While everyone else was taking in the sights and sounds, May was faced with a difficult decision: Do I act like a normal person and play the games I paid to play.....or do I attempt to steal the code for Atomic Games' upcoming shooter "Breach"? Guess which one he picked?
After staking out the booth where the game was being showcased, May picked the opportune moment to nick the code when the employee guarding the laptop containing the code had to hit the john. He then proceeded to connect his laptop to theirs and began copying the game code. Fourtunately there are observant people with common sense there and a tester noticed that May was hovering over the company computer with a cord running to his. Only getting his hands on roughly 14mb out of the 2gb of code he took off when he was confronted and later taken into custody.
Here he made a good decision; he didn't lie about attempting to take the code. But, he also made a bad decision, he attempted to bribe the cops with $100 if they let him go.....this guy would be perfect for the old mini-show "Good Idea, Bad Idea."
He was taken in under the charges of "larceny over $250 and buying, selling or receiving stolen trade secrets." The first brings either a $25,000 fine or five years and the second yields either a $500 fine and two years or five years. Atomic Games told police that the game code was worth an estimated $6 million but was later told that the exact price was unknown but was in the millions.
He posted his bail of $200 in cash and when he was supposed to appear in court today, he didn't show......bad idea. At any rate, if you have any info contact Boston Crime Stoppers at 1-800-494-TIPS (8477).
-Source - Kotaku.com
I really can't comprehend why someone would even try that? Why would you attempt to steal a GAME?!?! People like him are the reasons people stereotype gamers as dangerous or troublemakers. PAX is almost like E3, a time when gamers from all over gather to witness the next step in gaming, meet with developers, get and give insight and most importantly, have a good time. May's incident has probably raised flags in the industry and now we're probably going to have to be screened just to touch a demo controller now. Good Idea, Bad Idea man.....if you have to think twice about it, you probably shouldn't do it.
-Armand
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