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South Korea criminalizes 'boosting' with new law
Boosting — basically one person playing on another's account to rank them up — is going to be a criminal offense in South Korea with some stiff punishments awaiting the booster.
The new measure comes courtesy of an amendment to the country's Game Industry Promotion Act, reports The Daily Dot. That law was passed in June 2017. This new measure was developed in collaboration with the video games industry in the country and will punish boosters with a fine of up to 20 million won, which is roughly $18,000. They also get a two-year suspended prison sentence.
[...] The act goes into effect in six months, and defines a "proxy game" as "an act that interferes with the normal operation of the game by arranging or providing the service to acquire the score or performance of the game in a way that is not approved by the game-related business operated."
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by tibman on Tuesday December 11 2018, @06:46AM
Seems like something that would come out of a gamer society. Boosting doesn't matter to me when done in non-competitive games. But it really blows to get someone on your team that was boosted up to your competitive rank. Why? Because they are going to plummet in rank and they are going to drag other people down with them.
Why get boosted at all? Couple of reasons. Higher ranked play has far better coordination, communication, and can better carry a bum teammate. Also finishing a competitive season usually delivers a reward that gets better the higher your peak season rank.
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