Eve Online's Nerd Monument Vandalized Over In-Game Rivalry
A video game gets a monument, and the monument gets gamed
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You can take the MMORPG* out of the Internet, but you can’t take the Internet out of the MMORPG. Or, if you prefer that in English: In Reykjavik, Iceland, a video game company paid tribute to the immense popularity of its virtual space colonies with a physical monument—which was promptly vandalized, in a real-world echo of the taunts and pranks often found on its servers.