EVE Online, of course, had a similar incident: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bloodbath_of_B-R5RB" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bloodbath_of_B-R5RB</a><p><i>On January 27, 2014 (YC 116 in-game), the one-year anniversary of the immense Battle of Asakai, player corporation &quot;H A V O C&quot;, a member of Nulli Secunda, which in turn is a part of the N3&#x2F;Pandemic Legion coalition, mistakenly failed to make a scheduled payment to in-game security force CONCORD. This resulted in the star system B-R5RB losing its sovereign status, which meant that other players could capture the system without needing to wait for the normal &quot;reinforcement timers&quot; (real time waiting periods of several days designed to allow defenders to rally).</i><p>I played EVE Online for a good 6 months but never really got over the learning curve hump, at least to the point where I would consider it &quot;fun&quot;. I found myself split screening it and having an Excel spreadsheet open and suddenly I realized I was competing in an virtual economy that was all too real.