Special Forces arrested for threatening to shoot gamer Blizzard office

Fan, who went to the studio Blizzard office several death threats, was arrested by police and taken to the courthouse. It was found that is possible to obtain for the threats against the developers of role-playing game Heroes of the Storm.

On the bench of the accused appeared 28-year-old fan of video games Tsebula Stephen (Stephen Cebula). In the period from 2 to 3 July he sent a lot of messages in chat games Heroes of the Storm, where players threatened with violence in every way they insulted and fantasizing about violence against female sex. When developers cut off his access to the chat room, he found a way to contact them through Facebook and wrote "that may or may not come from the Blizzard office with a Kalashnikov assault rifle and other fun toys." The author explained that his visit "can create anxiety in the central office of Blizzard, and the reason for this will become automatic, and other items."

Blizzard Manual saw it as a threat to its employees and asked the FBI. They found out the identity of the author posts and make the necessary efforts for his arrest, which occurred on July 12. Documents from the preliminary hearings have appeared on the network only recently, thanks to them, we can conclude that Stephen is shining for up to five years and a fine in the amount of 250 thousand dollars.

Author threats explain why he mentioned a Kalashnikov - to make the threat more frightening. Steven Tsebula also admitted that threatened the players in the chat, his message touched on the topic of violence against girls, and that he fantasized about having sex with young girls. Printouts most messages attached to the warrant for the arrest of Stephen.

So the threat of the network turned a threat to the authors of posts.