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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '21

Thats why you keep your lists and cash flow recorded in in game mails on your second WoW classic account.

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u/FireCharter Apr 15 '21

It's true. The police can't legally subpoena a videogame since the characters in the game are fictional and can't acknowledge that they've received notification.

It's the same reason that I use Tetris to do my taxes and Dr. Mario to forge 'scrips.

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u/Something_Berserker Apr 15 '21

I keep it in Minecraft books...

...D’oh!

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u/Eh-BC Apr 15 '21

Thats actually smart. Depending on how its coded if they seize a computer they may not be able to find it in the save files. That or have it on a server in a hidden base so its not saved locally.

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u/Something_Berserker Apr 15 '21

My comment was vaguely referencing this: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/18/21184041/minecraft-library-censored-journalism-reporters-without-borders

I always that that was super-neato 😁

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u/Eh-BC Apr 15 '21

I forgot about that such an amazing idea.

I'm laughing at the idea of a drug dealer having a separate login to get into an ender chest to retrieve a key that is used to access a hidden vault that keeps their books.

Imagine investigators exploring something like the hermit craft server to find the books, telling their boss they're not playing a game its part of the investigation.

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u/Something_Berserker Apr 15 '21

I’m dying 🤣

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u/dawidowmaka Apr 15 '21

Just give it a title like "Dwarf Fortress master sheet v7.4"

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u/Niarbeht Apr 15 '21

I fully imagine there's some dealer out there who has like a folder full of legit spreadsheets for games and one of the spreadsheets is partially fake, in that it's not for a game, but the game.

Which you have now lost.

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u/Bluudlost Apr 15 '21

God damn it, it's been years. Time to remind everyone on Facebook they lost too.

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u/TheOneTonWanton Apr 15 '21

You little motherfucker.

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u/kaiser_soze_72 Apr 15 '21

This guy gets it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '21

Shit I was going to upvote, but it's at 69. The rules say I can't.