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No, just, no... It is not illegal...
There IS a legislation. If you threaten real life violence, property damage, or theft, that is grounds for extortion in multiple countries and states. However, digital extortion requires the use of ransomware, DDoSing, Malware, or the leaking of sensitive information of a person, and demanding something, or else. People are seriously misunderstanding and honestly, not taking seriously the allegations they are making of this tribe.
It IS illegal. Go learn some law kid.
Cite the law they're breaking.
So if I threaten someone (for example a youtuber) and tell them that I will hunt them down in the games they play and stream snipe them every chance I get unless they pay me digital items or money, you don't think that is an offence? I do, and so do many others. Be it extortion or digital extortion, that would land someone with some serious time if successfully extorted.
That would fall under the category of cyberbullying and harassment, not extortion. Cyberbullying is a bannable offence in most online communities and while it can be tough to get legal action taken, it's not out of the realm of possibility for excessive behaviour, but that's not what we're dealing with here, is it?
OP example = Give me 'X' or I kill you in game.
My example = Give me 'X' or I kill you in game.
Both are the exact same thing, so how can you defend one with law and say the other isn't illegal in any way?
I think it's been established that what was demanded could be seen to have a monetary value, and no one is disputing that a threat was made; so I think the remaining issue is whether the threat was one which could result in the scenario being legally considered extortion.
You bring up "real life violence, property damage, or theft" and I'd say that probably covers a lot of cases, but (as I brought up a few pages back) it's also considered extortion for an employer to threaten to fire an employee unless they meet demands inappropriate for the workplace (usually thought of in the context of sexual harassment). I would imagine a person threatening a person with a phobia to expose them to the subject of that phobia to extract something of value from that person might also be considered extortion. I am in no way saying this threat is anywhere near as severe as those, just pointing out that the intimidation need not be physical (in the case of the workplace example) or even financial (in the case of the phobia one).
Because you threatened to track them through multiple games and servers and stalk them on social media. You have to be mindful of what you say and do and what it relates to. The OP is talking about a solitary instance in a game, thisnis a form of bullying, but it's also a part of the game which negates the illegality of it. Now if the Alpha said they would track them from server to server, then they could report it to WC, but to get legal action taken, the stalking and harassment would have to span across multiple platforms and involve more than simply threatening win in a game. Theybwould need to threaten real violence or malicious acts to get the police involved.
Still think it's the same thing? Even your suggestion of stalking on youtibe would probably only get banned off a couple sites.
The problem is you can't use that scenario simply because it's covered under different laws all together, that's why Cyberlaw was created and this isn't enough of an issue to constitute legal actions since the easiest solution to it is simply that if the ToS that we all signed deems this case wrong, WC can ban the alpha tribe and nothing more need be done. If this alpha comes back and continues, or follows the group through other games, maybe, but then it goes to steam, if the abuse continues, it can eventually hit cyberpolice, but you have a hierarchy.
If it's one game, it's an EULA and ToS issue, which the company who owns the game is responsible for. The authorities wouldn't even get involved.
Agreed. I was never suggesting anyone actually take legal action; I'm more interested in the idea that it might be technically illegal since they brought it out of game. I'd imagine the legal consultation fee would dwarf any punitive damages that could be awarded; though people making such threats could maybe benefit from doing a weekend of community service.
Community service is never a bad thing, but on a different note. I think to understand how this plays out, you'd need to understand severity and escalation.
In IT, we have a method of escalation for problems. Call the Help Desk, that's a level 1, if they can't do it, they call a field technician, a level 2, if they can't do it, system admin or more experienced tech, level 3, ect..
Problems are escalated, the chain for this would be, WC for issues in this game, Steam if it extends past this game, ISP if it extends into social media, and if it begins going into real life threats, Cyberpolice and/or Police.
This is a very rough idea of the chain of custody. Now for severity. In IT we have 4 levels, at least for me, sev 4 being low, sev 1 being High. Sev 4 is very localized my mouse doesn't work, my keyboard is sticky, blah, blah. Sev 3 is standard breakfix, sev 2 is usually a big deal, network is down, or something. Sev 1 means crap has hit the fan, blackout, security breach, virus stealing data. Yeah.
I'd say we're at a sev 4 calling help desk for this alpha tribe, IF we're even that far.