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Online Battle Fought in Real Life Is Trial Worthy

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(CN) - An Illinois man can sue his online adversary who allegedly took their role-playing game on Battlecam.com too far with a series of prank calls for pizza deliveries, male prostitutes and police intervention, a federal judge ruled.

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Steven Rusinowski met Robert DiDomenico in late 2010 on Battlecam.com, "a web site in which users role-play with one another in threatening, intimidating, or combative scenarios," according to the court. Battlecam.com is owned by billionaire Alki David, who pays users to film themselves committing pranks for money.

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