Non-hypothetical scenario involving internet hoo-ha.

[Todeswind]

Ghetto Edit:

Here are the all the laws against "Child Grooming" or "Online Enticement" I could find, and they are by no means standardized. Some states like Arizona actually require the act to be successful (the other person has to show up) whereas some states like California are so obtuse in their wording that I suspect that simply by saying hello to a child one could potentially be tossed in Jail.

Alabama: Alabama Code 13A-6-110

Alaska: Alaska Statute 11.41.452

Arizona: Arizona Revised Statutes Section 13-3554

ArKansas: Arkansas Code 5-27-603

California: California Penal Code Sections 288 and 288.2

Colorado: Colorado Revised Statutes 18-3-405.4

Connecticut: Connecticut General Statutes 53a-90a

Delaware: Delaware Code Title 11 Section 1112A

District of Columbia: U.S. Code Title 18 Section 2422

Florida: Florida Statutes 847.0135

Georgia: Georgia Code 16-12-100.2

Hawaii: Hawaii Revised Statutes 708-893

Idaho: Idaho Code 18-1509A

Illinois: Illinois Compiled Statutes Chapter 720 Section 5/11- 6

Indiana: Indiana Code 35-42-4-6

Iowa: Iowa Code Section 710.10

Kansas: 2006 Session Laws of Kansas, Chapter 212, Section 7

Kentucky: Kentucky Revised Statutes 510.155

Louisiana: Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:81.3

Maine: Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Section 259

Maryland: Maryland Criminal Code section 3-324

Massachusetts: Annotated Laws of Massachusetts Chapter 265 Section 26C

Michigan: Michigan Compiled Laws Section 750.145d

Minnesota: Minnesota Statutes Section 609.352

Mississippi: Mississippi Code Section 97-5-33

Missouri: Revised Statutes of Missouri Section 566.151

Montana: Montana Code Section 45-5-625

Nebraska: Revised Statutes of Nebraska Section 28-320.02

Nevada: Nevada Revised Statutes Section 201.560

New Hampshire: Revised Statutes Section 649-B:4

New Jersey: New Jersey Statutes Section 2C:13-6

New Mexico: New Mexico Statutes Section 30-37-3.2

New York: New York Penal Code Section 235.22

North Carolina: North Carolina General Statutes Section 14- 202.3

North Dakota: North Dakota Code Section 12.1-20-05.1

Ohio: Ohio Revised Code Section 2907.07

Oklahoma: Oklahoma Statutes Title 21 Sections 1040.13A and 1123

Oregon: Oregon Revised Statutes Sections 163.427 and 163.435

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Title 18 Section 6318

Rhode Island: Rhode Island General Laws Section 11-37-8.8

South Carolina: South Carolina Code Section 16-15-342

South Dakota: South Dakota Codified Laws Section 22-24A-4

Tennessee: Tennessee Code Section 39-13-528

Texas: Texas Penal Code Section 33.021

Utah: Utah Code Section 76-4-401

Vermont: Vermont Statutes Title 13 Section 2828

Virginia: Virginia Code Section 18.2-374.3

Washington: Revised Code of Washington Section 9A.44.083

West Virginia: West Virginia Code Section 61-3C-14b

Wisconsin: Wisconsin Statutes Section 948.075

Wyoming: Wyoming Statute Section 14-3-104

[DudeGuyMan]

Leaving the FBI out of it entirely if blizzard GMs get involved they won't even bother to figure out the "he said she said" part, they'll beat everyone who looks at them sideways with the banstick just to avoid anyone getting a remote connection between their games and pedophiles however remote it might be.

No they wouldn't, or a else week later GM pages consisting of "so and so cybered a minor" from everyone with a grudge (or just out to troll) would have paralyzed the game.

[Todeswind]

Well yes and no every GM can fact check that sort of a claim and does so regularly. Every word you type into WoW is recorded by them so that any accusations of misdeeds in WoW can be fact checked, hate speech, illegal acts and so on. If they Cybered in game there is a written record of it associated with their accounts and any GM can go in and access it. If the GM can track one account back to a minor and one back to someone who isn't one through billing. So long as the Cybering happened in game they can take appropriate action in response. A claim that "these dudes knew about this stuff" might not be enough but " Character X was engaging in cybersex with character y (who is underage)" they absolutely find that out.

Likewise if any discussions of this happened in PMs or Guild chat there are written records of it and any GM will have the ability to fact check those as well. How in depth a GM might chose to go is totally up to the GM in question.

Edit: GM is not GW.