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[Draugoth]

In recent days, extensive cuts of Starfield gameplay began surfacing on social media, with one particular leaker standing at the centre of all the attention. Following the uploading of several pieces of content, everything promptly vanished and the Starfield leaker went silent – and now we know why.

It has been claimed that the notorious Starfield leaker was arrested by police in Shelby County, Tennessee on August 24th, and it was subsequently discovered that he may be something of a master thief – or at least, he would be considered such, if he wasn’t caught.

In a post on Reddit, a link to recentlybooked.com revealed a listing for one Darin Tyrone Harris, a 29-year-old male booked for alleged possession of marijuana and two charges of theft of property.

Following Harris’ arrest, savvy online investigators tracked down a Mercari profile that’s allegedly linked to the would-be master thief. On this profile, the user – who others are claiming is Harris himself – has been or is selling up to 1000 items, many of which are bulk bundles of brand-new merchandise.

And what’s at the top of this Mercari page?

He was selling a string of Starfield copies all up for sale, some of which were selling for as much as $650. In an ongoing discussion, it has been claimed that Harris worked in a warehouse, which is how he came by so many brand-new, mint-in-box products.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Come on Tyrone

 

[adamsapple]

 

[mansoor1980]

raise your stealth and speech level tyrone

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

 

[Punished Miku]

They really improved those Oblivion guards.

 

[tusharngf]

hard to believe they gave copies to this stupid guy

 

[Magic Carpet]

people were paying 650 for copies of the game?!?!?

 

[Patrick S.]

Who unironically names their son Tyrone?

It's like THE meme name for lower class black people in the USA, isn't it?

 

[shamoomoo]

If anybody brought Starfield $1 over its asking price +/- tax you deserve everything bad to happen to you.

 

[adamsapple]

hard to believe they gave copies to this stupid guy

The guy posted youtube videos of dozens of copies of the game in his car, he was probably a warehouse worker or something.

I doubt Bethesda would give dozens of copies to an unknown.

 

[cireza]

hard to believe they gave copies to this stupid guy

He stole them in a warehouse. A modern day genius.

Get a job in a warehouse
Steel stuff
Sell it
Profit

 

[shamoomoo]

Who unironically names their son Tyrone?

It's like THE meme name for lower class black people in the USA, isn't it?

A name is just a name,it doesn't reflect the type of person you will become.

 

[SlimySnake]

people were paying 650 for copies of the game?!?!?

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/scam-citizen-fundraising-exceeds-600-million.1660237/

 

[LordCBH]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

 

[mansoor1980]

Who unironically names their son Tyrone?

It's like THE meme name for lower class black people in the USA, isn't it?

what about tyrese

 

[Alebrije]

This is a great idea for Cyberpunk side mission called "Get the solen copies before release day"

 

[adamsapple]

This is a great idea for Cyberpunk side mission called "Get the solen copies before release day"

 

[Bernoulli]

Why not keep it and sell them later

 

[anthraticus]

ppeople were paying 650 for copies of the game?!?!?

The most shocking part of it.

 

[Majukun]

big brain right there

 

[R6Rider]

I sure hope I still get my $650 copy.

 

[Dacvak]

I can’t wait for Tosh.0 to bring him in as a guest

 

[Fake]

Poor Bethesda.

 

[f~N_CH_1:3:3:3_SushiBoat]

Dumbass.

 

[Topher]

Criminals are stupid. That's why they are criminals.

 

[ReBurn]

 

[Ozriel]

Imagine having a gig where you steal stuff from the warehouse and sell. Doing it in stealth mode so you don’t attract attention.

Then you smoke weed and decide to steal an unreleased, anticipated title made by a company that loves to trot out lawyers, put an attention grabbing video on the internet and draw focus on your profitable scam.

Such a dumbass move

 

[Topher]

Reminds me of these idiots who have a shitton of weed in their car and get busted because the dumbass ran a stop sign.

 

[ReBurn]

Reminds me of these idiots who have a shitton of weed in their car and get busted because the dumbass ran a stop sign.

I watched a video the other day of a guy who ran a stop sign while driving a stolen car with the owners body in the trunk. He gave the cop a fake name just before handing over actual id. You'd think these people would be so careful to not bring attention to themselves but here they are living like nobody is going to notice.

 

[German Hops]

 

[Tripolygon]

Who unironically names their son Tyrone?

It's like THE meme name for lower class black people in the USA, isn't it?

For someone who's GAF name is Patrick, it's ironic you don't know Tyrone is an Irish name. It's not a meme name for lower class black people. How did you even come to that conclusion? It is popular amongst black Americans because there were some famous black Tyrones over the years which lead to the name being popular.

 

[onQ123]

With all the planets in Starfield Tyrone still decided to fly too close to the Sun SMH.

 

[Topher]

I watched a video the other day of a guy who ran a stop sign while driving a stolen car with the owners body in the trunk. He gave the cop a fake name just before handing over actual id. You'd think these people would be so careful to not bring attention to themselves but here they are living like nobody is going to notice.

lol......someone's been playing too much GTA is what I think.

 

[angrod14]

Imagine paying $650 for a copy of this.

 

[Topher]

Imagine paying $650 for a copy of this.

Going to be hilarious if we see a poster on GAF bragging about getting an early copy of the game in the next couple of days.

Keep it on the down low Riky

 

[reinking]

 

[Pelta88]

All of that for a few seconds of online fame? What a fucked up world we live in.

 

[ReBurn]

lol......someone's been playing too much GTA is what I think.

I played GTA III so much that when I saw a garbage truck in real life that my brain superimposed the word "Trashmaster" over reality. So I kinda get that part.

 

[Patrick S.]

For someone who's GAF name is Patrick, it's ironic you don't know Tyrone is an Irish name. It's not a meme name for lower class black people. How did you even come to that conclusion? It is popular amongst black Americans because there were some famous black Tyrones over the years which lead to the name being popular.

Well I've seen hundreds or maybe thousands of "Tyrone" posts on 9gag. Tyrone seems to be the default name people use whenever there's a post about a black guy. What I'm saying is, if it's really such a meme, I'd never name my kid that. It's like naming your son Gaylord or Dick, is what I meant haha.

If that use of "Tyrone" is purely a 9gag thing, then it's a nothingburger of course. I was thinking about what we call "Kevinism" here in Germany, which is actually kind of an interesting phenomenon.

 

[darrylgorn]

He deserved to get arrested for the aspect ratio of the leaked footage alone.

 

[Tripolygon]

Well I've seen hundreds or maybe thousands of "Tyrone" posts on 9gag. Tyrone seems to be the default name people use whenever there's a post about a black guy. What I'm saying is, if it's really such a meme, I'd never name my kid that. It's like naming your son Gaylord or Dick, is what I meant haha.

If that use of "Tyrone" is purely a 9gag thing, then it's a nothingburger of course. I was thinking about what we call "Kevinism" here in Germany, which is actually kind of an interesting phenomenon.

Don't get your cultural facts from 9gag. It's just a popular Irish name used by black people, has nothing to do with class or status.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Spoiler

 

[Patrick S.]

Don't get your cultural facts from 9gag. It's just a popular Irish name used by black people, has nothing to do with class or status.

Fair enough.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

Going to be hilarious if we see a poster on GAF bragging about getting an early copy of the game in the next couple of days.

Keep it on the down low Riky

Is Starfield VRR?

 

[Beer Baelly]

what about tyrese

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

people were paying 650 for copies of the game?!?!?

Especially when it's on gamepass

 

[Gamezone]

This is why Activision have mandatory downloads to activate their games at release.

 

[Danknugz]

i knew some kid back when mortal kombat released on genesis, who apparently came across a parked UPS truck and somehow managed to steal a whole box of copies from it and was selling it to kids at school

 

[havoc00]

They shut down a criminal mastermind before he could really get started