BoGRAP

BoGRaP, or Bureau of Gaming Regulations and Policing, is in charge of game security, they have patroled the streets of Etheria since alpha testing to keep players safe from anything that could potentially damage their brains, such as a hacking attempt. BoGRaP has come to be known as the equivilent to the old GM, or GameMaster, in newer games.

ESRB Vs. BoGRaP
During the 20's when BoGRaP sprung up, it began a heavy game rating campaign, and held public speeches to appeal to the public. claiming they could do a better job then ESRB, and have a greater role in the community then they ever have, they proved this, and the ESRB label started to leave the cases of new releases.

ESRB's last grasp for power was in the 30's, when they publicly slandered BoGRaP, calling them 'Control Freaks', this didn't bother them however, as in 2039 ESRB finally bit the dust, and declared bankruptsy.

BoGRaP's role in gaming
BoGRaP gave players alot of free will ingame. However, they kept a short leash on rule breakers, they had a particular interest in the MMO[FPS, RPG] genre, rule breakers would be teleported to ingame BoGRaP offices, they were inescapable, some saw this a little over dramatic. But it brought players to the scene to be spoken to by an official. If they ignored the official in the office, they would be put in jails. This first started in Blizzard Entertainments, 'World of Warcraft', in the mid-20's, the old game was still one of the most popular games, though it lost the title to blizzards later release, 'Titan World'. This Experiment proved successful, and cut ingame threats and rulebreaking down to 20% of its original level in the first two years it was in effect. BoGRaP's office was later added to every 'Triple A' MMORPG out there. You could even see other players there from other games, people thought this was neat. The Offices usually remained empty, as people feared and respected BoGRaP.