[ WP ] It suddenly becomes possible to gain XP and level up in the real world , but you can only do so by getting kills .

It did not apply retroactively, which many thought strange, but that was a blessing in disguise. Those who had killed already were already at an advantage of being able to do so again. It would have been a disaster if they started off at a higher level than us. In the beginning animals were slaughtered en mass, and the early levels were noticeable. People feared mass chaos as a new ruling class of hunters and soldiers took control of the world. 
 
 The real threat were the gangs. Murder rates tripled when they realized the benefits, but the police answered in force. Death penalty was reinstated overnight and suddenly officers were the ones enacting justice. The resulting power surge put the gangs in their place. No one dared to face an officer. Things settled down as new legislation began to cover its bases properly. Hunting permits became more difficult to secure and more closely regulated, and again, the ever present threat of a high level officer was something few dared challenge, even if they were rare. 
 
 Culture changed of course. You're 16th birthday was often your first kill. A small animal if you were poor, the rich went lavish though, with bears or wolves. When you were 18 you were eligible to apply for the Peacekeeper Corps and upon graduation performed your first execution. See that was the big one. Nothing reaped in the XP like a human kill. Even a level 1 who had nothing was a huge amount. That's why the police had become the Peacekeepers. 
 
 The unspoken were the soliders. The Military had taken this all in stride. Whispers of government mass murders to quickly train soldiers always circulated but the Army made little talk of it. They were still big enough to need a mass of level 1s. For a short while there were threats of trying to kill soldiers for a big pay off. Imagine the XP on a marine sniper or a ranger SAW gunner; they never happened. Some even believed the special forces could survive a bullet to the head at the levels they reached. We would never know though. Within a year of the Zero Match, that's what they called it, no one dared to start a war and everyone knew why. Whoever pushed the little red button to drop the fix nuke... 
 
... They would n't need another nuke, they'd just need that person...
