Gamer buys $26,500 virtual land
Posted by malebolgia on 17 December 2004 - 16:01 · 14 comments & 2468 views
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#1 Posted by SecretAgentMan on 17 Dec 2004 - 16:27
- Sad.
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#2 Posted by Novaoblivion on 17 Dec 2004 - 17:53
- What a moron thats a ton of money for nothing.
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#3 Posted by mcwilliams132 on 17 Dec 2004 - 18:23
- Uhm...looser!
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#4 Posted by Magallanes on 17 Dec 2004 - 19:33
- 22 years old?, or 22 IQ?
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#5 Posted by HawkMan on 18 Dec 2004 - 02:56
- Other articles did have his nme actually.
and what this article doesn't mention, is that this guy could very well end up makign money on this purchase...
Personally I find it enough I pay my monthly stuff for SWG and stuff without playing games where Ihave to spend my real life money in the game as well. frankly if I am to spend and earn money in a damn game... what would I do to disconnect from doign that in RL then ?
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#6 Posted by Lucifer on 18 Dec 2004 - 09:05
- Bloody, muhder-freaking, stooopiiiiid idiot.
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#7 Posted by MegaManXcalibur on 18 Dec 2004 - 18:03
- Somebody has WAY too much money on their hands, and WAY too little intelligence to know how to spend it.
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#8 Posted by supersaiyanjericho on 19 Dec 2004 - 02:09
- This issue reminds me of Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons
"I was married to a girl once in an online fantasy game. We were going to have children but that would so totally drain my power crystals."
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#9 Posted by Sinzen on 19 Dec 2004 - 05:58
- lame....
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#10 Posted by Sage_Override on 19 Dec 2004 - 10:10
- Like this is anything new? I've seen people drop down 1500$ for a f*cking castle on Ultima Online on Ebay!
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#11 Posted by Fantmx on 20 Dec 2004 - 18:26
- This is kind of silly, but when you put it into persepective, it isn't that big of a deal. This is his hobby, so how is it any different than people spending money on fixing up cars, or home theater systems, or any other hobby for that matter?
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#12 Posted by smeggers on 27 Dec 2004 - 08:57
- DUHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
The Australian gamer, known only by his gaming moniker Deathifier, bought the island in an online auction. The land exists within the game Project Entropia, an RPG which allows thousands of players to interact with each other.
Entropia allows gamers to buy and sell virtual items using real cash, while fans of other titles often use auction site eBay to sell their virtual wares. Earlier this year economists calculated that these massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) have a gross economic impact equivalent to the GDP of the African nation of Namibia.
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"This is a historic moment in gaming history, and this sale only goes to prove that massive multi-player online gaming has reached a new plateau," said Marco Behrmann, director of community relations at Mindark, the game's developer. The virtual island includes a gigantic abandoned castle and beautiful beaches which are described as ripe for developing beachfront property.
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