Gamer sells virtual game property for over half a million dollars
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Gamer sells virtual game property for over half a million dollars
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#2Makes more sense than most real estate prices in California.
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#3How long before regulation rolls into town? I'm sure there's bureaucrats out there who want a piece of this pie (beyond the normal taxes that might apply).
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#4What happened to that woman who supposedly sold Second Life real estate (IIRC) to the tune of a million dollars? Like 4 years ago.
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#5Makes more sense than most real estate prices in California.
Try NYC...
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#6I once sunk thousands of dollars into that game. Once I bought a nice lakeside house for 500 (us) dollars and sold it for over $1100 - nothing compared to the players who spend thousands of dollars buying armor and weapons (mine was worth mere hundreds) but still quite amazing to me.
It is a pretty basic mmorpg, only got quests this year, but there's something extremely compelling about the game. Some people say the game is just gambling- I tend to agree.
There are massive amounts of money going through this game. It's both scary, and amazing to watch. And yeah, if you're a good businessman (or scam artist) there is a ton of (real) money to be made.
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#7I wonder what the GDP of Entropia is?
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#8I once sunk thousands of dollars into that game. Once I bought a nice lakeside house for 500 (us) dollars and sold it for over $1100 - nothing compared to the players who spend thousands of dollars buying armor and weapons (mine was worth mere hundreds) but still quite amazing to me. It is a pretty basic mmorpg, only got quests this year, but there's something extremely compelling about the game. Some people say the…
I just remembered- I bought the house to set up a beauty salon. My profession was a hairstylist - one of the more elite profession. I spent well over $100 on a hairstylist chair (I had to watch the auctions for weeks before one even showed up), and people would pay $2 or more to have their hair cut/styled. For the first while I did it for free- just for the cost of hair gel and supplies. Crazy enough for you?
Other 'elite' professions at the time were body modification (plastic surgery) and coloring clothes. Red was crazy expensive. Every once in a while they'd release a new color and the price would skyrocket.
Crazy times, crazy game.
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#9What happened to that woman who supposedly sold Second Life real estate (IIRC) to the tune of a million dollars? Like 4 years ago.
Are you referring to Anshe Chung? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anshe_Chung
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#10I once sunk thousands of dollars into that game. Once I bought a nice lakeside house for 500 (us) dollars and sold it for over $1100 - nothing compared to the players who spend thousands of dollars buying armor and weapons (mine was worth mere hundreds) but still quite amazing to me. It is a pretty basic mmorpg, only got quests this year, but there's something extremely compelling about the game. Some people say the…
I just remembered- I bought the house to set up a beauty salon. My profession was a hairstylist - one of the more elite profession. I spent well over $100 on a hairstylist chair (I had to watch the auctions for weeks before one even showed up), and people would pay $2 or more to have their hair cut/styled. For the first while I did it for free- just for the cost of hair gel and supplies. Crazy enough for you? Other '…
who actually does all the animation and drawing for this game? the players? like how do you do "haircuts"?