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Mogri

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4104731.stm

Yeah... People. Are. Insane. They need help.
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fate · Uber-Karma Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 1178

hasn't this type of thing been around since at least the days of ultima online and the sims?
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Mogri · Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 3:34 pm Post subject:

I don't think to quite this magnitude though.
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fate · Uber-Karma Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 1178

people have been buying and selling virtual houses and other items...its a logical(um...) step to go bigger...especially since people have spent thousands on the virtual houses before
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Trool · Good Karma Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 1486

yah a while ago i read some economist paper about econ of everquest and the like and because real money is used to trade one can figure out all sorts of stuff about it and I think all of those places were doing pretty good as countries go....it is kinda wierd to buy virtual stuff, but it kinda makes sense in that strange way for ppl wanting to prosper somewhere....
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