Gamer buys virtual space station

Iria · Oct 25, 2005, 10:51 PM

A virtual space resort being built in the online role-playing game, Project Entropia, has been snapped up for $100,000 (£56,200).

Jon Jacobs, aka Neverdie, won the auction for the as yet unnamed resort in the game, which lets thousands of players interact with each other.

Entropia also allows gamers to buy and sell virtual items using real cash.

The space station is billed as a "pleasure paradise". Last year, a gamer bought an island for $26,500 (£13,700).
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Read More / Source: BBC News

**dj_stick** · Oct 25, 2005, 11:17 PM

does anyone think that people take mmorpgs just a little too seriously

Iria · Oct 25, 2005, 11:33 PM

Either that or this person has WAAAAY too much disposable income.

**dj_stick** · Oct 25, 2005, 11:34 PM

well it'd have to be both

Drakon · Oct 26, 2005, 01:34 AM

Ahhh, the stupidity never ends...

pr0digal jenius · Oct 26, 2005, 02:16 AM

I will now invest $500 in orbital thermonuclear devices, and laugh

SFOSOK · Oct 26, 2005, 06:37 AM

mmorpgs + monthly fee's = p00r with no life (science has proven it so you have to believe it!)

YAYitsAndrew · Oct 26, 2005, 02:35 PM

I tried to play this game last night. I wanted to see how far I could get on 1 USD. Become a virtual beggar or something. The downloader needed to download this 400+ mb file and after five tries they all came back corrupt. Oh well.

Oct 25, 2005, 10:51 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Gamer buys virtual space station A virtual space resort being built in the online role-playing game, Project Entropia, has been snapped up for $100,000 (£56,200). Jon Jacobs, aka Neverdie, won the auction for the as yet unnamed resort in the game, which lets thousands of players interact with each other. Entropia also allows gamers to buy and sell virtual items using real cash. The space station is billed as a "pleasure paradise". Last year, a gamer bought an island for $26,500 (£13,700). ___________ Read More / Source: BBC News

Oct 26, 2005, 06:37 AM	#7
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	mmorpgs + monthly fee's = p00r with no life (science has proven it so you have to believe it!) __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Oct 26, 2005, 02:35 PM	#8
YAYitsAndrew Anti-Piracy Poster Boy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605 Rep Power: 79 System Specs	I tried to play this game last night. I wanted to see how far I could get on 1 USD. Become a virtual beggar or something. The downloader needed to download this 400+ mb file and after five tries they all came back corrupt. Oh well. __________________ "It is because the resistance to paying for copyrighted material, although often characterized as arising from a supposed technical burden or principled concern for the public interest, arises rather from exactly the same segment of the brain that is dominant in shoplifters." - Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason! www.yayitsandrew.com

Oct 25, 2005, 11:33 PM	Thread Starter #3
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Either that or this person has WAAAAY too much disposable income.

Oct 26, 2005, 01:34 AM	#5
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	Ahhh, the stupidity never ends...

Oct 26, 2005, 02:16 AM	#6
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	I will now invest $500 in orbital thermonuclear devices, and laugh