Gamer Buys Land
"Thats not uncommon", you say, well actually it is, when the land only exists in a game. A 22 year old gamer has spent a staggering $26,500 (£13,700) on an island that exists only in a computer role-playing game (RPG). 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.
Discuss
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.
Discuss 
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I thought the idea of someone buying virtual land was crazy, but spending that much on it is just... wrong
I think it's really pathetic that we have people in our own backyard living in cardboard boxes and eating out of garbage cans and instead of helping them out we go buy some imaginary piece of land.
*agh* Now THAT is a long sentence!
*agh* Now THAT is a long sentence!
But if the land isn't real, and is merely "floating around" in cyberspace, how can you pee on it to mark it as your own?
You might get electrocuted...
You might get electrocuted...
That's why you need to buy virtual drinks so you can get virtually pissed, which should let you be able to virtually mark your virtual territory with virtual piss, virtually. You'll get a virtual headache the next day, but if you think about it, the pain virtually disapears!
I have nothing worthwhile to say here.
And what if the RPG goes down? You wouldn't be able to access the island
The most crazy part in this is the fact that Project Entropia sucks. I tried it for couple of weeks, and wasn't too hard to figure it out...
I hope he doesn't make his money back.Bwahaha.
That's the evil in me seeping out.Sorry!
That's the evil in me seeping out.Sorry!
It would be a good investment though...I mean, do you think people can steal an imaginary island as they would your car.
I also heard a lady sold her son over ebay, and a guy sold his virginity over ebay. But if you have the money and time to waste, you can buy anything you want.
I also heard a lady sold her son over ebay, and a guy sold his virginity over ebay. But if you have the money and time to waste, you can buy anything you want.
I guess it could be quite worthwhile if you COULD make your money back, but I don't really see how (and I haven't played the game) you can make money through it?
If this person can afford to spend it, who are we to judge? It may be stupid, but if money is no object to the person in question...
Maybe the guy will charge a yearly membership fee to people who want to hang out on his island.
Maybe they can have imaginary 'survivor' games.
Maybe they can have imaginary 'survivor' games.
Oh my god..no posts by that DraconicDink person...yahhhh!
Mabey he 'bought' the land just for publicity to get many others to buy lesser land for lesser money.
My God...he could have bought thousands of cups of coffee. Virtual Land? What a waste 
Man, you know it rocks - he bought himself a place in the Uber Geek Kingdom
I can't be bothered to actually check if you replied at my post - but if it's the case, you gotta admit it's a bit geeky to invest such amount of money in a virtual land
Yeah....especially if you could buy loads of coffee instead.....mmmm......caffeine.....
*boing boing*
*boing boing*
I think you replied to my post. It's real cool, that nesting-thing and all, but it's still real hard to see what's what. Anyway... the post about me asking if he's annoying you? You mean that post? That was directed to MeaningOfQ. 
I think it's real weird to 'invest' real money in non-existing things. But then again, if you could buy an acre of land on the moon, or on the sun, or on the bottom of the ocean, people would do it too... *taps repeatedly at forehead to indicate how crazy some people are*
It's real cool, that nesting-thing and all, but it's still real hard to see what's what. Anyway... the post about me asking if he's annoying you? You mean that post? That was directed to MeaningOfQ. I think it's real weird to 'invest' real money in non-existing things. But then again, if you could buy an acre of land on the moon, or on the sun, or on the bottom of the ocean, people would do it too... *taps repeatedly at forehead to indicate how crazy some people are*
Who says it is nonexisting?...You can go to it, you can walk around on it, to all out nerds, this is as good as a vaction spot
You can go to it, you can walk around on it
That's true, apart from the fact it is completely false.
That's true, apart from the fact it is completely false.
