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It's not unheard of, anyone remember when Diablo 2: LOD came out? Items were selling for hundreds of dollars a pop, and people were buying them up like candy. Took awhile for the dupers to catch up and lower prices on each other, but for a good 3-6 months after it's release I clearly remember good uniques and runewords selling for major cash. Sure it's not the thousands that Entropia can net you but it just goes to show people will pay absurd amounts of money for virtual items.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity"
AFAIK, in EVE there was a Russian Aluminum tycoon, who spent 100,000 dollars on ISK, motherships, titans and bought RL cars for other alliance leaders to be allied with him..
I read it on the internet, so it must be true!
I'd probably have to shoot myself if I played this game for too long, even if they were paying me to do it.
When I want a single-player story, I'll play a single-player game. When I play an MMO, I want a massively multiplayer world.
800k registered accounts does not mean the game has 800k active accounts. Xfire is showing the same low numbers like games such as Fallen Earth, Darkfall and Mortal Online. Which means the game has, at most, 50k active players. Which is a small playerbase.
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Only stackable items are lootable, meaning ammo, mined resources and raw materials. Vehicles, weapons, and armor cannot be looted in any PvP area.
I seriously doubt anyone would carry $60,000 in stackables anywhere. The avatar would be unable to do anything but walk at a very low speed due to encumberance. OP, pony up a source for this rumor or it's a load of hooey.
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I read this and find the whole premise a bit ridculous. I tried this game years ago, sweating...really? This game is the most ridiculous sham of a game IMO. The game managed to hold my attention for about 10 minutes, yes, 10 minutes. After those 10 minutes I found myself disenchanted with the game and managed to struggle an addtional two hours of the game before logging out and uninstalling the game.
This game was terrible and is on my list of games to never try again.
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this whole story is clearly BS, lets leave it.
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I'd feel bad but anyone who sinks that kind of $$ into a game obviously can afford to lose it, or is a complete moron.
Its natural selection. Its no different the what $cientologists put themselves through. Both are silly things to spend that kinda jack on.
I have to agree on this; without clear documented proof from a reliable source, this is nonsense to me.
I also find it interesting there are certain posters in this thread continuing to hype up the story each time it lulls, which makes me call this a deliberate attempt to draw attention to a relatively unpopular game.
Apparently there is a game mechanic in which you can only access your resources through any "bank" but only on the planet on which they are stored. To do business on other planets you must transfer your stuff, hence the bountiful harvest. Would also explain why he might have been easier to focus fire on if he was encumbered as you say IF the materials from his ship automatically transfer to his avatar upon destruction. The source is my friend who is a friend of the bandits and has played EU on and off for a while. He said they're laying low on an asteroid and generally laughing their butts off. Apparently they also destroyed the guy's uber pistol too.Which would explain the last guys ability to survive long enough to take him out with his vehicles weapons. The guy was apparently carrying a $9,000 sniper rifle as well, which wouldn't have been an effective weapon 1v1 against a vehicle if it adhers to classic sniper rifle mechanics. As I said, I'll try and learn more, when i can get him on the phone. Please also remember that no uber had ever been hit like this before and are generally tougher than elephant tusk's, so in his hubris he wouldn't of realistically thought twice about being jacked.
Your forum name musta gone to your head. What are we some sort of virtual mafia in your imagination? Dude you do you.
Whilst all of this completely boggles my my mind I do find i tfunny as hell.
It's always great being the underdogs and taking out the big dogs in normal PvP games but these guys must be feeling pretty damn good about themselves for this one.
Not sure if the Associated Press is trolling EU for news stories. I heard from a rl friend of the 6 bandits that also plays the game. I actually came to see if the Entropia players here might have been able to give me more info. Also if I am one of the posters you're referring to, I'm the OP, I feel I should answer what I can about the story, I also wanna see if anyone might know an uber player that could give more details, since its among them that its a big stink, but I don't have a vested interest. I don't even play the game hehe. I just thought it was crazy, and that this must be video game history being made. The single worst gank of all time hehehe.
Me and my boy laughed our butts off for a half hour. OMGosh this was funny when I first heard, and it was about the underdog thing. Y'know?
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Many people over the years have attempted to attack the game in the legal realm. They've not managed to get very far. Personally, I see nothing wrong with it. Those involved *choose* to be there. Any money and/or time they spend is by their choice. Its really no one elses business, especially not some governments. I played the game for awhile, and spent around $100 on it. But its not my type of game.
Thanks for the offer Narfi. I spoke to my friend who said there is some sort of intermediate point between space and entering a planets atmosphere that is pvp, and thats where they got him. I hope I have that right, he explained quite a bit about the game's history and so forth like how Neverdie became big by mortgaging his house, and eventually how Mindark got him a planet, something alse about how his girlfriend(island Girl) he met online died and now she's a teleporter avatar (or something), why land ownership is no guarantee of success and how people he knows make good money in the game but the tedium is extreme. After 2 years of playing on and off, he says EU's ok, but not near what people think its gonna be when they sign up. He mentioned his brother said he found an article on the incident which took place somewhere around the 13th, he also says he's seen a bunch of new players in the last 2 days so apparently its out there. I've asked him to give me the following:
1) The mark's name and society
2) The link to the article his brother found (I looked and didn't find it, so asked him to ask)
3) If the bandits have an official society, its name
He says most players aren't aware,but the high end people are. He also says the guy's society is out for blood from these guys and that they won't be able to conduct business in game anymore if the society can help it. Word is the mark has also gone to Mindark looking for redress. My friend also stated he believes it was an inside job, though he has no proof, but in his opinion space is too big for these guys to just stumble upon the guy just as he's moving a big payload like that. I mentioned the destroyed pistol issue, he said it didn't happen, I might have misunderstood him(???), we were kinda raucous and laughing at the time.
So just waiting now...
That's exactly how I feel about the whole "F2P revolution" albiet to a much smaller scale.
You buy potions in an item shop to help you overcome the difficulty level set by the person selling you the potions.
WTF?? Why can't anybody see this??
That's exactly how I feel about the whole "F2P revolution" albiet to a much smaller scale.
You buy potions in an item shop to help you overcome the difficulty level set by the person selling you the potions.
WTF?? Why can't anybody see this??
That's exactly how I feel about the whole "F2P revolution" albiet to a much smaller scale.
You buy potions in an item shop to help you overcome the difficulty level set by the person selling you the potions.
WTF?? Why can't anybody see this??
OK so I am reading the thread. I know nothing of entropia, so I went and looked it up. It sounds like it is heavy RMT. So in other words the guy with the most cash wins?
So do folks really spend 69K on a game?
Just wondering, since I know nothing of the game. Exactly how would the game compare to swg or to eve.
Not trying to be a troll, just trying to figure out if folks spend 69k.
I think they actually do. I read about a guy buying a planet in there for $100K+ and then making money selling off pieces.
Its pretty much the ultimate RMT game. 60K isn't that much, compared to the 300,000 someone paid for a space station(or some such) awhile back. Its much like the real world. Those with the most money, tend to make out like bandits.
Well it's not hard to believe such things occur in games as I myself use the less expensive of the RMT games Second life [which is more of a social 3D networking tool] and make around 100 dollars in cash a month.
I was a skeptic. After reading more about this game on Wickapedia I am not so sure this didn't really happen now. Apperently the uber- rich have transferred their combination of boredom and money to video games . They pay hundreds of thousands of real dollars in this game for things like small personal islands,resort clubs,ownership of banks, planets,and space stations. They have the world record twice for most paid for an item in a video game. There is a monatary system in place in the game for exchanging game cash for real currency. This game is headquartered in Sweden I think . They are said to frown upon begging. I wonder if there are any trailer parks in this game?
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