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Posted: **Fri Dec 17, 2004 4:01 pm**

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4104731.stm

An extract from that URL -

A 22-year-old gamer has spent $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.

Posted: **Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:03 pm**

DEATHIFIER

Posted: **Fri Dec 17, 2004 6:20 pm**

he sounds like a true pimp

Posted: **Sat Dec 18, 2004 12:28 am**

he is either a complete nerd, or clever because as it says he will make money on that. It's not like he's paying rl money for x artis to be good in pvp or whatever, he is putting money into something that is a guaranteed return. sorry i'm drunk but i read this earlier i think it's prob a thought out move.

Posted: **Sat Dec 18, 2004 8:34 am**

For that kind of money, I'm sure you could buy a large House in Sweden^^

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Just LOL at this

Just LOL at this