Comments on: Man pays $100,000 for virtual resort

Independent filmmaker theorizes that the virtual space station in an online game will far more than repay his hefty outlay.

[PurePacket]

Wow, who know?

When this game first came out, I said it wouldn't work. Boy do I have a mouth full of foot.

I see this as becoming a new genre, I wonder how long before we see another game that banks on the same premise. If I can manage to pull some cash out of my extra-dimensional portal to nowhere, I might be interested in the next one to come along. The first one is never the best :P

[Eric W]

I suppose if you gamble online...

With people playing Poker, Blackjack, and any other forms of
gambling in a virtual environment that they can find, then who's
to say that this isn't a natural progression of the trend? And it
sounds like it might even be more fun.

Still, a part of me feels shock and dismay that someone would
seemingly give up on reality in favor of fantasy in such a
financially large and yet vaporous way. After all, the guy would
rather put his money into 1s and 0s than into real property and
items.

I can see a hurricane making you nervous about buying a condo
in it's path, but when the Katrinas, Ritas, and the like are all said
and done, where are you going to keep your real body when the
storm has knocked over your house, or a blizzard has cut off
your power and heat? Good luck keeping warm, dry and safe
inside that virtual space station!

Okay... I've gonna say it after all (and after I told myself that I
wouldn't)! ***??!?!

Eric :)

PS -- Ummm... could this be? A thread without a Mac/PC slap
fight???

[moonear]

Greatest MMORG ever

Is it real? Hell ya its real and John Jackobs (NEVERDIE) is the most outstanding player in game, along with 20 - 40 others that are just the Elite of the Elite. It's real and it growing, which in my eyes proves that it is alive and thriving. Don't believe me? I dare you to try it. >:^)

[SqlserverCode]

Better returns than the stock market

I guess you need money to make money. I wonder what will happen to this person, either he has too much money and doesn't care if he loses the money or he knows something we don't know. I know that when new games come out hard-core games will play the game for days in a row the first couple of days and then sell the character they created for a couple of thousand dollars

http://otherthingsnow.blogspot.com/

[thedreaming]

I'm old fashioned

Personally, I can't understand how people can put a real money value in something that you can't even touch, but then again, I do buy software and I can't touch that. I can touch the cd it came in and read the manual that came in the box, but the software itself is just 1s and 0s.

I'm still flipped out over people that pay money monthly, just to play a game. It's bad enough that you have to shell out the $60 to buy the game, but then you have to pay $9.95 a month just to keep playing it, not to mention the people that cheat in those games, making the entire experience really frustrating.

[Stating]

When Will The Donald

How long before Donald Trump buys some old railroad yards in Entropia, razes them, and builds the tallest highrise? Seems like a perfect world for him.

[alek_nedic]

just downloaded the game

http://www.analogstereo.com/cassette_deck_alpine_cdm_7874.htm