Player pays $330,000 for virtual space station

**Darken** · 01-04-2010, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by Darken

The US property market took quite a hammering over the last couple of years, but there's at least one place it's still breaking records.
But don't call your realtor just yet.
A buyer named "Buzz Erik Lightyear" just paid $330,000 for a fully-equipped space station, boasting multiple biodomes packed with exciting hunting opportunities, a thriving bar, and extensive shopping and reincarnation facilities. Sounds like a bargain, but there's one drawback: it's not real.
Instead, the "space station" is a location in the game world of Project Entropia, an online game released in 2003 which encourages players to exchange real money for in-game currency and objects. Crystal Palace, as it's called, was sold to Lightyear after a competitive auction, for $330,000 in honest-to-goodness real money.
Erik will be able to make money on his investment by taxing players who visit it, shop there, or use its extensive hunting facilities. Er, in theory. We'd probably have stuck with a mutual fund, but that's just us -- and we should note that past Project Entropia enterprises have enjoyed some surprising successes.

Player pays $330,000 for virtual space station - Plugged In - Yahoo! Games

http://www.entropiadirectory.com/wik..._Space_Station

uh huh nice

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**Darken** · 01-04-2010, 05:21 PM

ops, second post instead of edit :x

**The_Real_PlodeZ** · 01-05-2010, 08:05 AM

its only money

**Finalraver** · 01-05-2010, 08:15 AM

that guy is clearly a loser!

**josri** · 01-05-2010, 10:28 AM

Yea i know this game. The ingame currency is real money based. So this guy prolly makes like a million a year now.

**Killing spree** · 01-05-2010, 03:19 PM

thats sick

If he really can make shitloads of money of it, then its more of an investment

a846039 · 01-06-2010, 09:32 AM

lol sounds like sinnins off c-west

darylg · 01-06-2010, 03:42 PM

well when i think of all the usd that comes from this game for the years ive played it . babashoppin many have payed for nothing.

**Lev0** · 01-06-2010, 04:53 PM

thats a real babashopper damn

Moisty · 01-07-2010, 05:22 AM

Wooow! Hahaha, l guess that would be the new thing, "investing money in games"..

**regiss** · 01-07-2010, 08:44 PM

rotfl, hardcore babashoping xD

**Shady** · 01-07-2010, 08:54 PM

yeah like the many ppl said above

he prolly did it as an investment i doubt any1 would spend tht much if they couldnt make any sort of profit if so ur just fuck'd in the head

**thesmallone101** · 01-08-2010, 02:04 AM

omg.... thank god that guy doesnt play ko. we talkin lvl 83 warrior that always has a horsey with full+5 uniques, +30rb armor, +30rb gabs, and dual 1 handed +30rb chaos winroms..... AQ