Taking Gaming to Seriously

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Originally Posted by JPaul

However someone was willing to pay £500 for a virtual sword, which suggest to me a market for such "things". Is this common, has the world run mad, why was I not informed.

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I read about an online world in the making a while back. I believe it was more of an online meeting place of sorts and not a game but they had or were gonna have plenty of virtual items to collect.

They discussed selling a virtual currency so you could purchase items like virtual hover boards etc. At the time I thought this wouldn't really work well but now.....

TD

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Originally Posted by tracydani

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Originally Posted by JPaul

However someone was willing to pay £500 for a virtual sword, which suggest to me a market for such "things". Is this common, has the world run mad, why was I not informed.

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I read about an online world in the making a while back. I believe it was more of an online meeting place of sorts and not a game but they had or were gonna have plenty of virtual items to collect.

They discussed selling a virtual currency so you could purchase items like virtual hover boards etc. At the time I thought this wouldn't really work well but now.....

TD

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I post on the internet, fair enough, but I see it as a wee thing which enhances my life. Get to meet and chat to people I wouldn't otherwise, like your good self.

However you feel like grabbing these people by the collar and shouting "GET A FUCKING LIFE, GO OUT WITH PEOPLE, DRINK BEER, GET LAID"

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Originally Posted by Mr JP Fugley

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Originally Posted by tracydani

I read about an online world in the making a while back. I believe it was more of an online meeting place of sorts and not a game but they had or were gonna have plenty of virtual items to collect.

They discussed selling a virtual currency so you could purchase items like virtual hover boards etc. At the time I thought this wouldn't really work well but now.....

TD

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I post on the internet, fair enough, but I see it as a wee thing which enhances my life. Get to meet and chat to people I wouldn't otherwise, like your good self.

However you feel like grabbing these people by the collar and shouting "GET A FUCKING LIFE, GO OUT WITH PEOPLE, DRINK BEER, GET LAID"

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Thanks JP. I'm off down the town.:) You can explain to Mrs Bigboab.:)

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Originally Posted by bigboab

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Originally Posted by Mr JP Fugley

I post on the internet, fair enough, but I see it as a wee thing which enhances my life. Get to meet and chat to people I wouldn't otherwise, like your good self.

However you feel like grabbing these people by the collar and shouting "GET A FUCKING LIFE, GO OUT WITH PEOPLE, DRINK BEER, GET LAID"

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Thanks JP. I'm off down the town.:) You can explain to Mrs Bigboab.:)

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Over breakfast perhaps :naughty:

:lol: Ok if you like burnt offerings, even boiled eggs:cry:

Back on thread. Where were we?:)
It is easier to show virtual emotions. You cant se the size of the opposition. As JP says,more or less, switch the bloody thing off if it affects you too much.

There had to be something wrong with the guy to begin with, like vidcc said, he could've snapped over anything that became that important to him, it just happened to be that what was important to him was gaming. Which is just plain sad.

im sure this isn't a first. i think a person committed suicide after losing in everquest a few years ago. from what i remember. even then what does, asia have other than gaming. its the only thing they can show off in other than ping pong or cricket or something.

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

if you lent somebody something like a camcorder IRL and they sold it for £500, then refused to give you any profit. can you see how pissed off this guy is then?

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I sure as hell would'nt kill someone over it. :frusty:

I didnt know Gam3guy lived in china :unsure:

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Originally Posted by GepperRankins

if you lent somebody something like a camcorder IRL and they sold it for £500, then refused to give you any profit. can you see how pissed off this guy is then?

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Yes, someting stolen IRL is one thing, something stolen that only exists in a fantay world is quite another :blink: