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04-27-2007, 10:54 AM
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5000 gold is about $800 to buy.
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Not according to the latest 'gold spams' 
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04-27-2007, 11:24 AM
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Not according to the latest 'gold spams' |
Haha, are you a 4th WoWer here? The 'legit' sources for buying gold list 5k gold as around $800. Speaking of gold, I finally cracked 500 and I now have less than 100 to go for my epic kitty.
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04-27-2007, 07:01 PM
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Oh I'm sure there's more than just four 
But yeah I play and have since the beta - the game design forum I visit tends to attract alot of developers looking for people to look at game play and mechanics - so I've gotten to experience WoW, WoW:BC, LOTRO, GW, CoH, and CoV all in beta phases (hoping for Warhammer, Conan, or Fallen Earth next) but WoW is the only one I've stuck with as something to actual play with as a hobby.
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04-30-2007, 10:31 PM
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Second Law: Virtual Disputes in the Real World
While I know very little about actually playing the games, I wrote my legal seminar paper on Virtual Reality Games & Real World Disputes. So much crazy stuff happens in these games. I focused mine on Second Life because I know most about it, but it's insane. Of course, I assume most people who play the game know about the guy in WoW who murdered his "friend" who stole his virtual sword. A CEO of a virtual bank (in everquest, i think) cashed out with something like a $100,00 dollars of other people's money. It's insane the things going on in these games....but so intriguing.
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05-04-2007, 01:07 AM
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A surprising amount of conflict, and just plain crazy, from these 'virtual enviroments' does spill over into the 'real world' -both are real since you are interacting with them, just through a different medium, which I think alot of people tend to forget. They assume different social attitudes within the game/simulation enviroment that'll allow them to act out in ways they would never consider in actual person to person interactions mainly due to the aninimity granted through the creation of 'virtual personas'... only thing is though some people take it to extremes, or become so invested emotionally in the virtual world they make extremely poor choices when it comes to the real world.
A case in point is this:
http://www.qj.net/WoW-player-harrass...g/49/aid/91058
Guy was an a**hole in game to a woman - woman's husband gets mad and tells guy off in game - a**hole makes mistake of telling husband off and stupidly giving out his physical address - a**hole ends up getting badly beaten up by irrate husband and buddies...
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05-04-2007, 08:17 AM
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As a lot of people have pointed out, a PvP server means you're gonna get camped. It's the point. It's also why I refuse to play on a PvP server. Call me a baby but I love being able to level without fear of gankage.
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05-04-2007, 02:54 PM
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Oh I'm sure there's more than just four
But yeah I play and have since the beta - the game design forum I visit tends to attract alot of developers looking for people to look at game play and mechanics - so I've gotten to experience WoW, WoW:BC, LOTRO, GW, CoH, and CoV all in beta phases (hoping for Warhammer, Conan, or Fallen Earth next) but WoW is the only one I've stuck with as something to actual play with as a hobby. |
Wouldn't be shocked if you knew my ex through WoW, CoH or CoV...
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