CP Sale news articles (Dec 2009)

NotAdmin · Dec 31, 2009

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DIGITAL SPACE STATION IS 330.000, -- DOLLAR WORTHHome Weblog Digital space is 330,000, - U.S. dollars worth Posted on: December 31, 2009 Posted by: Thomas van Essen Posted in: E-commerce, Internet general

In the MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) Entropia Universe is a virtual land, or rather, a piece of virtual space for a record amount sold. The players of Entropia Universe, whose avatar aptly called Buzz Erik Light year, paid less than 330,000, - USD for a virtual space called "Crystal Palace". Now he owns this space, he is entitled to levy tolls and sell items to other users. In this way he can try to earn back his investment.

That this actually works, is not inconceivable. In 2004, in Entropia Universe, an island of 26.500, - sold U.S. dollars. The new owner earned this amount within one years back and now makes his profit by purchasing.

It appears that Buzz Erik Light year the highest price ever paid for a virtual land. The previous record stood at 100,000, - U.S. dollars, for a broader another station also located in Entropia Universe.

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Link: http://www.solv.nl/weblog/digitaal-ruimtestation-is-330-000-dollar-waard/16692

NotAdmin · Dec 31, 2009

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1 / 3 million USD for a virtual object

Thursday, 31.12.2009, at 13:22, author: Grzegorz "Zaitsev" Bonter

Entropia Universe is rather popular in our country MMO. Hence, may seem absurd that someone paid for a virtual "object" of this game almost 1 / 3 million dollars.

It seems to you that zaszaleliście spending about 90 zł for demonic wand 9 to 16 for the intelligence and skill? The bad news - they are worse maniacs. Buzz "Erik Light year won the auction, which was the subject of space station Crystal Palace in the game Entropia Universe. Erik amount you agreed to pay amounted to 3.3 million PED-s, or up to 330 thousand. USD!

Including such entertainment can be expected at Crystal Palace

But before anyone starts criticizing Erika - in fact, he invested the money. As the owner of Crystal Palace will receive a commission on each transaction on its premises. In addition, the profit comes from dead monsters that appear on that station in 4 different Dome'ach.
What do you think? Smart move, or throwing cash away?
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http://www.gram.pl/news_8gThG,63_1_3_miliona_USD_za_wirtualny_przedmiot.html

(comment from admin: WTF is up with that picture?)

NotAdmin · Dec 31, 2009

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Online Entropia sells the most expensive virtual object history
A user has paid $ 330,000 for the property of a spaceport.

By: J. Guzman
One of the main problems that developers of MMO must face is the illicit trade ingame. Whether you're a gold sellers as "smuggling" of objects, the sale is usually not controlled in the spotlight moderators and developers, as any complication in the same direct impact on them and the good name of the title in question.

The Crystal Palace
Since the sale of unique weapons in Diablo II Battle.net, players have seen this optical business as varied as his own conscience, but one who has taken advantage of the situation, establishing business models within the legal and taste worldwide.

A great example of this initiative is the title Online Entropia, A game that mixes equal parts of developing a virtual community with the elements of an MMORPG to use. Entropia, aware of the commercial taste of some users, devised an economic system in which money had real value ingame outside. Users can get a job or start their own businesses to generate real benefits, as well as speculate on virtual goods in pursuit of even higher future earnings.

The game in question has already held the record for having sold the most expensive virtual item ever, a private island for $ 100,000, but this record has recently been overcome. The user a few hours ago Buzz "Erik" Light year has managed to, after a long auction, with the new most expensive item in the history of video games.

For 330.000 dollars a player has obtained ownership of the space station Crystal Palace, located on the planet Calypso. This location, however, is not just a play space, but a great opportunity to gain lucrative income. Apparently the said profit serves as the nerve center of trade in the game itself, so thanks to its acquisition the user will get a certain percentage of every transaction is made in the game.

In this way, as if it were equity shares, the object property in question serve as a source of long-term alternative income, recovering their investment in a period shorter or longer but for the moment stable.
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Found here: http://www.meristation.com/v3/des_noticia.php?id=cw4b3c75043312b&pic=GEN

NotAdmin · Dec 31, 2009

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1 / 3 million USD for a virtual object

1 hr. 5 minutes ago
MMO players often spend more time in the virtual world than in reality, what exactly have surprised anyone.
But investing all assets in sieciwkę may slightly shock even hardened genre fans ...

And so did a certain Buzz Erik Light year (his nickname from the game), one of the players Entropy Universe. It has allocated 330 thousand U.S. dollars (about one million gold!) On one of the objects available in the game. For the trivial amount of space station has acquired the Crystal Palace.

It might seem that the guy was mad. Crystal Palace station is, however, which sells items in the game world, and receives a buzz thanks to its investment a plot of each sold things.

Despite all this much money on the issue, in fact, something intangible is? unusual. As such cash may be yet to buy something else, in particular - the real one. I would not want to be in place Buzz when the servers die, and his character will be reset?
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Link: http://gry.interia.pl/news/kup-sobie-obiekt-w-grze-mmo,1418412

NotAdmin · Dec 31, 2009

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A virtual space resort bought 330 000 dollars ...

Nthere, you n'hallucinez not. Yes, it is indeed a virtual space station in a video game and yes, it has cost its purchaser 330 000 real dollars. The U.S. site Slashdot has published information listed Official site the game in question Entropia Universe.

The lucky buyer (hopefully ...) called Buzz "Erik" Light year and he has spent 3,300,000 PED (virtual currency of the game) is $ 330 000, once the equivalence made. We know that some players are willing to do anything (like killing a fly history of the sword) but then to spend such a sum for a space station in pixels ...

But 'Crystal Palace Space Station' of the planet Calypso is theoretically more investment to purchase a loss (hopefully again) as our friend Buzz "Erik" Light year is now the owner of the place, he will receive a percentage of everything sold or killed in the station.

It should be noted nonetheless that Entropia Universe is also a game of money because the amount spent and / or invested are initially dollars hard cash. Some even include gambling as a huge game Casino.
Puzzling still ...
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Link: http://www.maxoe.com/games/une-station-spatiale-virtuelle-achetee-330-000-dollars/

NotAdmin · Dec 31, 2009

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Man pays 228,000 euros for a virtual site

A man named Buzz Erik Light year has 330,000 dollars for a virtual space station in Entropia Universe online game forked.

Now he may not charge any taxes and selling goods. He hopes to earn its investment back again.

In Entropia Universe to play the world's hundreds of thousands, there is the virtual currency EPD (Project Entropia Dollars), which can be exchanged for real U.S. dollars.
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Link: http://www.shortnews.de/start.cfm?id=806772

NotAdmin · Dec 31, 2009

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The most expensive virtual item ever sold for $ 330 thousand

Sale space station Crystal Palace in the game Entropia Universe for $ 330 thousand was the world's largest transaction to acquire virtual property.

Sale space station Crystal Palace in the game Entropia Universe for $ 330 thousand was the world's largest transaction to acquire virtual property.

Recently held the largest in the history of the transaction for the sale of virtual property.

Yesterday, December 28, the user, known as Buzz Erik Lightyear, bought a space station Crystal Palace in a virtual world Entropia Universe for $ 330 thousand Buzz Erik Lightyear is one of the most successful and recognized for their achievements in-game avatars, reports Ruformator.

Earlier, world record for the largest amount for the purchase of virtual property also belonged to the Entropia Universe. Virtual Space night club and recreation center Club Neverdie was sold for $ 100 thousand
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Link: http://vlasti.net/news/71784

NotAdmin · Dec 31, 2009

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Sold an item to $ 330,000 within a MMORPG

Posted by Adriano "Butulino" Della Corte
News | 31/12/2009 (Ore 11.16) : What could you buy with $ 330,000?
Perhaps you could set up house.
But if your building was a mass of polygons on a server, you will pay even this amount? Buzz Erik Light year, one of the major players of Entropia Online has not be missing an offer to buy this figure for the space station "" Crystal Palace ".

Sounds quite a crazy thing, but taking into account that the site is useful to the game for selling items via micro-transactions, and that a portion of sales will go into the pockets of Buzz, it can be seen as an investment " neutral "in the long term.
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Link: http://www.everyeye.it/pc/notizia/venduto-un-oggetto-a-330-000-$-all-interno-di-un-mmorpg_67385

NotAdmin · Dec 31, 2009

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The player gave 330 thousand. dollars on virtual property

The interior of the station

With the emergence of MMO games was to trade on the various large-scale virtual goods like swords for virtual characters and weapons. But I guess nobody thought that someone would be able to spend 330 thousand. dollars for the property exists only virtually in the game Entropia Online.

Purchaser of a space station called the Crystal Palace is one of the leading players in the title - Buzz Erik Light year. However, it appears that it is not only a crazy craving for serious money, but also an investment. At the station because you can sell more virtual objects, and its owner will have a percentage of those transactions. It seems that in our eyes, was born in another branch of the economy.
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Link:

http://polygamia.pl/Polygamia/1,953...0_tys__dolarow_na_wirtualna_nieruchomosc.html

NotAdmin · Dec 31, 2009

Record amount of virtual space station

Published:December 31, 2009 09:37ModifiedDecember 31, 2009 09:37
GOTHENBURG - A player of the online game Entropia Universe, has paid a record amount of 228.000 euros for a virtual property.

Photo: Entropia

Buzz Erik Light year is now the proud owner of the digital space station Crystal Palace. It reports the technical side tweakers.net, citing a report on the forum of Entropia planet.

Several hundred thousand people worldwide play Entropia Universe. In the game, its own currency is used, which can be converted into the real world in U.S. dollars.

Light year bought the space station for 3,300,000 PEDs (Project Entropia Dollars), the equivalent of $ 330,000.

Virtual Island
On his space station, he can now claim tax and sell goods to other players. Theoretically, he can then recoup its investment back. Other players have done this already.

In 2004 was sold in Entropia Universe, an island for 26,500 dollars. The owner of that amount earned in a year back and since then makes profits.
The highest amount that was in Entropia Universe ever paid previously stood at 100,000. Therefore, a player acquired in 2005 is also a space station.
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Source: http://www.dnews.de/nachrichten/netzwelt/160635/rekordbetrag-virtuelle-raumstation.html

NotAdmin · Jan 1, 2010

Man Pays Record $330,000 for a Virtual Space Station

December 31st, 2009 | by Ben Parr26 Comments

Were not even sure what category to file this story under. Were utterly baffled by this one.
Earlier this year, the Crystal Palace Space Station went onto virtual auction in the Entropia Universe massive multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG). Entropia Universe is well known for its real cash economy, where $1 can buy you 10 PEDs (Project Entropia dollars) in the virtual world. The Crystal Palace is a huge virtual space station that orbits the Planet Calypso.

Well the auction just ended, and one lucky man (Buzz Erik Lightyear) has just won the Crystal Palace for 3,300,000 PED. If you havent figured it already, that translates to $330,000 USD.

We knew virtual worlds were huge; back in January 2009 nearly $600 million was invested in virtual worlds alone. Oh, and virtual currency in China is a $2 billion economy. Yet we still cant fathom dropping $330,000 on a virtual space station in a virtual world. Well let you imagine what you could buy with that type of money.

Still, the purchase may be strategic the owner stands to make money off the shops, transactions, and activities that occur on his virtual space station. And if online gaming and virtual currency continue their growth trends in 2010, the man could potentially make his money back. If we had that money though, wed be sticking it into a couple of good tech stocks instead.

Heres a video tour of the virtual space station, if youre curious what the big deal is about. Let us know what you think in the comments.
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Link: http://mashable.com/2009/12/31/crystal-palace-space-station-sale/

NotAdmin · Jan 1, 2010

Man Spends $330,000 on Virtual Item
John Funk posted on 31 December 2009 6:16 pm
Filed under: john funk, entropia universe, mindark, real money transactions, rmt, wtf

The world record for "most expensive virtual item sold" has been raised, as a man has purchased real estate in Entropia Universe for a staggering $330,000 in real-world money.

Despite not being a household name like World of Warcraft or Second Life, Entropia Universe is one of the most interesting virtual worlds out there simply because it fully embraces the concept of RMT - that is, real-money transactions: Paying real cash for virtual stuff. The in-game currency, or PED, has an exchange rate of 10:1 with the USD, and the game actually has a license from the Swedish government to act as a real bank.

In 2006, Entropia personality Jon Jacobs mortgaged his house to buy an online asteroid in the world for $100,000, then a record for the most expensive in-game purchase ever. Jacobs proceeded to set up an exclusive in-game club called "Club Xanadu", and would go on to be a real-life businessman in a virtual space to recoup his money.

Now, an Entropia player named Buzz "Erik" Lightyear (or should that be Erik "Buzz Lightyear" Insertlastname?) has shattered Jacobs' record, winning an auction for the prized Crystal Palace Space Station for $330,000 - that's more money than a lot of real houses would go for. It isn't quite a dumb buy, though - Lightyear will receive a cut of the profits of all transactions that occur on the station, as well as income from players who decide to hunt rare creatures in the station's proving grounds.

It's pricey, and seems kind of silly, but hey - it's certainly a better investment than one of those gold Wiis.
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Link: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/97189-Man-Spends-330-000-on-Virtual-Item

NotAdmin · Jan 1, 2010

Man spends $330,000 on virtual space station

Yeah, thats right: virtual. As in, not real.

This is the story of one Buzz Erik Lightyear, who has just shelled out $330,000 for the Crystal Palace Space Station on Planet Calypso (pictured above), as featured in the Entropia Universe massively multiplayer online role playing game.

That, unsurprisingly, is a world record for the price of a virtual item, though paying for a bunch of polygons that exist on some companys [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]server[/COLOR][/COLOR] may not be as stupid as it first sounds. Apparently, the station will provide an income stream of revenue from any purchases made there, while there are fees for gamers who wish to hunt in the same virtual space.
[OMM, via Slashdot]
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http://www.inquisitr.com/54902/man-spends-330000-on-virtual-space-station/

NotAdmin · Jan 1, 2010

In-game item in Entropia Universe kinda sorta bought for US$330,000

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by Nicholas Deleon on December 31, 2009

This story is not nearly as interesting as I was led to believe. Some guy bought something in the online game Entropia Universe. He bought it with in-game currencyPED3.3 million, to be exact. It just so happens that that amount, PED3.3 million, can be converted at will to real life currency. At current conversion rates that equals approximately US$330,000. So if you want to say that the guy bought an in-game item for US$330,000, well, be my guest.

The item itself, the Crystal Palace Space Station, is some sort of ship or craft or something that other players can buy things from. So the buyer of the thingamajig can use it as an actual source of income.
You should know that the game isnt merely a game, but a fully registered bank in Sweden, complete with all the protections afforded to other, real European Union-based banks.

Embedded is a video of Crystal Palace, which looks an awful lot like that spaceship from Phantasy Star Online.

via Slashdot
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Link: http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/12/3...pia-universe-kinda-sorta-bought-for-us330000/

NotAdmin · Jan 1, 2010

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A man paid $ 330 000 for a virtual space station

Posted by secondshoe on 01.01.2010 - 16:55 (0 comments)
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Man won the tender for the Crystal Palace Space Station and buy a virtual creation of 330 000 USD. Space Station is part of the game Entropia Universe.

It is a major online role-playing game in which the economy is driven by real money. The rate at which the exchange is 10 PED (Project Entropia Dollars) for 1 dollar.

Crystal Palace Space Station is a large space station, which is in orbit around Mars Calypso. And the new owner to hang out with the nickname Buzz "Erik" Lightyear. He won the auction for 3 million and 300 thousand PED. At first glance, the purchase seems crazy, but the new owner hopes to recover the investment through the organization of virtual shops and other activities of the station. Only the future will tell whether his expectations will be justified.
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From: http://www.kaldata.com/comments.php?catid=3&id=52437

NotAdmin · Jan 1, 2010

A virtual object to $ 330,000 (actual)!

The price of virtual domains listed in the role-play massively multiplayer Entropia Universe has always been extraordinarily high. However, a space station with all sorts of shops has recently be astronomical transaction itself. $ 330,000 (229,000 euros) is the sum has disbursed a Buzz "Erik" Light year to acquire the resort with some polygons! Admittedly, the latter will report to him are pretty good since actual percentage of all purchases made and all who made it will be refunded. That said, one can not help thinking that these are stirring some MMO no longer have much to do with simple games ...

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From: http://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/2009/00039584-un-objet-virtuel-a-330-000-dollars-reels.htm

NotAdmin · Jan 2, 2010

Friday, January 1, 2010
Most expensive virtual item - Crystal Palace Space Station sets world record
GOTHENBURG, Sweden--The auction for the Crystal Palace Space Station in the Entropia Universe massive multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) has sold for $330,000 (3,300,000 PED) to Buzz “Erik” Lightyear-setting the new world record for the Most expensive virtual item.
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The player who won the auction for the Most expensive virtual item, Buzz “Erik” Lightyear, is known as one of the best crafters within the game.
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From: http://worldrecordsacademy.org/

NotAdmin · Jan 2, 2010

Found another one in Chinese. Since it has a request not to republish without authorization, I'll just add the link.

http://news.17173.com/content/2010-01-02/20100102152252091.shtml

NotAdmin · Jan 3, 2010

Guy Spends $300k on Virtual Property

Jan 02, 2010 at 11:40 AM - Jube - 18 Comments

I enjoy virtual spaces as much as the next person, but to actually plunk down $330,000 (real money) to purchase one in Entropia Universe... /boggle.

The company behind Entropia Universe announced the auction of a virtual property (the Crystal Palace Space Station) in early December, and someone going by the name of "Buzz Erik Lightyear" made that $330,000 winning bid. This isn't the first time Entropia Universe has auctioned off an expensive virtual property. The previous record was set by Jon "NEVERDIE" Jacobs in 2005 when he purchased a Virtual Space Resort for $100,000. Entropia uses a real cash economy. For Lightyear's sake, I hope the space station is loaded with virtual hookers.
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From: http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/52233/Guy-Spends-300k-on-Virtual-Property

NotAdmin · Jan 3, 2010

Man pays $330k for in-game space station

Posted on Sunday, 3 January 2010 by Speed, source: Entropia Planets
In the category of "people with too much money and too little life" we bring you today the story of a man who paid no less than $330.000 for a space station in Entropia Planets, the Massive Multiplayer Online game that now goes by the name of Planet Calypso .

The auction finally ended with the final bid of 3,300,000 PEDs made by "Buzz Erik Lightyear" at 23:01 Calypso time, thus finalizing an incredibly exciting auction

The Crystal Palace is an in-game space station as well as a hub where people can shop, hunt and hang out and as new "owner", player "Buzz Erik Lightyear" can now put taxes on any payment done in the Crystal Palace. As such, he can gain in-game currency (called PED's) which he can transfer back to real money.

With 3.3 million PEDs representing 330.000 real US dollars, I'm guessing it will take quite a lot of time and sales in the space station before mister Lightyear starts making some profit...
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http://www.fragland.net/news/Man-pays-330k-for-in-game-space-station/21860/

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