Virtual Games Create A Real World Market
— Washington Post article about real life purchases of virtual game items and characters. (ya, yawn) Quoted SOE figures for their real life market … “In 30 days, about $180,000 changed hands between players; one player spent $8,000. Some players spent as much as $2,000 for characters.” That’s some nice gravy.
*imagine a disjointed computerized voice*
Welcome Foton. We knew you’d be back.
(wtf! Did you hear that?)
Why don’t you just input your credit card information now to save yourself the bother later? We know how you hate being bothered.
(surely you heard THAT!)
umm, you already have it. But, I’m just passing through.
Of course you are.
No, I’m serious. Just trying out … heh … the trial. *gulps*
You know how it is.
Of course.
It was too hot to sleep. I followed the distant sound of a Siren. The wind just kind of … pushed me this way.
(this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me.)
There’s one thing you’ve got to learn. Is not to be afraid of it.
No, I like it.
I like it, it’s good.
You like it now. You’ll learn to love it later.
Hang the rich.
(fuck the courage of my convictions. God, I’m weak.)
*/ooc bastardized from Robbie Robertson.*
I don’t want anyone to panic needlessly, but the Warcraft forums and website will be down and unavailable for AT LEAST SIX ENTIRE HOURS while they perform maintenance. No fresh Warcraft drama for AT LEAST SIX ENTIRE HOURS.
Official notice (heh, you can’t check that during maintenance, can you? Ok, I’ll help you out by quoting):
During 4:00 AM and 10:00 AM PST Monday, April 4th we will be performing upgrades to our web servers and forums. During this time period you may not be able to access the World of Warcraft website and forums.
Any bets on whether they can get the damned search function to work this time?
To while away the time, you can read Moorgard’s (of EverQuest 2) blog diary. It’s not a blog because he doesn’t talk about what he had for breakfast. Yet.
If I ever see even ONE POST about eggs, bacon, pancakes or cold pizza, I’ll be calling bullshit on that.