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Walrus of Apathy
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From: Dorans Basement
|  Posted: 2006-10-19 09:53
i read an article on mmo's but i don't understand what it means. can someone help me figure out what's going on.
http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=14144
Here's the site
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Russian Roulette with Muskets
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| Posted: 2006-10-19 09:59
In many MMOG's you can buy Stuff (Items) or Charachters for Real Life Money. Once usualy Player to Player it actualy has Evolved to a new form of Merchandise. Many Firms actualy Start to sell Ingame Stuff for Real Money.
Thats why the Government thinks about taxing that.
Nothing wrong with that imho.
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Walrus of Apathy
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From: Dorans Basement
| Posted: 2006-10-19 10:27
so there taxing real us dollars for buying game things?
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Little Pet Slinki
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From: United Kingdom, South West.
| Posted: 2006-10-19 10:31
There taxing all ingame products, so yes taxing real money
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BLACKHAWK(ENGLAND)
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Joined: March 19, 2006
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From: Manchester, England
| Posted: 2006-10-19 10:40
me nether and they tax whatever they can find 
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Leviatan
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| Posted: 2006-10-19 11:52
In most games, like EVE, it's against the EULA to trade items for real life money. You most likely will get permanently banned for it if you get caught at it.
Also, I think some countries laws consider it a way of money laundering, so I wouldnt take that as a hobby myself.
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Russian Roulette with Muskets
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| Posted: 2006-10-19 19:13
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You know, Sony and Cohorts startet "selling" ingame stuff for Real Life currency. I think thats where they wanna tax.
Its basicly impossible to tax the "illegal" transactions. (usualy in games where it is forbidden) since they are done via Paypal and stuff.
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Zepher
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Joined: November 09, 2002
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From: San Antonio, Texas
| Posted: 2006-10-19 19:39
don’t know who here has seen www.secondlife.com but from what i have seen the currency here can be traded for your countries currency so in theory you can make money off of this. i myself haven't played this "game" but is said to be the closest thing to real life.
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Borgie
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From: close by
| Posted: 2006-10-19 23:50
basicly the us goverment wants to start taxing items bought for ingame play, hense if you want that new armor, it would be just like buying a new shirt at old navy
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Entil-Zha the Starkiller
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From: Arizona - Where DST is a myth
| Posted: 2006-10-19 23:53
Hint: Check out EBay for DIABLO 2. I havent checked or even bothered with it all since I view it as a waste, but last time I checked for the simple curiosity, there were TONS of stuff being sold from single items to developed characters to mules (storage characters). Often times this stuff might sell for more than it costs to buy a new copy of Diablo 2...or even MULTIPLE copies.
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Rhiawhyn Zerinth
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From: I.C.C Deep space refueling station
| Posted: 2006-10-20 17:51
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On 2006-10-19 19:39, Troy Mars(Mirv Harlot FTW) wrote:
don’t know who here has seen http://www.secondlife.com but from what i have seen the currency here can be traded for your countries currency so in theory you can make money off of this. i myself haven't played this "game" but is said to be the closest thing to real life.
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i have that game troy and its true you can trade ingame money for real money... but the exchange rate is bad... its 10k game money for 40-60$ and its never solid... one day you might have that 10k so you can get that new game you were eyeing but... that day its now 15k for 45$ or 30$ so its kinda like stock you have to know when to sell.
it is allso verry close to RL some of the things you can do in there i cant say here, but its a good way to make money on the side.
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Olbaid
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From: Missouri
| Posted: 2006-10-20 18:41
I also have had experience in the "game" second life, and it is far from "real" life... there are so many ubsurd things you can do in it...
also there was an artice writen recently about a woman that is making $5k USD a week in what she is doing in game... kinda makes you concider quiting your job...
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[2006] - Codex09
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Joined: August 16, 2006
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From: Sydney Australia
| Posted: 2006-10-21 00:24
I have played(?) 2nd Life and there are some things that are close to real life, but most things in there are of a fantasy nature. You see 2nd Life is supposed to be abut doing the things you would like to do but haven't and thus you use your 2nd life to do them.
As for the currency yes you can actually buy wht they call linden dollars or credits for US dollars (well they like it to be in US dollars, maybe you can do it in other currencies I am not sure, but either way your money will be converted into US dollars).
As a few others have stated there is a few things that go on in that sim that you couldn't talk about on here without getting yourself banned and if people would like to experience it do a google search and go have a look, it is free to play unless you want to be able to buy land and get a few other small things (eg 2000 a week as long as you login 2 times a week, well thats what I get)
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