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GOM Breaks the US$0.7 Million Dollar Mark! |
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Hank Ramos
Lifetime Scripter
Join date: 15 Nov 2003
Posts: 2,328
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12-13-2004 20:41
Will GOM have a greater impact on SL in the near future?
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Catherine Cotton
Tis Elfin
Join date: 2 Apr 2003
Posts: 3,001
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12-13-2004 20:47
 thats seven hundred thousand._____________________
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Ardith Mifflin
Mecha Fiend
Join date: 5 Jun 2004
Posts: 1,416
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12-13-2004 20:53
That's 10101010111001100000 binary. What's your point? |
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Aimee Weber
The one on the right
Join date: 30 Jan 2004
Posts: 4,286
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12-13-2004 21:02
Damn cool! So much money produced simply by PLAYING GAMES
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Cereal Milk
Magically Delicious
Join date: 18 Aug 2004
Posts: 203
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12-13-2004 21:04
Money GOOD.
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Khamon Fate
fategardens.net
Join date: 21 Nov 2003
Posts: 4,177
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12-13-2004 21:32
Damn cool! So much money produced simply by PLAYING GAMES -aimee not produced really, just traded. i sell items for lindens, then sell the lindens to people for money. those people use the lindens to buy items from me then i turn around and sell them the lindens back for money then they use the lindens to buy items from me... seems like it'd be simpler if the buy option just charged their credit card a few cents and ll deposited the money in my account. oh there i go thinking like a traditional developer again. when am i gonna enter the twenty-first century? _____________________
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Ace Cassidy
Resident Bohemian
Join date: 5 Apr 2004
Posts: 1,228
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12-14-2004 10:37
Like it or not, the almighty dollar (and the ability to convert L$ bits into the same) will drive most of what we see/hear/feel in SL. I think GOM is whey kewl, and I wholeheartedly endorse LL's embracement of the same.
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Khamon Fate
fategardens.net
Join date: 21 Nov 2003
Posts: 4,177
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12-14-2004 11:37
yeah but lindens are senseless. they were invented to regulate land ownership and prim usage back when we had taxes. they're only purpose now is to inconvenience everybody by interfering with our, including ll's, direct access to our real money. when 1.2 introduced tier fees and auctions based on real dollars, the sales code should have been rewritten to use real dollars as well.
ll could've begun clearing card charges and credits weekly and skimming a service percentage off the top. plus all auction fees would have been paid in real dollars. they would've made a killing and not been bothered with trying to balance two disparent economies. it was oversighfull to keep the lindens in the game. it ranks right up there with keeping the ratings system after searchable find indexes and personal notes were incorported into the ui. _____________________
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Adam Zaius
Deus
Join date: 9 Jan 2004
Posts: 1,483
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12-14-2004 11:40
yeah but lindens are senseless. they were invented to regulate land ownership and prim usage back when we had taxes. they're only purpose now is to inconvenience everybody by interfering with our, including ll's, direct access to our real money. when 1.2 introduced tier fees and auctions based on real dollars, the sales code should have been rewritten to use real dollars as well. ll could've begun clearing card charges and credits weekly and skimming a service percentage off the top. plus all auction fees would have been paid in real dollars. they would've made a killing and not been bothered with trying to balance two disparent economies. it was oversighfull to keep the lindens in the game. it ranks right up there with keeping the ratings system after searchable find indexes and personal notes were incorported into the ui. I strongly disagree. L$'s have a edge when it comes from being 'seperate'. Would you pay US$10 for a seburo any other way? When it's L$'s, it's like gambling chips - it's seperated, and you are more easily parted. -Adam _____________________
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Blake Rockwell
Fun Businesses
Join date: 31 Oct 2004
Posts: 1,606
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12-14-2004 11:42
I don't think the exchange rate is appropriate regarding converting Starwars Galaxies Credits to Secondlife Lindens.. 1 million Starwars Galaxies Credits equal only 1,000 Lindens? LOL.
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Shadow Weaver
Ancient
Join date: 13 Jan 2003
Posts: 2,808
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12-14-2004 11:48
Just goes to show you SWG credits are Worthless...hehe
I say leave the Linden Lab Dollars alone Its the only way to distinguish LL from RL for some people so dont Muck with it. Shadow _____________________
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Khamon Fate
fategardens.net
Join date: 21 Nov 2003
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12-14-2004 12:02
I strongly disagree. L$'s have a edge when it comes from being 'seperate'. Would you pay US$10 for a seburo any other way? When it's L$'s, it's like gambling chips - it's seperated, and you are more easily parted. -Adam this is a good thing? i'll grant you it's true. people will chuck away 1000L in a casino with no thought that it's worth ~$4. they'll even spend 30,000 on a piece of land with no thought that it's worth ~$120. that makes me sad. oh smile khamon; it's a good thing! _____________________
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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12-14-2004 13:02
Currency conversion is a curious thing.
What are some familiar "realworld" currencies that the Linden dollar is worth more than? _____________________
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Khamon Fate
fategardens.net
Join date: 21 Nov 2003
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12-14-2004 13:05
Currency conversion is a curious thing. What are some familiar "realworld" currencies that the Linden dollar is worth more than? torley, are you philip's alt? _____________________
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
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12-14-2004 13:13
torley, are you philip's alt? Why do you ask?  _____________________
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Khamon Fate
fategardens.net
Join date: 21 Nov 2003
Posts: 4,177
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12-14-2004 13:22
/me stares at the sky whistling a dainty tune
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Wes Chen
Registered User
Join date: 30 Dec 2003
Posts: 34
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12-14-2004 13:34
Im afraid of this game turning into https://www.project-entropia.com/Content.ajp?id=1346
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Osprey Therian
I want capslocklock
Join date: 6 Jul 2004
Posts: 5,049
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12-14-2004 19:05
Project Entropia players' money situation is horrifying. The game's relentless money treadmill rewards sociopathic behavior (i.e. scamming inexperienced noobs) and seems to require the formation of groups wherein some players spend hours selling things. Nice landscapes and monsters, though.
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Lordfly Digeridoo
Prim Orchestrator
Join date: 21 Jul 2003
Posts: 3,628
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12-14-2004 19:12
PRoject Entropia is a money grab gone wrong.
Its entire design is to force you to pay gobs and gobs of money. At least with SL you can be reasonably content with a 10 dollar lifetime membership. Project Entropia forces you to spend money (more than $US10) just to "survive", as it were. Know what a starting job for a newbie is? Bait for high level monsters so players can shoot them as the newbies run away. Your reward? Useless loot worth pennies for entire stacks. Exciting stuff. LF _____________________
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Pirate Cotton
DarkLifer
Join date: 26 Sep 2003
Posts: 538
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12-15-2004 05:05
Oddly, if they just upped and charged people $10 a month like everyone else no-one would feel quite so horrified by Entropia.
The current design just makes people think they can make money in it, rather than thinking they can spend a little money a month and have fun. Silly design really _____________________
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Deklax Fairplay
Black Sun
Join date: 2 Jul 2004
Posts: 357
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12-15-2004 16:47
Currency conversion is a curious thing. What are some familiar "realworld" currencies that the Linden dollar is worth more than? For curiosity... here are some rates with the linden included today... USD:1 BRITISH POUND:1.94459 CANADIAN DOLLAR:0.817728 EURO:1.3429 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR:0.765198 COLUMBIAN PESO: 2926.06 JAPANESE YEN:104.02 PAKISTAN RUPEE: 58.0958 SOUTH KOREAN WON:1061 LINDEN DOLLAR: 253.807 |