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Posted By myfairlady 9 months, 3 weeks ago in News
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There are times when the line between Real and Virtual economies can bleed together, when players exploit virtual goods in order to profit from their deeds in the real world. Here is an amalgamated list of some well-known (and perhaps some not so well-known) instances of where the line between real and virtual becomes a little too blurred for some.

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    stignordas9 months, 3 weeks ago

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    I'd value each of these at .02

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      pentupentropy9 months, 3 weeks ago

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      There was a game in which a guy bought a satellite (virtual) or space station or something for $100,000 USD. It was insane. Hopefully the popularity of this will never catch mainstream and stay with the geeks.

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