Actually, I think you just

acanuck — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:27:39 +0000

In reply to I wouldn't say it does not

Actually, I think you just pay a fee to enter the game; once inside you have to "earn" whatever credits you accumulate. You can rob or cheat your fellow players to do so, but it's all supposed to take place within the game. So the credits in theory have no real-world value.

This guy embezzled from the virtual bank he helped run, then stepped out of the game to offer them for sale in the real world -- to people too lazy to play the game by the rules. Presumably, he then transferred them to the purchasers within the game. Totally unethical but -- to answer my own question -- probably not an issue any prosecutor would try to pursue.

I wouldn't say it does not

John Morris — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:48:03 +0000

In reply to Virtual world government weighs bailing out virtual bank to avert virtual economic meltdown

I wouldn't say it does not exist, afterall, someone deposited their funds into Eve Online from a real bank account.

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