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Diablo 2 Items Bringing Home the Bacon
||Plazm|| writes: "I read an update over at Diabloii.net that talks about how some items in the game are producing sizeable income for some people. It points to an article at the San Francisco Chronicle describing some of these money makers. One banker claims he's made $25000 since he started with Diablo 2 and Ultima Online! Who are the people paying real money for this stuff? A few bucks is one thing, but a few hundred? I believe this has been talked about on /. before, but is the 'problem' getting worse? Is it a 'problem' at all?"
...buying a copy of Microsoft Office!
To each, his own.
The Script Kiddies have to do _something_ with the credit card numbers they steal.
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Buy Hex-Rated Stuff, fight the DMCA!
Just the idea of being able to go back to my parents and saying "See, you were wrong! I *can* make a living playing video games!" would be worth it.
What the hell -- people auction off domain names. Isn't that the same thing? It isn't "real", either.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
-Legion
... you can make money with the Internet :)
My own Mother! She isnt aggresive or obsessed enough to hang waiting for houses on UO, so she bought one from a "virtual realtor". This guy makes about 10 sales a day. Making good money too.
Seems NUTS to me, since I like to earn my booty, but she would rather play 'house' and decorate her new tower.