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A Gaming God For Dollars A Day

Posted by Zonk on from the itty-bitty-living-space dept.

Wired is reporting on the new "Gamepal" service, which offers up the chance to MMOG players of renting a character in an online world for only a few dollars a day. From the article: "GamePal customers pay a $300 deposit, $150 for the first month and $130 for each subsequent month for access to their choice of 50 accounts (available initially) for 14 popular MMOs, including EverQuest, Star Wars Galaxies, City of Heroes and Ultima Online. Newcomers to these games who aren't sure where they want to devote their time are in luck: GamePal allows them to try out what they want."

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  1. What? by RyoShin · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't play many MMO games, so I can't be certain of the monthly prices, but $450 upfront seems like a rather steep price, even if it has access to pre-made accounts for 14 games. It better come with a free hooker. And blow. In fact, forget the MMO games.

  2. Re:A deposit? by Golias · · Score: 2, Funny

    Overall, this sounds like a bad idea.

    People thought pet rocks sounded like a bad idea, but the guy made like a million dollars!

    I would try something like this myself, if I wasn't busy with the design of my "Jump to Conclusions" mat.

    --

    Information wants to be anthropomorphized.

  3. Re:This is new? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Most MOMs will terminate you if they find out you're selling or buying accounts or at least declare that they will. Good luck in court trying to get your Paladin back then.
    Ouch. When my mom caught me all she did was ground me...
  4. Why not? by benjamin264 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I already buy my friends, so count me in!