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EVE Online Rocked by 700 Billon ISK Scam

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday August 23, 2006 @10:37AM from the that's-a-lot-of-space-tobacco dept.

Martin Spamer writes "The space MMOG EVE Online, where mining rock plays a big part of the economy, has recently been hit by a huge in-game scam. The aftermath of the EIB scam... was 700 Billion ISK, which might raise some $119,000 USD if sold on Ebay. (The current conversion rate is 100M ISK to 18 USD.) These events have prompted claims of player deaths, death threats, and speculation about What Would You Do With 700 Billion ISK?"

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Re:Apparently.... by kinglink · 2006-08-23 11:04 · Score: 0, Redundant

Unfortunatly while this is news, the article doesn't talk about the fact that it's not an offense. My point is more that the article is barely news (citing forum posts), not that the action is. Hell any action, real world or virtual, is news.