Sorry..hate to pop your bubble but the owner of this Island won it fair and square through an auction with out any influence on the part of the Game designers.
But you're right on the second point...he does want others to become interested in this game. What good investor wouldn't?
A pyramid scheme works on the principal that one person goes out and recruits some people to get more money from more recruits..etc...blah blah
Project Entropia is not a pyramid scheme because recruiters receive nothing..period. The game is free to play if you want and the decision to deposit money is up to the individual. No one is forced to deposit and if you can't cut it ingame without any money you can leave.
Pretty simple..huh?
To my knowladge Project Entropia is the only MMO that allows players to invest Real Cash into the game.
I'll give a brief explanation on the economic dynamics of the game itself.
Upon arriving ingame for the first time you are skilless and penniless. Lots of players had come into the game in the past without depositing any cash and have succeded by making tons of money but that scenario has long since changed. You can enter the gameworld for free but it will only take you longer to succeed at getting anywhere.
Just suppose you have the economic means to deposit large sums into PE. Well..that won't do you a damn bit of good. You can't buy sucsess there by aquiring highend equipment because you will lack the skills necessary to use those items.
At this time you can purchase skills that can be transfered to your avatar and it is very costly. Problem here is that should you decide to do so you will still lack the knowladge of how to hunt or mine effectively. Skill transfer doesn't make you or your Avatar instantly smarter. Better..but not smarter.
The only way to make it financially in PE is to invest ALOT of time and effort. And investing some real cash into that Avatar can and in most cases bring great rewards...if you're smart.
Presently MindArk (the game Developer) could "copy and Paste" a new piece of property that someone could "invest" in....but they won't. The backlash from the gaming community would be staggering!
Also, this piece of land is not "Free"....it didn't spring into existance magically. It's a small part of a huge landmass that had to be created.
True having money to plunk down will help get you going in this game but unless you have the skills to use all the highend equipment you won't get very far very fast.
These skills are hard to come by and require ALOT of work!
There is also one big factor about this game and its called risk! What can you potentially risk loosing in WoW? Some time maybe? WoW is a sandbox full of ubernoobs with delusions of granduer...lol
If you think that PE is so simplistic and so easy why not give it a try and post more about it here in a few months.....lol
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Nope..sorry. She is Island Girl, the real life wife of Neverdie and they were both bidding against the present owner of the Island.....lol
Sorry..hate to pop your bubble but the owner of this Island won it fair and square through an auction with out any influence on the part of the Game designers. But you're right on the second point...he does want others to become interested in this game. What good investor wouldn't?
A pyramid scheme works on the principal that one person goes out and recruits some people to get more money from more recruits..etc...blah blah Project Entropia is not a pyramid scheme because recruiters receive nothing..period. The game is free to play if you want and the decision to deposit money is up to the individual. No one is forced to deposit and if you can't cut it ingame without any money you can leave. Pretty simple..huh?
To my knowladge Project Entropia is the only MMO that allows players to invest Real Cash into the game. I'll give a brief explanation on the economic dynamics of the game itself. Upon arriving ingame for the first time you are skilless and penniless. Lots of players had come into the game in the past without depositing any cash and have succeded by making tons of money but that scenario has long since changed. You can enter the gameworld for free but it will only take you longer to succeed at getting anywhere. Just suppose you have the economic means to deposit large sums into PE. Well..that won't do you a damn bit of good. You can't buy sucsess there by aquiring highend equipment because you will lack the skills necessary to use those items. At this time you can purchase skills that can be transfered to your avatar and it is very costly. Problem here is that should you decide to do so you will still lack the knowladge of how to hunt or mine effectively. Skill transfer doesn't make you or your Avatar instantly smarter. Better..but not smarter. The only way to make it financially in PE is to invest ALOT of time and effort. And investing some real cash into that Avatar can and in most cases bring great rewards ...if you're smart.
Presently MindArk (the game Developer) could "copy and Paste" a new piece of property that someone could "invest" in....but they won't. The backlash from the gaming community would be staggering!
Also, this piece of land is not "Free"....it didn't spring into existance magically. It's a small part of a huge landmass that had to be created.
Someone had to pay for all that coding...right?
True having money to plunk down will help get you going in this game but unless you have the skills to use all the highend equipment you won't get very far very fast. These skills are hard to come by and require ALOT of work! There is also one big factor about this game and its called risk! What can you potentially risk loosing in WoW? Some time maybe? WoW is a sandbox full of ubernoobs with delusions of granduer...lol If you think that PE is so simplistic and so easy why not give it a try and post more about it here in a few months.....lol