Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoEx MMO dev allegedly hacked 68 players for in-game gold worth over $700,000 and sold it for Bitcoin, UK court finds the gold legally counts as "property" and can be stolenwww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down10
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-linkEx MMO dev allegedly hacked 68 players for in-game gold worth over $700,000 and sold it for Bitcoin, UK court finds the gold legally counts as "property" and can be stolenwww.gamesradar.comAgent_Karyo@piefed.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareBootLoop@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·23 hours agoIf the gold has a real world value, would the value essentially drop to zero if WoW was threatening to shut down? Everybody would be trying to sell and nobody would be buying.
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoAh, the power of speculative currency
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 hours agoYeah I would think so, it only has value based on what you can trade it for.
If the gold has a real world value, would the value essentially drop to zero if WoW was threatening to shut down? Everybody would be trying to sell and nobody would be buying.
Ah, the power of speculative currency
Yeah I would think so, it only has value based on what you can trade it for.