Re:Reddit Users Lose Real Money After Meme Currency Bot Dies
by fixermark on Friday May 12, 2017 @02:04PM
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That'd have been a hilarious court case though.
"But your honor, ISK is part of the EVE Online game, and it's in the nature of the game to build up a bunch of in-game assets and then get screwed out of them by other players. Players find this fun and continue to come back to it.
"Exhibit A is the relevant value-lost-per-day in dumb territory disputes and ultimately meaningless fun-fights. As our expert witness, we're calling a psychologist who can explain the sort of masochism that factors into a person's enjoyment of this experience..." ;)
"But your honor, ISK is part of the EVE Online game, and it's in the nature of the game to build up a bunch of in-game assets and then get screwed out of them by other players. Players find this fun and continue to come back to it.
"Exhibit A is the relevant value-lost-per-day in dumb territory disputes and ultimately meaningless fun-fights. As our expert witness, we're calling a psychologist who can explain the sort of masochism that factors into a person's enjoyment of this experience..." ;)