[MUD-Dev] Economic Indices for Virtual Worlds

[Justin Stocks]

On Sunday, November 10, 2002, "Koster, Raph" Wrote:

> Browsing Ed Castronova's page, i came across this:
 
>   http://business.fullerton.edu/ecastronova/economic_data.htm
 
> I used to track UO's economy by measuring the US Dollar <->
> Britannian Gold Piece exchange rate via eBay, just as he
> does. Once upon a time, it was steady for two straight years at
> 400gp to the $... too bad we don't have all that historical data
> anymore. Does eBay keep records of old auctions?

As an avid Asheron's Call player over the past few years, I find it
saddenning how messed up AC's economy became because of exploits and
macros going unpunished by Microsoft/Turbine. Once upon a time,
around two years ago, a US dollar would only net you ~200,000
Derethian Pyreals... I guess that's what happens when the market is
flooded with macro'd goods. :\

- Justin / Juz




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