[MUD-Dev] Real money and virtual worlds

[Matt Mihaly]

On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Koster, Raph wrote:

> Yeah, it's inevitable. But look at the minefield that it is! This
> is about Project Entropia, which allows conversion of real eorld
> cash into in-game money--and back again. When I first heard of
> this project, my first thought was "money laundering." Others,
> including the authors of the summary I am about to post, thought
> "Ponzi scheme." Instead, it turns out it's actually "great place
> to engage in credit card fraud."

Hah! I remember predicting that the first time I heard of Project
Entropia. They are bumbling incompetents for not seeing that
coming. I can't believe anyone gave them money to make a game.

--matt


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