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Man Loses $9K When His Fake Ship is Blown Up: Virtual Gaming Purchases For Not-So Virtual Money

Posted by Stephanie Denchak

Last week in the gaming world a real tragedy took place. After the purchase of a large gamer-envious supercarrier known as the Revenant, the owner watched his $9K purchase burn as the pixels disintegrated off of the screen in a player ambush. That’s right, nine THOUSAND dollars invested into a virtual object, gone in minutes. When the EVE Online player purchased the 309 billion ISK (Interstellar Kredits) ship, there were only two others of its size, and was among the highest priced purchases in the game.

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Tags: Virtual Money, Online Gaming