Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months 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-square14fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down11
arrow-up1132arrow-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 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareBootLoop@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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.
Yeah I would think so, it only has value based on what you can trade it for.