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Piko wrote on 2010-08-11 04:25
For several reasons, EVE Online subscriptions - "pilot license extensions" - have become an in-game item to be bought and sold among players - and stored in cargo holds of the sci-fi MMO's ships. You know where this is going.
Seventy-four "PLEXes" - these 30-day subscriptions - were in the cargo of "a lone Kestrel in in Jita" reports Massively, apparently a bad neighborhood and an underweight craft. Two pirates scanned the cargo and pounced. Though they could have stolen the cargo and used or sold it in-game with the consent of EVE publisher CCP, it was instead destroyed by the raid. Seventy-four 30-day codes amount to six years of game time, and cost more than $1,000.
Why are these things destructible virtual items? Massively says that CCP had problems with players buying in-game currency from shady gold-farmers, and commoditized the 60-day game time code as a 30-day PLEX that can change hands legitimately in the game without sanctions. This allows folks who are good at building up ISK (the game's currency) to renew their subs via playtime, more or less. Only last month did CCP enable these items to be transportable by ship. Obviously, pirates scan cargo before they attack, so one could assume any PLEX, let alone 74, makes you a high-value target in a bad neighborhood.
At current prices, 74 PLEX would command 22 billion ISK. If bought from CCP, the six years, two months worth of game time would cost $1,295. Ouch.
Source - Kotaku
Over $1,000 worth of virtual merchandise. Destroyed. In an in-game raid. Holy ****.
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Lan wrote on 2010-08-11 04:29
That...that freaking sucks >_>
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Jihui wrote on 2010-08-11 04:31
Wow. That's ridiculous. @@;;
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Time wrote on 2010-08-11 04:34
O.o
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MikeHo wrote on 2010-08-11 04:35
Lol if there was ever a time to Rage Quit This would be it.
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Lycant wrote on 2010-08-11 04:39
I don't get it? ;3
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Kanam wrote on 2010-08-11 04:46
Quote from Lycant;120848:
I don't get it? ;3
Apparently the company running the game allow the purchase of game time through those thing called PLEX. And they made them being able to be moved in space ship or something. The dude used a weak ship to bring 6 year worth of "PLEX" and the ship went BOOM by some raiders.
That's what I got from it...the guy was a moron, and lost his "alliance/guild/whatever" gametime.
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Kansi wrote on 2010-08-11 04:46
Wow, that's just crazy. A thousand dollars gone in a flash... the guy must be crying now...
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Lan wrote on 2010-08-11 04:49
Quote from ScoutNinja;120856:
Wow, that's just crazy. A thousand dollars gone in a flash... the guy must be crying now...
And the people he leads will hate him...
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Serathx wrote on 2010-08-11 04:49
I blame both the company for being idiots and making this a destructible item, and the player
for transporting it in a weak ship. And yes, this would be a wonderful time to raegquit.
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Tedio wrote on 2010-08-11 04:51
Its a great day to be a pirate!
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Lan wrote on 2010-08-11 04:51
To those that don't understand how far this game goes. The game is not over for the raiders. They have to spend the rest of their (EVE) lives running away from the military and bounty hunters, and their infamy will spread across galaxies. They will not be trusted by many corporations.
The pirate life is good.
Heh
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-08-11 04:52
and you thought getting hacked in mabinogi was bad.
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Lan wrote on 2010-08-11 04:53
Apparently he rage deleted his character :3
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Finnea wrote on 2010-08-11 04:54
Hehe eve online players. I would expect nothing less.