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    Virtual Currencies' Exchange Rate Trends

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by jhjhjh00, Aug 21, 2005.

  1. jhjhjh00

    jhjhjh00 Newbie

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    CNet has recently published an article entitled

    Virtual

    Gaming's Elusive Exchange Rates    , in which they discuss the

    difficulty in putting a fixed exchange rate on MMORPG coinage. They

    spoke with the Terra Nova guys, who everyone knows are an academy for

    virtual economy.They covered IGE and GameUSD.com,a non-commercial

    research site providing price trend graphs for currencies of most top

    MMORPGs( Ffxi gil,

    Swg credit,

    Wow gold,

    Lineage 2 adena,

    Everquest Plat,

    Eq2 gold,etc.).

    According to the graphs and talking heads, what is interesting is that

    , ironically, given the dollar's weakness in world markets, in almost

    every case the games' currencies are losing value against the

    greenback because of inflation.
     
    jhjhjh00, Aug 21, 2005
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  2. LuckMC11

    LuckMC11 Computer Extraoirdinaire NBR Reviewer

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    that's just craaazyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
    LuckMC11, Aug 22, 2005
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  3. mysngoterased

    mysngoterased Notebook Geek NBR Reviewer

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    probably the most universal virtual currency is still D2 LOD high runes and small charms. Those can be traded for just about anything on battlenet forums like runescape and wow items. Also, the value of some items in d2 runes is sometimes much less than that of actual money; meaning you can buy d2 runes off ebay, trade for runescape items, and resell it for much more money. There are plenty of pple who thrive off of these currency differences.
     
    mysngoterased, Aug 22, 2005
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