$37,715 For an Online Game Weapon
There have been stories for years of kids that were making more than their parents playing online games from home and selling the items on Ebay. I used to game and there were a few kids in our group that made over $4,000 a month easy just selling items they got from playing games such as World of Warcraft or Earth Eternal.
Recently in China, a player took the value of online items to a whole new level. World of Legend, an online game by Shanda Interactive Entertainment, launched an event offering a very unique virtual weapon to the player that charged the most money into their accounts between July 21 and August 31.
Near the end of the contest huge amounts of money had already been charged by various players. The pricing went from around $20,500 by August 27 and was followed quickly by another player who charged around $22,000. At the end of the contest, the winner of the item had charged a whopping $37,715.
Total charges for the entire contest among the top 20 contenders exceeded $226,000.
Unfortunately i was unable to get a picture of the actual weapon. If anyone can find it and comment i will add it to the article.
(MMOSite)
By Kimi Naitou on 21-09-2007
Comment by darkwing duck
September 21st, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Wa-wa-wee-wa
Comment by Jeremy
September 21st, 2007 at 9:30 pm
That’s just insane. Wonder if he can turn around and resell it, or if it is bind-able.
Comment by Jonix Konios
September 21st, 2007 at 11:04 pm
My god! that’s total insane! $37,715 for a game???
that guy for sure have millions of dollars and nothing useful to do!
Comment by Casual Adventurer
September 24th, 2007 at 3:25 am
Hmmm…. I read once that the pen is mightier than the sword How much will one of those cost in make believe game land?…… Because I can buy a really neat non-imaginary one for a couple of cents….. and it even writes in shiny blue ink and everything……
Comment by Heather
September 24th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Wow… That’s pretty pointless…
Comment by anonymousgirl
October 9th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
filthy otaku.
Comment by ayashishiro-sama
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:59 pm
wow… talk about “business and pleasure”
maybe I should start playing online games too. xDD
Comment by Oyun Siteleri
December 13th, 2008 at 2:01 am
Good ?nfo – thank you very much..