WE'RE HOPING THOSE WERE VIRTUAL DOLLARS
A Chinese man spent $16,000 for a virtual sword.
(Thanks to Chuck Cody, who's guessing the man is single)
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December 29, 2011
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I'm thinking of launching a massive multi-player game called "Age of Reason," in which a fictional universe is ruled by an omnipotent though extremely boring character called Voltaire, with his sidekicks Candide and Pangloss. Players have to amass points for thinking, especially before paying $16,000 for anything at all, let alone a goddamn virtual sword.
Posted by: Omniskeptic | December 29, 2011 at 02:19 PM
I agree that sure is a lot of money for a sword.Kind of dumb. He must be one of the rich since a lot of stuff is made in China and is paid at about 10Cents a hour labor. Where did he get his money?
Posted by: Theresa | December 29, 2011 at 02:19 PM
Guessing he didn't pay that much for the virtual girlfriend.
Posted by: wingnut | December 29, 2011 at 02:20 PM
Apparently you can save a lot of money living in your mother's basement.
Posted by: Ms. Flukey | December 29, 2011 at 02:21 PM
Sadly, I think you're gonna need to pull the "massively" from that description, Omni.
Posted by: Diva | December 29, 2011 at 03:04 PM
Confucius says: Mother who has son that blows money like this should kick his honorable behind out of her house.
Posted by: nursecindy | December 29, 2011 at 03:16 PM
Why settle for a virtual copy? A real sword is only 40-500 dollars.
Posted by: Elon | December 29, 2011 at 03:16 PM
So true Elon. When I was about 14 we went to China and I have two Chinese swords that I would have happily sold him for $16,000.
Posted by: nursecindy | December 29, 2011 at 03:38 PM
Perhaps he is overcompensating for the sword he wields in real life?
Posted by: WVplantman | December 29, 2011 at 04:17 PM
For a lot less, you can get a hack to let you use a virtual machine gun.
Posted by: Ralph | December 29, 2011 at 04:35 PM
plantman, I'm thinking that real life sword ain't even a dagger.
Posted by: Diva | December 29, 2011 at 04:37 PM
Ah, Mateys, I don't care a fig about the cutlass. But you can bring me the wench in the middle o' that photograph.
Posted by: Steve | December 29, 2011 at 04:41 PM
*waves to Omniskeptic* Welcome to the
asylumblog!Posted by: Guin | December 29, 2011 at 07:15 PM
Steve! Welcome, eh bored? ;)
The world needs more PirateTalk!!!!
(And wasn't "cutlass" how they removed the coke hidden in the backside of the Italian super-model?)
Posted by: PirateBoy | December 29, 2011 at 09:30 PM
I bet his password will soon be changed to "ID-10-T" (I often hear our helpdesk say "Eye Dee Ten Tee" as the new temporary password to a clueless user, aka boss/managers)
Posted by: PirateBoy | December 29, 2011 at 11:05 PM
All your sword are belong to us.
Posted by: oneblankspace | December 30, 2011 at 06:10 PM