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This is not a hoax, but….
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Posted By:
BSantos
Jan 13, 2005
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A 22-year-old gamer has spent $26,500 on an island that exists only in a
computer role-playing game (RPG).
The whole history at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4104731.stm
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Comments
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 | 11:28 AM
Sounds like a candidate for Online Gamers Anonymous. |
Citizen Premier
in spite of public outcry
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 | 01:12 PM
Wow... and yet, this guy might be able to make more money by selling the land in plots. Unless the servers crash or the company goes out of buisness. |
Glamcat
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 | 03:59 PM
WOW! That's all I have to say. 🐛 |
Beasjt
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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 | 02:33 AM
A dutch weekly "Nieuwe Revue" (http://www.nieuwerevu.nl/) had a great idea this week. Included with their magazine (circulation 70.000) was a little bag containing 2 seeds for weed/grass and a manual how to grow it with the promise that if you followed the instructions you would have a stunning 250 grams of weed in june...
From what I |
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