Monday, April 16, 2007

Play Money

At the begining of tis book I did not know what it would be about, but after reading a little of the first chapter I knew I would like it. It started out with the noob, which is a beginner at playing a game. I played online games before and everyone starts out as noobs, but once you get better at the game you get annoyed at noobs for being so stupid at the game. It's kind of ironic because everyone starts out as a noob yet no one else likes it. The idea of being able to get items that aren't real in a game, and sell it online at a site like eBay, for real money is a crazy concept. This was not the first time I have heard of this concept though. My brother plays online games as well and he tells me that he is able to sell some of the things he has in the game for a good amount of money online. He has never bought or sold any items for his profile, but it is out there for others to do if they wanted to. If I was playing a game online, I don't think I would buy things, but I am also not a fanatic at a game. I like the idea of getting money for things that are not real, but it seems like it would take a long time to do some of the things that is discussed. The idea of having spanish people playing the game for him is a good idea I suppose until he was caught and his operation was shut down. This idea was good at first but unfornately for him it did not work. The ideas in this book are very interesting. I wouldn't mind doing this for a living, but I would want to make sure I know exactly what I am doing, because it seems that this job could be risky. One problem with this profession would be my parents. I don't know how my parents would like me playing games for a living, but that's beside the facts.

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