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Those sorts of games are heavily vetted. Eve alone hires several economists in addition to extremely rigorous software testing to ensure that the economy isn't

Those sorts of games are heavily vetted. Eve alone hires several economists in addition to extremely rigorous software testing to ensure that the economy isn't subject to any abject arbitrage from players. It does happen, and I would think (not a lawyer) that in most jurisdictions that it would not be illegal. That case where the guy found a pattern in a video slot machine comes to mind. You are legally entitled to play the game in an authorized manner. Penetrating the server and giving yourself the money wouldn't be the same as playing the game and earning it. Also in Eve, the money doesn't correspond to money, it's time. You can buy time playing the game with the money. Maybe there are places to exchange one for another, but that's not really the point and would be out of scope for the developers, imo.

sillysaurus3 10y ago
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/707481/huge-eve-online-theft-amazes-45000-worth-of-in-game-cash-looted/ http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/707481/huge-eve-online... If Eve's in-game money doesn't correspond to real money, how is it possible to say "$45,000 worth of in-game cash looted" with any accuracy?
- grenoire 10y ago
  The conversion is most often done through ISK -> PLEX -> 19.95€ on the basis of prices on the in-game markets trading PLEX [1][2]. However, there is no good and legal (?) way of actually converting ISK directly to real money. You can make estimates through the figures for the purpose of creating a sense of scale (especially used in EVE-related articles about battles and corps), but that doesn't mean that it's actually worth $45,000 of withdraw-able cash. [1]: https://eve-central.com/home/quicklook.html?typeid=29668 https://eve-central.com/home/quicklook.html?typeid=29668 [2]: https://secure.eveonline.com/plex/ https://secure.eveonline.com/plex/

sillysaurus3 10y ago

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/707481/huge-eve-online-theft-amazes-45000-worth-of-in-game-cash-looted/ http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/707481/huge-eve-online... If Eve's in-game money doesn't correspond to real money, how is it possible to say "$45,000 worth of in-game cash looted" with any accuracy?

grenoire 10y ago
The conversion is most often done through ISK -> PLEX -> 19.95€ on the basis of prices on the in-game markets trading PLEX [1][2]. However, there is no good and legal (?) way of actually converting ISK directly to real money. You can make estimates through the figures for the purpose of creating a sense of scale (especially used in EVE-related articles about battles and corps), but that doesn't mean that it's actually worth $45,000 of withdraw-able cash. [1]: https://eve-central.com/home/quicklook.html?typeid=29668 https://eve-central.com/home/quicklook.html?typeid=29668 [2]: https://secure.eveonline.com/plex/ https://secure.eveonline.com/plex/