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NotAdmin · Nov 10, 2010

Video Game Virtual Property Sells For a Record $335,000by Sean Fallon on November 10, 2010

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Real real estate may not be in a seller’s market right now, but the fake real estate biz is booming.

Take Jon Jacobs here aka “Neverdie” in the MMORPG Entropia Universe. He has just broken the record for the largest ever virtual property transaction—raking in $350K for selling land that doesn’t exist on an asteroid that doesn’t exist to a guy that is probably insane.

Entropia Universe allows users to convert real world finances to a virtual currency, offering a fixed exchange rate for users who choose to cash-out and convert their virtual currency back. Entropia’s in-game properties, therefore, have a real cash value.

Jacobs, who goes by the in-game name of Neverdie, has made a number of high-profile transactions over the past few years, from the $25,000 sale of his in-game items, to his purchase of a virtual asteroid for $100,000. The purchase of the asteroid, in 2005, was believed to be the most expensive virtual item sale in history. That record was broken by the 2009 sale of the Crystal Palace Space Station for $330,000.

The recent sale, confirmed by Jacobs to the fansite, amounts to a value of $335,000. Jacobs sold a number of bio domes, a mall, stadium and a club to Kalun.

Sigh, another guy that looks like “The Situation” is making a lot of money for no reason at all.
(Entropia Universe via Forbes and Edge)
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Video Game Virtual Property Sells For a Record $335,000

NotAdmin · Nov 10, 2010

Virtual Real Estate, Real Money: $335k paid for Club Neverdie
By Brenna Hillier - Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:04am -

Are you for real.We're not necessarily proud of it, but we're not saying that we've never, you know, once or twice, just casually ... dropped a little money on micro-transactions. Don't look at us like that! we really wanted those twenty extra turns!

Besides, diverting five bucks from the stationary budget is a world away from the USD $335,000 some guy just spent on Entropia Universe property.

One of the more obscure virtual worlds, Entropia Universe has a reputation for high profile real estate deals. Somewhat like EVE's system, Entropia Universe has a legitimate "gold farmer" system whereby players can trade rare and elite in game items with equivalent real world value.

Last time it came to our attention, Jon Jacobs had laid out USD $10,000 for a prime bit of real estate called Club Neverdie. Selling off this obviously hot property is what netted him the USD $335k - but he also sold off the rest of the asteroid, earning USD $634,000 in total. Worr.

According to the auction listing, Club Neverdie brought in 640,000 PED this quarter, and if that keeps up, new owner John Foma Kalun can expect to earn the equivalent of USD $256,000 per annum.

This, as far as we can tell, is madness. Does anybody else think this is utter madness? Why do we go to work?

Via The Escapist.
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NotAdmin · Nov 10, 2010

Entropia Universe’s Club Neverdie – Virtual Item Sells for $335,000 Real Money

Published on November 10, 2010

Entropia Universe’s Club Neverdie

Entropia Universe, an MMORPG that uses an economy with cash that can be withdrawn as real-life money, has set a record for the most expensive virtual item ever sold, at $335,000, for a zone named Club Neverdie. One of the more obscure virtual worlds, Entropia Universe has a reputation for high profile real estate deals. Somewhat like EVE’s system, Entropia Universe has a legitimate gold farmer system whereby players can trade rare and elite in game items with equivalent real world value.

Now, an Entropia Universe fansite is reporting that the remaining portions of Club NEVERDIE have been sold to a gamer named John Foma Kalun in a transaction valued at $335,000.

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The most interesting factor of this story isn’t that the virtual item set a statistical record, but that there ever was such a big previous record to break. In 2005, player Jon Neverdie Jacobs bought the asteroid space resort for $100,000, becoming the most expensive virtual item ever purchased, beating the previous item’s, Treasure Island (also from Entropia Universe), record of $26,500. The space resort was installed into the game December 19th, 2005 and Jacobs claimed he reached profitability less than a year later on August 18, 2006, from players funding the economy on the space station, which included taxes, apartment sales and shop sales. Three years later in December 2009, player Buzz Erik Lightyear bought the Crystal Palace Space Station for a whopping $330,000, dwarfing Club Neverdie’s $100,000 purchase.

Entropia Universe’s Club Neverdie

Now, as reported by Entropia Planets, Jon Neverdie Jacobs has sold off the remaining available space in his Club Neverdie space resort for $335,000, setting the record for the single most expensive virtual item ever sold to date. The overall sale price of the entirety of Club Neverdie’s realty over the years? $635,000. The only reason why this number isn’t being reported around the Internet is because that number wasn’t reached within one sale, as various areas of Club Neverdie were sold throughout its lifespan via separate transactions.

Entropia Universe’s Club Neverdie

The wacky transactions aren’t even limited to large virtual realty or items that are even known to have any use. There’s a mystery egg that has been floating around the MMO since 2006 that people occasionally buy, recently purchased for $70,000, with the hope that it would either do something extraordinary, or could be resold for a profit.

Entropia Universe’s Club Neverdie

Entropia Universe’s Club Neverdie
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Entropia Universe’s Club Neverdie – Virtual Item Sells for $335,000 Real Money : eXtravaganzi

NotAdmin · Nov 11, 2010

Is the most expensive virtual item sold actually worth $330 million?

The Entropia Universe is a collection of free-to-play games built around the idea that you can make money by playing. You know, from home. In a game like World of Warcraft, you earn experience points and ingame money when you play. In an Entropia game like Planet Calypso, the game's owners at MindArk want you to think you're earning real-world money. They point out that you can exchange Project Entropia Dollars (PED) for US dollars at an exchange rate of 10 PEDs to 1 dollar. Minus transaction fees, of course.

However, unless you're selling your sweat (literally) or gathering dung (again, literally), you have to pay money to make money. Free-to-play won't get you very far. MindArk sells the equipment you need to actually hunt or mine, which seem to be the main money-making activities. I suspect the required investment hews pretty closely to the profit you'll going to make. Actually, I suspect they hew so closely that the transaction fees take up what little profit the average player would make if he cashed out. I don't have any first-hand knowledge of this. Call it a hunch.

Stories like this unsubstantiated blather about a kid putting his siblings through college are misleading, but they're exactly the kind of PR MindArk wants. So when I read that the Entropia Universe now lays claim to the largest virtual transaction ever -- ever! -- when an asteroid was sold for $330,000 and I notice that all the stories trace back to a forum post on a fan site, I have to wonder what's really going on here.
Although the figure is commonly reported in dollars, it seems like the transaction was conducted entirely in PED. No actual money is involved, despite the $330,000 figure bandied about by blogs passing along the story. And the people involved in the transaction are long-time Project Entropia players. Actually, let's be honest and call them investors. I strongly suspect the guy who sold the asteroid would kill the game if he tried to cash out his 3,330,000 PEDs, so I doubt he has any intention of doing so. Last year, MindArk reported losses of 2.4 million dollars and had to suspend plans to build a real world bank due to -- are you ready for this? -- lack of funds.

Still, it's quite an achievement within the context of a virtual economy. But until we're talking about real money, this is just another way to hype MindArk's sketchy business model with the perception that you can get rich by playing games. You know, from home.
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NotAdmin · Nov 11, 2010

Record Entropia Universe Sale

[Nov 10, 2010, 9:44 pm ET] - 2 Comments

Entropia Universe website Entropia Planets reports that Jon 'NEVERDIE' Jacobs has sold off the last components of the virtual space station he purchased late last year for $330K. Word is the virtual entrepreneur sold several domes for $335,000 following a previous sale for $300,000, meaning he almost doubled his investment in under a year. Thanks Ant via Edge Magazine/Neatorama.
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NotAdmin · Nov 11, 2010

Virtual Real Estate Sale Record Broken with $335,000 Purchase

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It’s possible to make real money in virtual worlds, as one user of the MMOG Entropia Universe recently experienced. He sold a set of virtual real estate properties for $335,000:

Jacobs, who goes by the in-game name of Neverdie, has made a number of high-profile transactions over the past few years, from the $25,000 sale of his in-game items, to his purchase of a virtual asteroid for $100,000. The purchase of the asteroid, in 2005, was believed to be the most expensive virtual item sale in history. That record was broken by the 2009 sale of the Crystal Palace Space Station for $330,000.
The recent sale, confirmed by Jacobs to the fansite, amounts to a value of $335,000. Jacobs sold a number of bio domes, a mall, stadium and a club to Kalun.

Link via Geekologie | Image: MindArk
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Virtual Real Estate Sale Record Broken with $335,000 Purchase

Lee · Nov 11, 2010

Not the most complimentary comments below the article, but you know you've made it when you are on geekologie (apologies Peter if you already linked this and I missed it, just delete if so)

Video Game Virtual Property Sells For $335K - Geekologie

NotAdmin · Nov 11, 2010

Man pays $330K for virtual property

Thursday 11-Nov-2010 10:42 AM Purchase in Entropia Universe reportedly the largest ever virtual transaction

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A player of MMOG Entropia Universe has reportedly broken the virtual transaction record by spending $330,000 - of real money - on virtual property.

According to fansite EntropiaPlanets (via Edge), Jon Jacobs sold a number of in-game properties to another user, John Foma Kalun, the most expensive of which was the $330K Crystal Palace Space Station.

Entropia Universe lets users convert real world finances to a virtual currency and back again, giving Entropia's in-game properties a real cash value.

[ Source: Edge ]
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News: Man pays $330K for virtual property - ComputerAndVideoGames.com

NotAdmin · Nov 11, 2010

Een speler van de MMO game Entropia Universe heeft een record gevestigd, hij heeft namelijk het duurste stukje virtueel eigendom aller tijden gekocht. Hij heeft namelijk 330.000 Amerikaanse dollars betaald voor zijn nieuwe aanwinst, het Crystal Palace Space Station.
Volgens de fansite EntropiaPlanets heeft de verkoper, Jon Jacobs, al eerder in-game eigendommen verkocht aan dezelfde speler, John Foma Kalun, waaronder dus het 330.000 dollar dure Crystal Palace Space Station. Het spel Entropia Universe staat er om bekend dat echt geld geruild kan worden voor virtueel geld en andersom, dit uiteraard tegen een kleine vergoeding.

Crystal Palace Space Station
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NotAdmin · Nov 11, 2010

Геймер из Entropia Universe накупил виртуальной недвижимости на 335 тыс. долларов
10 ноября 2010 г.
время публикации: 18:01

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Один из участников многопользовательской онлайн-игру Entropia Universe приобрел виртуальных активов на сумму в 335 тыс. долларов, сообщает Руформатор со ссылкой на издание Edge Magazine.
Геймер по имени Джон Фома Калун Калун купил у другого игрока, Джона Джейкобса, a.k.a. Neverdie, несколько биокуполов, молл, стадион и клуб. Сделка стала крупнейшей за всю историю игры.
Игра Entropia Universe была запущена в 2003 году шведской компанией MindArk. Она объединяет несколько виртуальных миров, в которых игроки могут купить игровую валюту за реальные деньги, которые можно обменять обратно по фиксированному курсу. А за игровые деньги участники могут покупать себе недвижимость, мебель и другие активы.
За время своего существования Entropia Universe несколько раз попадала в Книгу рекордов Гиннесса как игра с самыми дорогими виртуальными предметами.
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NotAdmin · Nov 11, 2010

Entropia Universeの高額取引記録更新、仮想の建物が335,000ドルで売れる

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アメリカのゲーム雑誌「EDGE」によれば、”惑星開拓”がモチーフとなったスウェーデンの3D仮想空間「Entropia Universe」にて、仮想アイテムの高額取引の記録が塗り替えられたという。

Entropia Universeは2003年にサービスを開始した”惑星開拓”がモチーフとなった3D仮想空間。ゲームエンジン「CryEngine」を使用したハイクオリティなグラフィックが特徴で、サービス開始当初からユーザー間の仮想アイテム取引とサービス内仮想通貨「PED（Project Entropia Dollars）」のRMT(リアルマネートレード：仮想アイテムや仮想通貨を現金と交換すること）を公認しており、これまでも数万～数十万ドル規模の取引が行われてきた。
今回取引されたのはワールド内にある各種施設。Entropia UniverseのユーザーであるJon Jacobsさんは自身が所有していた仮想のドームやショッピングモール、スタジアム、クラブをまとめて別のユーザーのJohn Foma Kalunさんに売却。その金額を米ドルに換算すると335,000ドルになったという。今までのEntropia Universeの高額取引記録は「Crystal Palace Space Station」という建物が330,000ドルで売れたことだったが、今回はそれを5,000ドル上回り記録を更新した。

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NotAdmin · Nov 11, 2010

Man drops record-setting $335,000 on virtual game property

Think the rent is, in fact, too damn high? Then stay as far away from online game world Entropia Universe as possible, because its real estate prices will drive you insane. Game fansite Entropia Planets reports that one of the game's wealthier players just sold an eye-popping $335,000 worth of in-game property, thought to be the single-largest virtual real estate transaction ever.
The seller is Jon Jacobs, also known as the character 'Neverdie'. He's already made quite a name for himself in Entropia Universe, having purchased an asteroid in 2005 -- eventually converted into the extravagant resort 'Club Neverdie' -- for the then-record price of $100,000.

And we're not talking about Monopoly money here. Created by Swedish developer MindArk, Entropia Universe features a real-world, fixed-rate currency exchange that works just like chips at a casino: players trade real cash for in-game funds called PEDs (Project Entropia Dollars), which can at any point be redeemed back for real, spendable cash -- minus a transaction fee, of course.
The buyer? John Foma Kalun, who now owns the bulk of the real estate on Club Neverdie as well as naming rights.

The $335,000 price eclipses the previous record held by fellow Entropia player Buzz "Erik" Lightyear, who purchased an in-game space station for $330,000 back in 2009.
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Man drops record-setting $335,000 on virtual game property - Video Games Blog Plugged In - Yahoo! Games

Kay Jones · Nov 11, 2010

Entropia Universe, an MMORPG that uses an economy with cash that can be withdrawn as real-life money, has set a record for the most expensive virtual item ever sold, at $335,000, for a zone named Club NEVERDIE.

Entropia Universe is a weird place, even for video games. It’s a free-to-play MMORPG that is referred to by different names every now and then (Project Entropia, Planet Calypso, Entropia Universe) where players can buy PEDs (Project Entropia Dollars) with real-world money, which act as in-game money, and can then be withdrawn back into real-world money. Essentially, if one is dedicated enough and doesn’t mind putting money into the game when necessary, one can turn a profit playing video games.

The game has received mixed reviews throughout its history, from people claiming it’s a boring game and a cash scam, to people genuinely finding the game enjoyable, to other people claiming they’ve made a decent profit simply by playing the game without ever having put money into it in order to get a head start. Regardless of the game’s viability, one thing that is never in contention when it comes to Entropia Universe is that the occasional person pays out the wazoo for a virtual item.

The most interesting factor of this story isn’t that the virtual item set a statistical record, but that there ever was such a big previous record to break. In 2005, player Jon “NEVERDIE” Jacobs bought the “asteroid space resort” for $100,000, becoming the most expensive virtual item ever purchased, beating the previous item’s, Treasure Island (also from Entropia Universe), record of $26,500. The space resort was installed into the game December 19th, 2005 and Jacobs claimed he reached profitability less than a year later on August 18, 2006, from players funding the economy on the space station, which included taxes, apartment sales and shop sales. Three years later in December 2009, player Buzz Erik Lightyear bought the Crystal Palace Space Station for a whopping $330,000, dwarfing Club NEVERDIE’s $100,000 purchase.

Now, as reported by Entropia Planets, Jon “NEVERDIE” Jacobs has sold off the remaining available space in his Club NEVERDIE space resort for $335,000, setting the record for the single most expensive virtual item ever sold to date. The overall sale price of the entirety of Club NEVERDIE’s realty over the years? $635,000. The only reason why this number isn’t being reported around the Internet is because that number wasn’t reached within one sale, as various areas of Club NEVERDIE were sold throughout its lifespan via separate transactions.

The wacky transactions aren’t even limited to large virtual realty or items that are even known to have any use: There’s a mystery egg that has been floating around the MMO since 2006 that people occasionally buy, recently purchased for $70,000, with the hope that it would either do something extraordinary, or could be resold for a profit.

Like I said, Entropia Universe is a weird place–from being referred to by different names, to developer MindArk encouraging real-world cash sales while most other MMO developers quickly banning any participant in such an act, to users making great deals of money off the sale of virtual items, no matter how weird the game’s universe may be, if past trends are any indication, it’s a safe bet we’ll be hearing of a new record for the sale of a virtual item coming from MindArk’s universe sometime not too far down the road.

(Entropia Planets via Massively)
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Virtual Item Sells for $335,000 | Entropia Universe | Geekosystem

NotAdmin · Nov 12, 2010

New virtual property sales record: $335,000

22 hours ago - 11:20 AM on 11.11.2010 | Dale North
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#MMO #Money #WHAAAAAAT?

A sale between two users of Entropia Universe blows the mind. This MMO allows the conversion of in-game currency to real world currency, giving in-game property real world value. The sale of some of bio domes, a mall, stadium and a club from one user to another was valued at $335,000. Holy sh*t. This figure beats out a record set last year with the purchase of the game's Crystal Palace Space Station, which cost someone $330,000.
The seller, a guy named Jon Jacobs, has purchased some high end virtual property before. Edge says that he once purchased a virtual asteroid for $100,000. I bet a real asteroid costs about the same!

Knowing this, I'll never feel bad about a frivolous gaming purchase ever again.
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New virtual property sales record: $335,000- Destructoid

NotAdmin · Nov 12, 2010

Entropia Universe Player Pays $335,000 For Virtual Property

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November 12th, 2010, 07:35 GMT| By Andrei Dobra

A new record was set in popular online multiplayer game Entropia Universe, as a player bought a virtual property with $335,000 real-life dollars from another one, marking the most a person has ever paid for a virtual asset.

Entropia Universe is a popular online game which allows its users to convert real world finances to a virtual currency, and then offers a fixed exchange rate for those who want their virtual currency turned into real life money.

According to EntropiaPlanets, a fan site dedicated to the online game, one of the users, Jon Jacobs, has sold a number of in-game properties to another one, called John Foma Kalun, for a record amount of money.

Among the items sold were a number of bio domes, a mall, stadium and a club, all totaling $335,000, the largest sum anyone has even paid for virtual assets.

Jacobs isn't turning rich, as he invested a lot of money into his assets in Entropia Universe a few years ago, culminating with buying an asteroid worth $100,000 at that time or selling some of his other assets for $25,000.

That record was broken however by the sale of a popular player destination, Crystal Palace Space Station, back in 2009, which changed virtual hands for $330,000, going into the Guiness World Book of Records.

Now, this new sale has broken that record once more, even though multiple items were purchased.

Entropia Universe is a free to play online multiplayer game, which, as mentioned above, allows players to use real money, converted into virtual currency, to buy different things like properties or items.

While it doesn't have a subscription model, like World of Warcraft for example, it has still allowed its developer, Swedish software company MindArk, a steady revenue stream and is a very profitable online game.

Entropia Universe currently has over 800,000 registered players.
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Entropia Universe Player Pays $335,000 For Virtual Property - Softpedia

NotAdmin · Nov 12, 2010

Maailman kallein virtuaaliesine myytiin perjantai 12.11.2010 Planet Calypso -nettipelissä tehtiin uusi virtuaaliesinekaupan maailmanennätys, kun avaruusasema Club NEVERDIE pilkottiin osiin ja huutokaupattiin 635 000 dollarin yhteishintaan.
Paikan myi amerikkalainen pelaaja Jon "NEVERDIE" Jacobs, joka osti aseman vuonna 2005 100 000 dollarilla. Jacobs ilmoitti saneensa kauppasumman takaisin jo kahdeksassa kuukaudessa muille pelaajille myymillään kaivos- ja metsästysoikeuksilla.
Planet Calypso -massiivimoninpelissä pelaajat myyvät ja ostavat varusteita oikealla rahalla. Myös paremmat tehtävät ja avaruusasemalla käynti maksavat. Idean suosio perustuu fantasiaan siitä, että pelaamalla voisi rikastua, vaikka käytännössä vain murto-osa pelaajakannasta tekee kaupoillaan voittoa.
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NotAdmin · Nov 15, 2010

Virtual Game Item Sold for a Cool $635,000 USD

5:40 PM - November 12, 2010 by Kevin Parrish - source: Tom's Hardware US

A virtual resort in Entropia Universe was divided and sold to investors for $635,000 USD.
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Sometimes you have to ask why?

First Planet Company said Friday that an Entropia Universe gamer sold his virtual resort for a whopping real-world $635,000 USD. This was the same piece of virtual property orbiting Planet Calypso that landed in the Guinness World Records book in 2008 as the most valuable virtual item ever.

Deemed as the largest Asteroid Space Resort property in Entropia Universe, the resort was originally purchased for an incredibly steep $100,000 USD back in 2005. The previous owner quickly recouped the fee in the property's first eight months in business through mining/hunting rights alone, and was eventually valued to be worth $1 Million USD in 2006. That's right--the gamer's overall fortune was deemed to be worth a million dollars.
"This is the fourth major property opportunity offered on Planet Calypso," the company said. "The first sale for 'Treasure Island' took place in 2004 and sold for $26,500.00 USD. Australian gamer, David 'Deathifier' Storey recouped his full investment on 'Treasure Island' within 12 months and has continued to make a profit.”

The second (and much larger) auction took place in 2005 when American gamer Jon "NEVERDIE" Jacobs purchased the Asteroid Space Resort property sold today for a crazy $100,000 USD. Another big purchase was placed last year by Erik "Buzz Lightyear" Novak who bought popular hunting destination "Crystal Palace" for $330,000 USD.

Entropia Universe--containing the two virtual worlds Planet Calypso and Rocktropia--doesn't require a subscription fee. Instead, the MMOG thrives on in-game microtransactions like the ones mentioned above.
The huge Asteroid Space Resort property sold today was actually broken up into smaller portions and sold off to new investors.
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Virtual Game Item Sold for a Cool $635,000 USD

NotAdmin · Nov 15, 2010

Man makes record $335,000 in Entropia Universe virtual real estate deal

A user of Entropia Universe, an online game, earned $335,000 in a record breaking virtual real estate deal.

Second Life is an MMO that allows users to spend and earn currency that has real value. At least one Second Life player has already become a real-life millionaire from the game. Like Second Life, Entropia Universe pegs its currency to the US dollar. The largest-ever virtual real estate deal took place this week in Entropia Universe. Player Jon Jacobs earned $335,000 in one transaction for a property that doesn't exist beyond the internet.
Courtesy of Rita J. King and Joshua S. Fouts

While real estate prices are down across America, there is one place that's booming. Just don't count on the bank giving you a mortgage for these properties. They are completely fictional.
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A virtual real estate deal caught the eye of many this week when Jon Jacobs, an Entropia Universe user, made a record US$335,000 in a single sale. Jacobs sold his property on a fictitious asteroid to John Foma Kalun, known as "pesok" in the massively multiplayer online game (MMO).

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Jacobs, known online as Neverdie, sold part of his land this week for $5,000 more than the previous online property sale record of $330,000. Both records were set by Entropia Universe users.
Entropia Universe is an MMO that has an actual working economy based on real money. The game uses its own currency, but pegs it to the dollar. Players must buy into the game using dollars, and then all their purchases and sales are made with the game currency which has a real value.

Jacobs sold most of his virtual asteroid property at the same time. Including other smaller sales, his grand total was a whopping $635,000 according to Entropiaplanets.com.
Jacobs isn't the first to make a small fortune on virtual real estate sales, and he hasn't made the most. In another MMO, Second Life, Ailin Graef has become a real millionaire thanks to her virtual-world business dealings. Graef, known online as Anshe Chung, buys and develops virtual real estate just as developers and investors do in the real world. She reportedly takes home $150,000 every year for this work.
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Man makes record $335,000 in Entropia Universe virtual real estate deal - CSMonitor.com

NotAdmin · Nov 15, 2010

MMO player pays over $330K for asteroid space resort, breaks virtual sales records

Entropia Universe entrepreneur sells virtual real estate for a princely sum

Words: Tyler Nagata, GamesRadar US

Entropia Universe player Jon “Neverdie” Jacobs is a high roller. According to fan site EntropiaPlanets, Jacobs has just sold a virtual asteroid space resort, bio domes, a mall, and a stadium to player John Foma Kalun for the princely sum of $335,000 USD. This isn’t the first time Jacobs has made headlines for pricey online transactions. The online entrepreneur originally purchased the asteroid space resort in 2005 for $100,000 USD, which he named “Club NEVERDIE” after his avatar name. It seems like Jacobs’ investment paid off.

Like Second Life, Entropia Universe is a virtual world. Although you can download the game’s client and play for free, it encourages players to convert real world currency into the game’s virtual currency. Project Entropia Dollars (PED) are required for everything but the most basic starter items.

If you think grinding in everyday MMOs is boring and repetitive, you’re lucky that you don’t play Entropia Universe. Instead of ‘grinding,’ the game has ‘sweating.’ Gathering sweat and collecting fruit and dung are a few of the lowly activities that players can engage in to acquire items that are worth selling to other players for PED.

Here’s the list of free activities from the Wikipedia entry for the game:

- Using the service as a 3-D virtual chat room or exploring the virtual universe.
- Using an in-game process called "Sweating" or "Sweat Gathering" to extract bottles of "Vibrant Sweat," which can then be sold to other players for PED or changed to items. The 2010.06.03 VU release may introduce 2 new types of "sweat".
- Collecting "fruit", "dung", and 6 sorts of precious rare stones which can be sold to other players to raise funds.
- Performing numerous "jobs" for other players – for example, acting as a trader, or buying pre-defined amount of crafting materials at specified rate for crafters.
- Performing several missions (quests) that can be completed without any in-game equipment or money.
- Trickery: cheating, and stealing.
- Finding abandoned items or PED lying on the ground.
- Begging, which is largely frowned upon.

Above: “Gamer Chick,” a song about Entropia Universe from Jon “Neverdie” Jacobs, the former owner of the ultra expensive asteroid

Earlier this year, Entropia Universe developer MindArk AB announced that the game has a cash flow of $2.4 million dollars from player transactions in its 2009 financial report.

[Source: EntropiaPlanets]

Nov 12, 2010
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NotAdmin · Nov 15, 2010

En spiller i dataspillet Entropia Universe har kjøpt en fiktiv eiendom på en asteroide for over to millioner norske kroner.
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John Foma Kalun, med spillenavn pesok, er én av tusenvis av spillere som deltar i onlinespillet Entropia Universe, et virtuelt univers med en virtuell økonomi, hvor Entropia Universe valuta can veksles med ekte amerikanske dollars.
Forleden bladde han opp 335.000 dollars i ekte penger og kjøpte mesteparten av en fiktiv asteroide i spillet. Selger var Jon Jacobs, kjent som Neverdie i spillet.
Det skriver spillets egne nettforum.
Ny verdensrekord

Handelen skal være ny verdensrekord i beløp en spiller betaler en annen for én fiktiv verdi i et dataspill.
Jacobs solgte Kalun sju domes (små samfunn) pluss butikker, klubber og asteroidens eget stadion.
Bruker ekte penger

Entropia Universe ble lansert i begynnelsen av 2003 og kan lastes ned gratis. Man starter spillet uten utstyr.
For å kjøpe utstyr, må man benytte PED (Project Entropia Dollar). PED kan man kjøpe for ekte amerikanske dollars, én USD = 10 PED.
Det kan veksles inn valuta fra den virkelige verden til spillet. På den samme måten kan man veksle inn valuta fra spillet og ut til den virkelige verden. Den vanligste måten å veksle inn valuta er med kredittkort. For å ta ut penger har det nylig blitt introdusert et ATM-kort som kan benyttes i minibanker eller til varekjøp, som et vanlig kredittkort. I tillegg til dette, er det mulig med andre former for pengeoverføringer.
Auksjonerer bort landområder

Handlingen i spillet foregår på planeten Calypso og i noen områder rundt denne som romstasjonen Crystal Palace og Club Neverdie lokalisert på en asteroide.
Ved Calypso har man til nå oppdaget 2 kontinenter, Eudoria og Amethera. Det befinner seg flere byer av forskjellig størrelser både i Eudoria og i Amethera.
Ved Amethera er det åpent for at spillere selv administrerer landområder og dette er veldig populært. I løpet av Juli 2006 ble det auksjonert landområder som brakte inn 200.000 USD.
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