trekki859 wrote...
either way tho its a real slipper slope sence it doesint really "exist" eve is kinda diffrent however as there is real monatary value to the in game ISK because of the P.L.E.X. system. were you can buy game time with ISK, for 30 dollers wich is something like 200 million isk, and objects in game have value so when you break it down you can put real value to what gets stolen, destroyed or scamed, but sence its part of the game you cant say "hey! he just stole 1000 dollers worth of "property" from me! ima gonna sue him!"
Are you talking about EVE online? I don't know much about this game, but apparently there is a whole economic system inside the game. I read that they even have contracts for selling or buying goods...That's interesting cause it means the only step missing for the system to be really realistic...is the right of ownership. Does anyone plays that game?
Space Cowboy wrote...
I like the rules as they are, I think of it as a way to remind you that what you're doing isn't all that real, and it's something that should be done sparingly. If you sink hundreds of hours into a game and get jacked, deal with it, nerd. Talk to the owners and sort it out. Taking it to the real world is pathetic.
Haha I doubt the companies or the law cares how much time you spend on the game...:3
The thing is internet is becoming part of the real world, more and more, just look how many things we need internet for, how dependent our lives are to internet. I don't think it's only games either, how about applications on Ipods and Iphones and things? (I'm really asking, I don't own any kind of smartphones and barely touch any so...)
animefreak_usa wrote...
the agreement you sign let you rent or use it as long as your a player.
But at some point it's not "renting" anymore, you possess the object, as if it was yours, the only thing you don't have is a legal right of ownership, even limited...Which makes people think it's like in real life, they think they own the object, even though legally they don't. I don't think this issue will be solved anytime soon, it's still at a very theoretical stage, but the law will have to intervene at some point or another, in my opinion.