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Daily inflation

2008-04-03 08:14:00 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
...inflation in WoW, the answer is right there: the gold farmers actually weren't farming golds, they were usually farming expensive crafting ingredients like primals. Thus the total amount of gold in the economy wasn't increased by them, they did exactly what the video said, selling players back their own gold in an eternal cycle Patch 2.4...
 
Tags: quests, daily quests, gold, gold farmer, gold worth, gold farmers, money, money sinks, removes money
 
 
 
 
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RPG Inflation: From Zero to Hero

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2008-04-06 18:57:04 by Shawn Sines in Gaming Today
...Inflation. The author isnt referring to the price of games but to the tendency of RPG to level characters up ever more quickly. Its hard to swallow a character, even a prodigy with a destiny, rising from rudimentary skills to god like powers in a few days time The are RPGs that manage to pull this off, such as The Witcher and Lost Odyssey,...
 
Tags: rpg, main character, character, guitar hero iii, guitar hero, characters, rpg inflation, level characters, huge rpg
 
 
 
 
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Paris Hilton Parody Curbs WoW Gold Inflation

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2008-06-19 11:25:27 by Earnest Cavalli in Wired: Game|Life
...inflation in World of Warcraft , Blizzard has crafted the game's largest money-sink to date and managed to comment on America's (least) favorite socialite, all at the same time Though the "Haris Pilton" character has been in the game for months now, Blizzard has finally given her something to do, aside from illicit snickers from players who...
 
Tags: warcraft character portraits, warcraft, character, gold, pilton, general-purpose bag, haris pilton, offer players, players
 
 
 
 
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PC graphics: Where can we go from here?

2008-01-10 11:24:47 by Jason Pitruzzello in Adrenaline Vault
 
...inflation. Now, before my fellow hardware nuts start pointing out how processor cycles, RAM and storage media capacity are not meaningful when compared to the same stats today, let me say I know. Im merely simplifying things to keep the argument simple and to point out very broad trends. (Believe me, I know what total, ahem, bull, it was to...
 
Tags: graphics, requirements, hefty system requirements, line, line alienware system, system, edge graphics, edge, games
 
 
 
 
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WoW monetary policy

2008-04-11 11:54:00 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
...inflation touches all parts of an economy, some faster, some slower. But virtual world inflation usually is limited to the player economy. Thus if dailies increase everybodies income, and there is far more gold in the economy, NPC-sold goods like epic flying mounts effectively get cheaper, because they stay at the same absolute cost amidst...
 
Tags: rmt gold, gold, current gold inflation, gold terms doubles, gold farmers, world, virtual world inflation, real world economy, player-made consumables
 
 
 
 
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Tobold's MMORPG Blog: WoW monetary policy

2008-04-11 08:54:03 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
...inflation touches all parts of an economy, some faster, some slower. But virtual world inflation usually is limited to the player economy. Thus if dailies increase everybodies income, and there is far more gold in the economy, NPC-sold goods like epic flying mounts effectively get cheaper, because they stay at the same absolute cost amidst...
 
Tags: rmt gold, gold, current gold inflation, gold terms doubles, gold farmers, world, virtual world inflation, real world economy, player-made consumables
 
 
 
 
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American Bullion Coin

2008-09-06 13:09:46 by Fred in MMO Explorer
 
...inflation rise, many investors purchase gold and us gold coins to hedge against inflation. As inflation goes up, the value of the dollar goes down. But the price of gold should stay steady One way to buy gold is to buy american gold coins. If you are looking to buy gold coins, it might be some time before you can buy the 1 ounce american...
 
Tags: coin, gold, american gold coins, american bullion coin, gold conspiracy, gold coins, coin dealers, investors purchase gold, inflation
 
 
 
 
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Small game developers woes: after holiday sales, cost of game production

2007-12-28 01:23:39 by abid in Wii News | Wii games reviews | Wii Gaming Blog
 
...inflation as the cost of producing games to meet current standards rise to startling heights. Such is the concern that many companies fear for their uncertain future after the holidays.According to Blitz Games Chief Executive Philip Oliver, the problem of the sharp rise of costs of next-gen console game production lies on the complexity of...
 
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Lawsuit claims IGE dug too greedily and too deep

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2008-04-08 10:00:00 by Andrew Russo in Massively
...inflation, and annoyance that stems from gold selling and has decided to do something about it. He has filed for a class action lawsuit that claims inflation in the virtual economy, thanks to gold sellers, forces players to spend more time behind their keyboard in an attempt to makes virtual ends meet, thus costing them more money. "This loss...
 
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Lawsuit claims IGE dug too greedily and too deep

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2008-04-08 11:00:49 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...inflation, and annoyance that stems from gold selling and has decided to do something about it. He has filed for a class action lawsuit that claims inflation in the virtual economy, thanks to gold sellers, forces players to spend more time behind their keyboard in an attempt to makes virtual ends meet, thus costing them more money. "This loss...
 
Tags: virtual world community, world, community, gold, gold seller ige, virtual, virtual law, ige, virtual economy