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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 03:29:50 JST Charlie Stross

   This is so evil it's inevitably going to be the next silly valley unicorn start-up.
   https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/113441869680019665

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     Jacek Wesołowski (jzillw@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 03:49:03 JST Jacek Wesołowski

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     • Isaac Ji Kuo

     @isaackuo @cstross I'm pretty sure it's been at least ten years since the first time I heard about people using bots to play MMOs for them so they could make money selling items farmed by said bots.

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     Isaac Ji Kuo (isaackuo@spacey.space)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 03:49:04 JST Isaac Ji Kuo

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     @cstross I mean ... video game bots have been a thing for ... a long time. Just missing a monetization angle so far.

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     Jacek Wesołowski (jzillw@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 03:55:54 JST Jacek Wesołowski

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     • Isaac Ji Kuo

     @isaackuo @cstross I dind't know, so I did a quick check with the most cutthroat MMO I could think of, and apparently real money trading is considered a form of cheating these days, but it's still something they have to deal with: https://support.eveonline.com/hc/en-us/articles/7370633552284-Real-Money-Trading-RMT

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     Isaac Ji Kuo (isaackuo@spacey.space)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 03:55:55 JST Isaac Ji Kuo

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     • Jacek Wesołowski

     @jzillw @cstross Oh yeah, I forgot about that! Is that still a thing? People buying/selling MMO items with "IRL" money?

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 20:03:17 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Sharan Volin

     @Sharan Explain the existence of professional poker players, then.

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     Sharan Volin (sharan@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Friday, 08-Nov-2024 20:03:19 JST Sharan Volin

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     @cstross If people are doing that for your game you're missing the whole point of games (they're supposed to be fun, not a job).