Brock Made The Rolling Stone

jesad

Brock Pierce made Rolling Stone a few days ago.  Here's the link.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/brock-pierce-hippie-king-of-cryptocurrency-700213/

And pretty soon the world will come to know him as the super rich dude that he is. 

But we, whether we know it or not, will always know him as this dude.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGE

Who was and has been the spearhead for the gold selling industry since before a lot of you were even old enough to properly use a mouse.

Now I want you to think about that for a minute.  That dude made ALL THAT MONEY off of the fact that a lot of you would rather buy your way through a game than play it.

For all of your posture and prose about what constitutes Pay to Win and what doesn't, for what justifies buying gold and doesn't, the affect of whales and etc... this is the end result.  The actual, mythical, "Man".  A dude that literally got MONSTER RICH off of your denial.

Many of you thought that he didn't even exist.  Other's still thought that he was Chinese or Korean, or Japanese or whatever.  Oh the racism that has ensued.  Meanwhile he was just a good ole fashioned American sitting back making a literal CRAP TON OF CASH off of selling you make pretend items.

Here's a look at Brock a few years ago, back when they were spelling out his doom.

https://www.wired.com/2008/11/ff-ige/

And now, thanks to yet another attempt by so many to do something that is difficult, i.e. get rich, in the most easy way possible.... HAHA!! sorry but I just have to laugh at it, that dude has pretty much now set himself up as the homeless THE KING OF PUERTO RICO.

All on your money.

This is the king that you created using your virtual tools..... and your real money.

Feel free to discuss....

Scot

Forgive me for not reading the very long linked article, are you saying that anyone who makes money out of cryptocurrency is making money out of gold sellers, and cash shop purchases?

Amathe

Guy makes money doing something seedy. News at 11.

Elsabolts

Might I ask, what does this have to do with gaming ? just saying.

Dwaaawfful

From where I'm at, Brock Pierce sounds like a guy tempting BADGERS onto his MANIFOLD INITIATIVE.

Forgive my simplicity in these matters — I'm only a dwarf.

Elsabolts

Xodic said:

Elsabolts said:

Might I ask, what does this have to do with gaming ? just saying.

Him, and others, made millions from manipulating MMO economies and selling in game currency for real money.

O"oo I did not know, thought it might have been a life style and gender issue?

Scot

Xodic said:

Elsabolts said:

Might I ask, what does this have to do with gaming ? just saying.

Him, and others, made millions from manipulating MMO economies and selling in game currency for real money.

I know you can generate cryptocurrency from skin sales and can pay for in game gold with cc as well. But is this a choice he made, or does simply having that much CC involve you by default?