What if you could earn real money with playing MMOs?

Tahamtan · December 2006

I loved to play a MMORPG and become rich by being good at the game. What do you think?

Ronaruudo · December 2006

What do you think all those gold farming companies do? And those powerleveling services?

THE DREAM IS REAL.

Gorukha · December 2006

Originally posted by Ronaruudo
What do you think all those gold farming companies do? And those powerleveling services? THE DREAM IS REAL.

Gold farmers get paid peanuts, and he did say getting payed for being good at a game. There are game tournament circuits I believe and a select few making some money off of it but its not viable as a career...YET !!!

Faur · December 2006

Aren't there already a couple of mmo's where you can translate your ingame credits into realworld cash?

h4x0rn4bsk1 · December 2006

What if you could earn real money with playing MMOs?

Then I would do it...

kaveh7681 · December 2006

I only play games now. That time, I only will play games again.

Tahamtan · December 2006

Originally posted by Faur
Aren't there already a couple of mmo's where you can translate your ingame credits into realworld cash?

I don't know any of these game types, I am interested if you introduce.

ianubisi · December 2006

Originally posted by Gorukha
Gold farmers get paid peanuts.

The sweatshop workers in Asia do, but there are people making six-figures a year doing this.

Aison2 · December 2006

Originally posted by Faur
Aren't there already a couple of mmo's where you can translate your ingame credits into realworld cash?

only one afaik
but there is a lot of games which do it the other way
-ingame money for paying cash and no i dont mean goldfarmes
there are companys who just let you pay for ingame cash isntead of a monthly fee

@topic
there are a lot of tournaments where top players can win cash prizes
for mmos i believe they had cash prizes in guild wars
afaik other mmorpgs had only random gifts but nothing skill-oriented

Ronaruudo · December 2006

Hah, wait. I remember Second Life. People earn craploads by being good at designing items, clothing etc. there. And it counts as an mmo.

tubelight · December 2006

Second Life and Entropia Universe are the 2 games i know where players can exchange ingame cash for real cash.

Faur · December 2006

Originally posted by ianubisi
Originally posted by Gorukha
Gold farmers get paid peanuts.

The sweatshop workers in Asia do, but there are people making six-figures a year doing this.

Truth. I've read an article including an extensive interview with a guy who quit his job and bought a new house by selling credits for SWG, AO, and a couple other mmo's.

I don't think the workers earn much, it's the bosses that advocate a "play games for a living" position that manage to fetch a ton of really cheap labor. When you have an infinite amount people who want to do this for virtually free, but lack the initiative and managing skills to do anything about it, there is a lot of money to be made.

Tahamtan · December 2006

Originally posted by Faur

Originally posted by ianubisi

Originally posted by Gorukha
Gold farmers get paid peanuts.

The sweatshop workers in Asia do, but there are people making six-figures a year doing this.

Truth. I've read an article including an extensive interview with a guy who quit his job and bought a new house by selling credits for SWG, AO, and a couple other mmo's.

I don't think the workers earn much, it's the bosses that advocate a "play games for a living" position that manage to fetch a ton of really cheap labor. When you have an infinite amount people who want to do this for virtually free, but lack the initiative and managing skills to do anything about it, there is a lot of money to be made.

If it is real, it is very interesting.

twiztid19 · December 2006

Originally posted by tubelight
Second Life and Entropia Universe are the 2 games i know where players can exchange ingame cash for real cash.

Well almost any game has a company were you can sell in game money to them and other people buy it.. For eve i usually cover paying for the game by selling isk... It is very possible to make a normal income at most mmo's by gaining a constant ammount of money. Yea tons of gamers have thought about it.

You can win money for winning gaming tournaments... in the end it all comes down to who you know. If you know the right people you can get into contests.. and well being GOOD is a big factor too i guess. xD

tubelight · December 2006

Originally posted by twiztid19
Originally posted by tubelight
Second Life and Entropia Universe are the 2 games i know where players can exchange ingame cash for real cash.

Well almost any game has a company were you can sell in game money to them and other people buy it.. For eve i usually cover paying for the game by selling isk... It is very possible to make a normal income at most mmo's by gaining a constant ammount of money. Yea tons of gamers have thought about it.

You can win money for winning gaming tournaments... in the end it all comes down to who you know. If you know the right people you can get into contests.. and well being GOOD is a big factor too i guess. xD

i meant legally :P

twiztid19 · December 2006

Originally posted by tubelight

Originally posted by twiztid19

Originally posted by tubelight
Second Life and Entropia Universe are the 2 games i know where players can exchange ingame cash for real cash.

Well almost any game has a company were you can sell in game money to them and other people buy it.. For eve i usually cover paying for the game by selling isk... It is very possible to make a normal income at most mmo's by gaining a constant ammount of money. Yea tons of gamers have thought about it.

You can win money for winning gaming tournaments... in the end it all comes down to who you know. If you know the right people you can get into contests.. and well being GOOD is a big factor too i guess. xD

i meant legally :P

It is legal

If you read the rules of conduct you'll find out if its ok in that particular game or not, As long as you make sure you put something like "Im selling money i gained in the game, and not the property of Eve-online" Obviously make it much more explanitory.. but you get the idea. As long as you do that, its legal.

ChrisMattern · December 2006

Originally posted by Tahamtan
I loved to play a MMORPG and become rich by being good at the game. What do you think?

You'd have a better chance at the Vegas crap tables.

Chris Mattern

JelloB2000 · December 2006

Originally posted by Tahamtan
Originally posted by Faur Aren't there already a couple of mmo's where you can translate your ingame credits into realworld cash?

I don't know any of these game types, I am interested if you introduce.

http://www.entropiauniverse.com/
Although you are better off taking any kind of jobb instead of wasting hours ingame game for pennys.

Cryomatrix · December 2006

You can make craploads of money in-game.

The tough part is finding the know-how, having the resources to get it done, and finding the right niche.

A perfect game would have been Lineage 2 when it first came out, i'm sure bot companies have made fortunes off of that game.

Me personally, when AION or a new game wtih tons of hype comes out, that doesn't suck, I'm going to look into botting it up for $$$. If you catch the market right, you can make a shitload without that much in resources.

I made 400-500 in diablo by selling duped gear for 2 weeks, had i started a year earlier, i would have made tens of thousands, but oh well, next time.

Twistid, you're tempting me too much to do this in EVE lol.

But in reality, if playing an MMO was your job, i think you'd end up hating it and getting bored.

Cryomatrix

twiztid19 · December 2006

Originally posted by Cryomatrix
You can make craploads of money in-game.

The tough part is finding the know-how, having the resources to get it done, and finding the right niche.

A perfect game would have been Lineage 2 when it first came out, i'm sure bot companies have made fortunes off of that game.

Me personally, when AION or a new game wtih tons of hype comes out, that doesn't suck, I'm going to look into botting it up for $$$. If you catch the market right, you can make a shitload without that much in resources.

I made 400-500 in diablo by selling duped gear for 2 weeks, had i started a year earlier, i would have made tens of thousands, but oh well, next time.

Twistid, you're tempting me too much to do this in EVE lol.

But in reality, if playing an MMO was your job, i think you'd end up hating it and getting bored.

Cryomatrix

Yea i know what you mean, Thats why im sorta wanting 2moons to come out, not to mention i won a beta in that contest mmorpg had. Eve is ok but 1billion is a hell of alot especially for me... but ive been playing for almost 2 years now. Its takes awhile to get skills up to gain the right ammount.

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Cryomatrix · December 2006

Originally posted by twiztid19
Originally posted by Cryomatrix
You can make craploads of money in-game.

The tough part is finding the know-how, having the resources to get it done, and finding the right niche.

A perfect game would have been Lineage 2 when it first came out, i'm sure bot companies have made fortunes off of that game.

Me personally, when AION or a new game wtih tons of hype comes out, that doesn't suck, I'm going to look into botting it up for $$$. If you catch the market right, you can make a shitload without that much in resources.

I made 400-500 in diablo by selling duped gear for 2 weeks, had i started a year earlier, i would have made tens of thousands, but oh well, next time.

Twistid, you're tempting me too much to do this in EVE lol.

But in reality, if playing an MMO was your job, i think you'd end up hating it and getting bored.

Cryomatrix

Yea i know what you mean, Thats why im sorta wanting 2moons to come out, not to mention i won a beta in that contest mmorpg had. Eve is ok but 1billion is a hell of alot especially for me... but ive been playing for almost 2 years now. Its takes awhile to get skills up to gain the right ammount.

I'll look into 2moons, i was waiting for a worthwhile game to do this on. In reference to EVE, I like the challenge of starting new, so I have about 30m net worth right now. It's fun, i like starting new and sometimes even when i'm rich in a gmae, tis' fun to play as a newbie.

But, when is 2moons coming out? Also, would you mind being more detailed about your exploits (literally and figuratively), I alwyas like learning new things and experiences, so just let me know via pm and what not.

Note: i'll continue to be 100% legit in EVE as i'm playing it for fun.

Cryomatrix

spudvol · December 2006

Second Life Millionaire

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2006/11/second_lifes_fi.html

Tahamtan · January 2007

Originally posted by Cryomatrix

You can make craploads of money in-game.

The tough part is finding the know-how, having the resources to get it done, and finding the right niche.

A perfect game would have been Lineage 2 when it first came out, i'm sure bot companies have made fortunes off of that game.

Me personally, when AION or a new game wtih tons of hype comes out, that doesn't suck, I'm going to look into botting it up for $$$. If you catch the market right, you can make a shitload without that much in resources.

I made 400-500 in diablo by selling duped gear for 2 weeks, had i started a year earlier, i would have made tens of thousands, but oh well, next time.

Twistid, you're tempting me too much to do this in EVE lol.

But in reality, if playing an MMO was your job, i think you'd end up hating it and getting bored.

Cryomatrix

I think they are clever ideas but the money is not big. I think maybe someday, some games will come that you can make huge money from playing them.

Jackcolt · January 2007

Do understand that you don't really get better at MMOs(Well you do, but only not a whole lot). Your character gets better. That is why the only MMO(MMOesque, I know GameLoading) remotely even on the E-sport scene is GW, since everybody get's the max character and good items pretty quickly. Y

ou can earn money from becomming good at CS, CoD, Wc3x, SC, DoW and so on.

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