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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Aleks Krotoski

$100,000 real US bucks for virtual space station

Project Entropia has made the virtual world headlines again, not long after wow-ing the mainstream media streams with news of a $26,000 virtual island sold via auction to a player in its digital universe. This time they've quadrupled the stakes with the sale of a space station for $100K to a player called Jon NEVERDIE Jacobs.

For his cash he gets:

Boasting a 1000 Apartment complex, Commercial Space Ship Docking, Themed Shopping Mall, Mega Stadium for championship sporting events, Nightclub with multiple Dance floors, Live Amphitheater, lounges, and 10 Hunting Biodomes with individual land management facilities which will enable the creative owner to create Rare, Unique and Exotic creatures. Mining and PVP areas are available. In addition the Resort will feature Owner Operated PA System for Streaming Music and Video to biodomes and screens/billboards strategically placed throughout the space resort and for a fee even a Planet side Video Billboard Network located in all major towns and cities can be accessed for marketing.



Unfortunately,

No teleporter available at the resort, travel to and from the resort only by Space ships.

No central storage available at Space Resort.



Who in the (real) world invests in this kind of thing?!

More coverage at Terra Nova and at The Guardian here, here , here and here etc etc.

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