[Air-L] EVEOnline Monthly Payments Now Tradable, Sellable, Destroyable

[Peter Timusk]

Interesting study you aim for Nick. I have been advised by my corp CEO not
to move PLEX. I am also not so happy that PLEX are not really worth US
dollars, in fact, but only more game play. There is no cashing out game
currency (isk). In Second Life there is cashing out. I prefer though Eve
because more is going on socially than in Second Life IMH game play
experience. I am happy to say bragging a bit that my game play is good
enough in Eve Online that I almost play for free these days in Eve earning
enough "in game" isk to buy PLEX's every month rather than pay 15$ US per
account. My main toon/avatar managers all the industry for a corp and is
paid "in game" currency wages. Our alliance lost three ships worth 30 bil
each in this year's tournament. Was this really a few thousand US dollars?
My answer is no. It was really just more fun.

My first attempt at research writing about Eve seems to focus on learning
business skills and spreadsheets because of playing the game.

Peter      >> Margarite Liberte in EVE Online.

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Sent: August-09-10 4:34 PM
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Subject: [Air-L] EVEOnline Monthly Payments Now Tradable, Sellable,
Destroyable

Hello all,
I thought this would be an interesting note for some of you:

PLEX, the in-game item you can buy from other players in EVE Online that
lets you extend your subscription to the game by 30 day. CCP recently
unlocked the restrictions on PLEX in game.   Previously, you could not move
PLEX.  It had to stay in a station where it was safe.
Or at least safer.

Now, however, PLEX is an item like most everything else in New Eden.
It can be moved, sold, shipped, and destroyed.

FROM:
http://tagn.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/the-plex-story-weve-all-been-waiting-fo
r/

So I have been waiting for the first real big PLEX loss item to show up.

And now we have it.

Reported over at Massively, a player carrying 74 PLEX, worth nearly
$1,300 in real life and over 22 billion ISK in-game, had his ship blow up in
Jita.

Should have chosen something bigger than a Kestrel.

And all the PLEX was destroyed.

Poof.

Gone.

Welcome to EVE Online.

--
Nick LaLone
Texas State University-San Marcos
Systems Support / Master's Student
www.beforegamedesign.com
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