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tagn.wordpress.com - 7/6/2009

For Want of a Horse…

— tagn.wordpress.com — Darren’s post about the Runes of Magic $10 horse certainly echoed through the local blogesphere. RMT is... still controversial. It still seems like cheating to some. But then I came from a time when posting quest details to a public forum was considered cheating, so times change.  ... (more) For Want of a Horse…

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tagn.wordpress.com - 7/3/2009

How Much is that Horsie in the Window?

— tagn.wordpress.com — Darren has gone back to give Runes of Magic another try and seems to be more disposed... to like it than he was the first time around . But then he hit a snag. He started looking at the Real Money Transaction, or RMT, aspect of the game and did not like what he saw. Specifically, he saw ... (more) How Much is that Horsie in the Window?

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Runes of Magic

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EverQuest II

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tobolds.blogspot.com - 7/5/2009

Why RMT discussion must fail

— tobolds.blogspot.com — $1 is not worth the same thing to every person. That might seem counterintutitive, but the value... of $1 isn't absolute, by itself it is just a worthless piece of green paper. The value of that 1 dollar is determined by what you are going to buy with ... (more) Why RMT discussion must fail

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Horse: Simple Answer
The Common Sense Gamer — OK…I’ll bite, because it’s an obvious simple answer that escapes even the most supposedly brilliant blogger minds: So, I ask the “common sense gamer” why he is flabbergasted by a $10 mount when it is obvious players are willing spend 3 times that amount just to access a service that will allow them the pleasure of working hard to obtain a mount. …because gamers, as well as MMO companies don’t know any better at this point and have zero frame of reference for what this stuff is actually worth. ...

Beating dead horses
Of Teeth and Claws — And the battle rages on. Whee! Of Teeth and Claws

Game design and business models
Tobold's MMORPG Blog — Heartless_ correctly points out that there is a confusion with the terms RMT and microtransactions. RMT is a term coined to describe *players* selling virtual items to other players for cash. While the sellers could possibly be professional "gold farmers", they nevertheless have to play the game to get the item they want to sell. Free2Play games have microtransacions, where the seller is the game company itself, and not only do they have infinite supply of whatever they want to sell, they can also sell things that aren't available through playing. How smoothly that works is very ...