We should spread the news about our virtual economy.

[Alexius08]

The virtual economies of some games became broken enough that they got noticed by the media. Here's a list I've gathered:

Diablo III

• Devastating price crash in the Diablo III hamburger-dagger market, an article from New Statesman detailing the bursting of a bubble in Diablo III's marketplace
  
• A 'Diablo III' auction bug causes real chaos in a virtual economy, from The Verge
  
• Diablo III gold loophole crashes virtual economy, from The Examiner
  
• Diablo III economy broken by an integer overflow bug, from Gamasutra
  

Second Life

• Second Life faces threat to its virtual economy: an article at Gamespot that was written after an item duplicator was discovered.
  
• Cheer Up, Ben: Your Economy Isn't As Bad as This One: an article at the Wall Street Journal about the collapse of player-run banks following a bank run.

Animal Crossing

• Inflating Animal Crossing's economy, one bug at a time, from Polygon
  
• Is Animal Crossing the dark future of our virtual economy? from Kill Screen
  

Runescape

• The 7 Most Impressive d**k Moves in Online Gaming Hsitory from Cracked. Entry #5 discussed the sudden loss of value of Pink Hats, which was once Runescape's most valuable item. Runescape's Wikia page about the incident was used as a source.

Neopets

• Mo’ Neopoints, Mo’ Problems: How That Website We Liked As Kids Became An Economist’s Nightmare from The Mary Sue, where the writer retold her experience with Neopets' virtual economy throughout the years.
  

Elder Scrolls

• Major Duping Bug Hits The Elder Scrolls Online from Kotaku.

Bonus: Five Devastating Virtual Economic Collapses from TheRichest.

Most of the articles covered bugs that affected the virtual economies within these games. Would the media be interested on a case where all evidence points to deliberate introduction of massive amounts of in-game currency into circulation? If so, I suggest contacting the staff of the sites that hosts these articles (more than once, if needed) to publish an article about the hyperinflation of Gaia's virtual economy.  

[Love Renewed]

This is interesting...  

[xx I met my fate xx]

One of my friends writes for cracked and she's planning on doing a second virtual economy article that will feature Gaia. ^_^

FOUND cool  

[Alexius08]

xx I met my fate xx

One of my friends writes for cracked and she's planning on doing a second virtual economy article that will feature Gaia. ^_^

Can I take a look at what she has written before?  

[xx I met my fate xx]

Alexius08

xx I met my fate xx

One of my friends writes for cracked and she's planning on doing a second virtual economy article that will feature Gaia. ^_^

Can I take a look at what she has written before?

She wrote the sex hotline article and I believe one or two others but she's fairly new to the team.

In response to the recent deception and manipulation of the marketplace by Gaia Interactive staff I have given away all of my gold and will be wearing only gold shop and free grant items for the next 30 days. Any gold I EARN in that time will be given to charities.

 

[Nenanah]

xx I met my fate xx

One of my friends writes for cracked and she's planning on doing a second virtual economy article that will feature Gaia. ^_^

OH SNAP.
Any set release date!?
Has she started it yet?
You're gonna post it here in the guild when shes done with it right?  

[xx I met my fate xx]

Nenanah

xx I met my fate xx

One of my friends writes for cracked and she's planning on doing a second virtual economy article that will feature Gaia. ^_^

OH SNAP.
Any set release date!?
Has she started it yet?
You're gonna post it here in the guild when shes done with it right?

Well duh, of course I am!
I dunno the release date but I know she's started it. She's using the failure of ArchAge, Gaia, and I think one other site as her main points on why a virtual economy is just as delicate as a real one and why they're worth examining and repairing as examples for the future of the real economy.

In response to the recent deception and manipulation of the marketplace by Gaia Interactive staff I have given away all of my gold and will be wearing only gold shop and free grant items for the next 30 days. Any gold I EARN in that time will be given to charities.

 

[Alexius08]

xx I met my fate xx

Nenanah

xx I met my fate xx

One of my friends writes for cracked and she's planning on doing a second virtual economy article that will feature Gaia. ^_^

OH SNAP.
Any set release date!?
Has she started it yet?
You're gonna post it here in the guild when shes done with it right?

Well duh, of course I am!
I dunno the release date but I know she's started it. She's using the failure of ArchAge, Gaia, and I think one other site as her main points on why a virtual economy is just as delicate as a real one and why they're worth examining and repairing as examples for the future of the real economy.

In response to the recent deception and manipulation of the marketplace by Gaia Interactive staff I have given away all of my gold and will be wearing only gold shop and free grant items for the next 30 days. Any gold I EARN in that time will be given to charities.

If she needs some source material about Gaia's economy, please send her a link to my post at Reddit. I have yet to see an analysis as detailed as mine.  

[Javier Cross]

Alexius08

The virtual economies of some games became broken enough that they got noticed by the media. Here's a list I've gathered:

Diablo III

• Devastating price crash in the Diablo III hamburger-dagger market, an article from New Statesman detailing the bursting of a bubble in Diablo III's marketplace
  
• A 'Diablo III' auction bug causes real chaos in a virtual economy, from The Verge
  
• Diablo III gold loophole crashes virtual economy, from The Examiner
  
• Diablo III economy broken by an integer overflow bug, from Gamasutra
  

Second Life

• Second Life faces threat to its virtual economy: an article at Gamespot that was written after an item duplicator was discovered.
  
• Cheer Up, Ben: Your Economy Isn't As Bad as This One: an article at the Wall Street Journal about the collapse of player-run banks following a bank run.

Animal Crossing

• Inflating Animal Crossing's economy, one bug at a time, from Polygon
  
• Is Animal Crossing the dark future of our virtual economy? from Kill Screen
  

Runescape

• The 7 Most Impressive d**k Moves in Online Gaming Hsitory from Cracked. Entry #5 discussed the sudden loss of value of Pink Hats, which was once Runescape's most valuable item. Runescape's Wikia page about the incident was used as a source.

Neopets

• Mo’ Neopoints, Mo’ Problems: How That Website We Liked As Kids Became An Economist’s Nightmare from The Mary Sue, where the writer retold her experience with Neopets' virtual economy throughout the years.
  

Elder Scrolls

• Major Duping Bug Hits The Elder Scrolls Online from Kotaku.

Bonus: Five Devastating Virtual Economic Collapses from TheRichest.

Most of the articles covered bugs that affected the virtual economies within these games. Would the media be interested on a case where all evidence points to deliberate introduction of massive amounts of in-game currency into circulation? If so, I suggest contacting the staff of the sites that hosts these articles (more than once, if needed) to publish an article about the hyperinflation of Gaia's virtual economy.

I'm here to report for duty, but is Steam.com or Roosterteeth allowed to be nominated for help?  

[Alexius08]

Javier Cross

I'm here to report for duty, but is Steam.com or Roosterteeth allowed to be nominated for help?

Of course.  

[Javier Cross]

Alexius08

Javier Cross

I'm here to report for duty, but is Steam.com or Roosterteeth allowed to be nominated for help?

Of course.

Thank you so much for that by all means, sir.
I'm sure a lot of people on either site have a lot to say about the situations going on in there as well.