Hope you've got a good accountant

Jin · Post by **Jin** » October 22nd, 2006, 22:06

If it was April I'd think this was a joke

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6065534.stm

northwesten · Post by **northwesten** » October 23rd, 2006, 6:49

if i remember right there was a post on the eve fourms and i think its just trading game items in RL! like isk on ebay etc! if it effects the game it self and increases the cost alot then i will have to say good bye eve! i just hope it hits the macro than anything!

Post by **Grimmie** » October 23rd, 2006, 7:06

Clever BBC People wrote:Studies of game activity suggest the time and effort put into these online worlds has an economic impact equivalent to the GDP of Namibia.

ROFL!
See Hehulk? You could be making a FORTUNE from playing EVE so often!

Post by **FatherJack** » October 23rd, 2006, 9:56

Hmm, why the IRS? I don't mind paying taxes to my own country, but I don't want a single penny of mine to finance the US's corrupt regime.

Post by **Joose** » October 23rd, 2006, 10:08

From what I gather, they would only be taxing the trade on in game items through out of game sources, ie: buying isk off ebay. So, presumably, the americans would only be able to tax transactions involving americans.

Shouldnt really affect 5punk's EVE playing community much, as most of us are british, the game is based in Iceland and, as far as I know, no one here buys in game stuff off ebay anyway. So the US government can get to fuck

amblin · Post by **amblin** » October 23rd, 2006, 10:15

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » October 23rd, 2006, 10:48

Grimmie wrote:ROFL!
See Hehulk? You could be making a FORTUNE from playing EVE so often!

I know, resources I have I could make £40-£50 a day, but I'd prefere to play the game the way the designers intended.

friznit · Post by **friznit** » October 23rd, 2006, 10:49

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » October 23rd, 2006, 11:18

Check ebay for isk (NOTE: Buying/selling isk on ebay is against the EULA. It is a bannable offence. Not that that stoped RA mind)

amblin · Post by **amblin** » October 23rd, 2006, 11:36

Post by **fabyak** » October 23rd, 2006, 11:40

amblin wrote:
WTS: Friznit's shaved pussy.

*hunts frantically for the 'Buy It Now' button*

centerededgedesign · Post by **centerededgedesign** » October 23rd, 2006, 13:20

The sad point I see is that I find news of it from the BBC before I hear about it here in the states. Sure says alot about our media! I guess nobody died or was gored to death, so they didn't have anything bloody to whine about on the news, so it didn't get any air-time.

On a side note, I've read articles about colleges researching the online economies, as they believe they're good models of what will happen in the future.

Post by **fabyak** » October 23rd, 2006, 13:51

centerededgedesign wrote:On a side note, I've read articles about colleges researching the online economies, as they believe they're good models of what will happen in the future.

They'll find us all charging round an isolated part of the planet shooting at rocks while I hoard copious amounts of frozen corpses in my shed?!