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Why do people believe ISK has a real life money value?

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Celthric Kanerian
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#101 - 2014-08-22 18:15:25 UTC
ISK = Islandic Kroner, similar to DKK, SEK, and NOK
Greenmachine Sale
Cathars
#102 - 2014-08-22 19:21:29 UTC
Shanur
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#103 - 2014-08-22 19:35:06 UTC
Greenmachine Sale wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXWflVTL5Bw&list=UUYzQdJMrjzeTUEWvRzq2Q0Q

isk is money


Hey! That guy did a Let's play Battlezone!

Now there's a game that should get on GoG!
Vaju Enki
Secular Wisdom
#104 - 2014-08-22 19:47:27 UTC
ISK should be used like bitcoins, and replaced regular currencies.

ISK would rule the world.

The Tears Must Flow
Riot Girl
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack
#105 - 2014-08-22 21:10:16 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ZQTNjaB.jpg[/img]

I pay for everything with ISK every day P


I loved your recent post about SomerBlink, and how you repeatedly reminded us how useful CSM9 were in dealing with that issue. Glad to see the CSM is finally doing something useful that actually made a difference to how CCP + Legal team would have dealt with the situation if they didn't exist.

Oh god.
Spurty
#106 - 2014-08-23 12:28:23 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ZQTNjaB.jpg[/img]

I pay for everything with ISK every day P




Woah, far out! Iceland money has a Balchinian (the alien with testicles on his chin from men in black) on it!

There are good ships,

And wood ships,

And ships that sail the sea

But the best ships are Spaceships

Built by CCP
Ninteen Seventy-Nine
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#107 - 2014-08-23 14:20:32 UTC
If game currency didn't have a real life money value

we wouldn't need to worry so much about RMT Blink

"The unending paradox is that we do learn through pain."
Adamai
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#108 - 2014-08-23 17:15:37 UTC
well the subscription alone puts a value on it !! the fact that 14.99 is 30 days! then they added plex! which through supply and demand has risen ridiculously and turned your 30 days time into an in game commodity.. now your 30 days is the cost of a plex and that cost is represented by fluctuating in game prices and right now its around 800 million isk for a 30 day time code. so anything that take a full 30 days to make is worth in retrospect 800+ million isk so if your making **** and your spending 30 days to make **** and you are not earning more than 800 million isk every 30 days then crafting really isn't for you. and that's how isk has a real world money value. the value is the cost of a plex at the time of purchase. so for every 800 mill right now is £13.99 in cash. now factor in that the builders want to make a profit.. which depends on the markets margins.. i don't know enough right now to give accurate information but its enough to get a general idea of how the cookie crumbles. and how people are able to put a real money value on items in eve. i remember when plex was just over 300 mill isk lol. so im going to go buy and sell some plex on the market while its exspencive as hell.
Grog Aftermath
Doomheim
#109 - 2014-08-23 18:38:54 UTC
Adamai wrote:
well the subscription alone puts a value on it !! the fact that 14.99 is 30 days!



Subscription doesn't put a value on in-game items, it only puts a value on the license.