An Introduction To The Concept Of A Virtual Currency

By Beth Green

To those who are not very familiar, if at all, with massively multiplayer online role playing games, then the term virtual currency will mean absolutely nothing to you. A strange concept but certainly not a particularly new one, a Virtual Currency is exactly what it sounds like.

It is something which is traded within a game or something very similar. Certain virtual reality simulations could be classified as games as well and also include virtual currency is an virtual and complex in game economies. There are many different examples of this.

For example, in the popular MMORPG, a World of Warcraft, the currency is simply called gold. This gold is gathered in the game through numerous methods. Examples include doing daily quests, killing monsters in the game that drop gold and many other things.

Currency earned within the game is used to buy items within the game. The currency can be earned in the game through a number of methods depending on the game. For example, in World of Warcraft, there are dozens of different ways of getting gold, the in game currency.

Games which are more focused on economics and things such as that like Second Life, actually have an official exchange rate with the United States dollar. Their currency is actually worth something on the stock market's and what is even more amazing, big business is actually invest in it.

Because of this, many people buy gold for real life currency. Because of this, it is become a lucrative opportunity and the gold business for World of Warcraft another games like it is now quite a major business all over the Internet. Although it does break the terms and conditions of the game, almost nobody gets caught and it is an extremely popular way and alternative of getting Virtual Currency without having to renders the grind it in repetitive steps. - 29852

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