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The UO economy was crazy, for a while I had a 11x14 inside of Luna Walls and was making like 30m a week. Selling to a gold dealer using my friends paypal (I didn't even have a bank account at the time, I was in middle school and said friend was in HS). I was making just shy of a grand a month in 8th grade running a mall in a video game.

I later sold my account and the in-game land for 5k, I regret it to this day :(

What am I doing now you might ask...

Bitcoin :)

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I remember when one of the house placement land rushes occurred on the server I played on at the time. I had saved up for a Tower deed, and stay up ALL night in preparation. Had friends waiting to camp my spot with me and so forth. I got my spot, got my tower, then a friend of mine told me they were selling on Ebay for $600 to $1,000 depending on the placement and size of house. The Tower being the second largest structure in the game, I ended up selling it two days later for a cool $800.

I was 14 at the time I believe. I used my dad's Paypal account that I had convinced him to get months before, so he had never used it, and then had to explain how I made $800 on the Internet selling virtual goods. My parents insisted I was actually selling drugs for a good month.

Good times.

I had a similar experience. I owned five houses in the desert and basically had a player city. For a while I was even a counselor before they found out I was 14.

Now all we need is a Bitcoin powered MMO.

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