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Topic: Entropia Universe is now a bank (Read 3814 times)
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Stormwaltz
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Nothing in this post represents the views of my current or previous employers.
"Isn't that just like an elf? Brings a spell to a gun fight."
"Sci-Fi writers don't invent the future, they market it."
- Henry Cobb
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schild
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I'm intrigued and absolutely disgusted at the same time.
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Nebu
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... and the US stock market is a game (especially when the players are leveraging 35 to 1). The irony is rich.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
- Mark Twain
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Lantyssa
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I had actually been thinking of checking the game out again. It looks like they've done some nice graphics overhauls. Definitely not putting money into it, but I am curious.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Mrbloodworth
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I thought they already had 4 banks backing them, also, i think they are listed as an online casino, not a game, or virtual world. The "Insured" is new to me. |
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tazelbain
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Do online casinos normally become banks?
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"Me am play gods"
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Tale
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sıɥʇ ǝʞıן sʞןɐʇ
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Anyone for mortgage-backed securities based on virtual assets?
(Edit: hey guys, we could package them up with the real world mortgage-backed securities ...)
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« Last Edit: March 19, 2009, 11:15:30 AM by Tale »
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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Goddamnit, do NOT give Wall Street anymore BRIGHT FUCKING IDEAS.  |
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Engels
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LFG for CDO swap & real estate flipping, PST
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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Teleku
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And with relaxed regulation, they can turn themselves into an Investment bank. I have an Idea!  |
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Righ
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The camera adds a thousand barrels. - Steven Colbert
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HaemishM
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The scariest part is that Project Entropia is probably more financially stable than Citigroup these days.
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Teleku
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I bet they still ask for a bailout.
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"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."
-Stephen Colbert
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. - schild