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Diablo 3 economy fucked
May 9th, 2013 at 6:26pm
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http://www.screwattack.com/news/blizzard-mistake-obliterates-diablo-3-economy

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On Tuesday, Blizzard rolled out patch 1.08 which, among other things, increased the amount of gold you could put up on the Auction house to 10 million. While that in itself reduced the ever dropping value of gold, it also contained a bug that if players were to list 10 million and remove it they actual received double the amount back. Once this got out players went crazy duplicating trillions of gold, buying out high priced item and drastically driving up prices in general.


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Re: Diablo 3 economy fucked
Reply #1 - May 9th, 2013 at 6:42pm
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That developer probably just applied to work at Turbine.
  

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Reply #2 - May 10th, 2013 at 3:48am
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spathic wrote on May 9th, 2013 at 6:42pm:
That developer probably just applied to work at Turbine.


Wrong. The developer got directly a job offer from Turbine, few hours after the bug was known.
Usually it is called headhunting, in Turbine jargon this is called "feather hunting"
  
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Reply #3 - May 13th, 2013 at 7:37pm
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http://www.gamespot.com/news/diablo-iii-gold-multiplying-bug-profits-to-go-to-ch...

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The proceeds made through the game's real money auction house by the suspended or banned players will be given to the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. This includes the player's sale proceeds and Blizzard's transaction fees.


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Reply #4 - May 13th, 2013 at 7:53pm
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It's just like what Turbine did with the OneFund.  Except not shady and dishonest.

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Reply #5 - May 14th, 2013 at 12:51pm
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Blizzard is a big company that makes a LOT of money. They can afford to do the right thing.

Turbine however...
  

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Reply #6 - May 14th, 2013 at 1:53pm
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Arkat wrote on May 14th, 2013 at 12:51pm:
Blizzard is a big company that makes a LOT of money. They can afford to do the right thing.

Turbine however...


...is a subsidiary of Warner Brothers, an even bigger company...
  

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Reply #7 - May 14th, 2013 at 2:24pm
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Wrong. The developer got directly a job offer from Turbine, few hours after the bug was known.
Usually it is called headhunting, in Turbine jargon this is called "feather hunting"



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Reply #8 - May 14th, 2013 at 3:42pm
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Arkat wrote on May 14th, 2013 at 12:51pm:
Blizzard is a big company that makes a LOT of money. They can afford to do the right thing.

Turbine however...


One way to make money is by doing things right.

Turbine has chosen a different path.
  
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Re: Diablo 3 economy fucked
Reply #9 - May 14th, 2013 at 4:03pm
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For all their faults, Blizzard has always been very serious about customer service.
  

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Reply #10 - May 14th, 2013 at 5:01pm
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Smrti wrote on May 14th, 2013 at 1:53pm:
...is a subsidiary of Warner Brothers, an even bigger company...

/fail

NOTpopejubal wrote on May 14th, 2013 at 3:42pm:
Turbine has chosen a different path.

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Re: Diablo 3 economy fucked
Reply #11 - May 14th, 2013 at 6:15pm
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Arkat wrote on May 14th, 2013 at 5:01pm:
/fail



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Reply #12 - May 21st, 2013 at 11:24pm
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karatekid wrote on May 14th, 2013 at 2:24pm:
Someone teach me how to do the Toppie thing - this post needs one.


Like this!   Smiley
  
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