Club NEVERDIE is featured in the September Issue of the German Magazine
Check the PDF to the article mentioning NEVERDIES work (in German) Click here to check the PDF

Hehe i know BRAVO it is a magazine for teens in germany
just tell me if i should translate it for you

Yes please Cinnamon

Headline: Madness: The strangest Gamer-Stories
(Wahnsinn: die verrücktesten Spiele-Storys)

>>Real Estate given in Mortage for virtual Space Station...
(Echtes Haus fuer eine virtuelle Raumstation verpfaendet)

...Crazy: Jon Jacobs bought a space station in the RPG "Project Entropia".
(Irre: Jon Jacobs kaufte eine Raumstation im Rollenspiel im Rollenspiel "Project Entropia")

For that he hypothecated his house to the bank.
They gave him $65.000 real US-Dollar.
(Dafür verpfändete er sein eigenes Haus an die Bank.
Die gab ihm echte $65.000 US-Dollar)

Jon earned other real $35.000 in only 3 years in "Project Entropia":
by selling virtual items.
(Weitere waschechte 35.000 Dollar hatte Jon in nur drei Jahren
in "Projekt Entropia" verdient: durch den Verkauf virtueller Güter!)

Now he is owner of the $100.000 exclusive "Club Neverdie" -
a virtual space resort where he collects real taxes
(Jetzt ist er Eigentümer des 100.000 Dollar teuren "Club Neverdie" -
ein virtuelles Resort im Spiel mit dem er echte Steuern kassiert.)


Text next to the Picture of CND:

Only one day after the purchase another player bid
$200.000 for the space station.
(Nur einen Tag nach dem Kauf bot ein Spieler 200.000 Dollar
für die Raumstation)

Jon declined. He wants to rake in money with the taxes
from other players.<<
(Jon lehnte ab. Er will mit den Steuerabgaben anderer User Geld scheffeln)


The PDF also contains other stories

one about a girl that lost 43 kgs weight
by playing dance-cance-revolution

about a couple that married via Instant Messenger
with WebCam.

about a 70-year-old grandma that plays the whole day
and owns a large collection of game consoles

about a successful project from Edingburghs police
where they try to prevent juvenile delinquency with
inviting the kids for gaming with them

also a story about a two chinese players
one borrowed a virtual sword from the other
and later sold it to keep the real money he got for it.
the lender killed him with a real knife because
the police could not help him to get back the
virtual one.

and a story about a player who died after playing
for 2 days without a break.
and another guy who died after 12 hours of an
apoplectic stroke. yeah...

and a story about Australian Instution that put a
grafitti-Game on the black-list because it would
bring people to make destruction of property/vandalism...

----end-of-translation----
If there is something that it did not translate precise,
or that wont make sense in english,
please tell me so that i can correct it.
i am not perfect.



what should i say ?
i just translated it and i do not share the opinion
and the statements of the german authors.
when i read this article in german 'between the lines'
i must come to the conclusion that the authors
want to rake money with some weird stories
about things that they do not like (gaming)

theres an old saying... All publicity is good publicity

:P sure is..

And CND is getting a lot atm always good to see more

Rip

I remember travelling from Norway to Germany a lot when i was 12-14, always picked up a BRAVO for the plane ride back home lol

They had lots of posters of groups like 2unlimited etc.

They are outdated, the name correctly is Entropia Universe for a while.

When the media catch someone then you are famous until the media decide to drop you.