Buzz Lightyear in the news in the UK :)

[kira-red]

mr. mcguinness' article isn't that bad. he offers both sides and lets the reader decide which opinion to take.

however, mr. thomas' article is truly terrible and biased. all he did was take MA's press release and add a few sentences of his own clearly negative opinion.

from a journalist view point, the metro article is much better. however, neither of them utilize any first hand information. metro's article is derived from the tgdaily one, and tgdaily's (thomas') only uses the MA press release as source material.

a real journalist would have cited multpile sources and wrote an original article void of personal opinion. I guess there's not too many of those around these days.

I don't think it's right to beat on mr. mcguiness for what he wrote. the target should be mr. thomas - who writes for an organisation which is suppose to know what it's talking about. however, randomly picking another of his arctiles, it seems he doesn't like very much and prefers complaining.

thomas' review of avatar.

whether he's correct in his assessment or not isn't that important. it's really his condecending tone and patronizing demeanor.

[Jake Rogue]

Originally Posted by Clipper

Right, Andrew Thomas's remarks are libellous and are answerable in court. That is, if Buzz decides to bring a case against him.

Although, to be fair this has more to do with Britain's internationally embarrassing and disgraceful libel laws:

http://www.libelreform.org/
http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/...e/project/333/
http://www.simonsingh.net/

YouTube Video

The sensible thing to do is to merely leave a comment under the article on the Metro website as I did:

Originally Posted by Jake Rogue

Clearly Andrew Thomas has no concept of what he is supposed to be writing about. I'd hardly call making a "bumper profit" an act of "stupidity".

What's great about Entropia Universe is that it's FREE to download and FREE to play (there's no monthly subscription fees).

It also has a unique Real Cash Economy, where 10 PED (Project Entropia Dollars) are equal to $1 USD, so one can actually earn money by playing which can be withdrawn directly into your real life bank account.
Jake Rogue, Leeds, UK, 29/1/2010 16:54

[Candydog-NL]

Originally Posted by Etopia

I do not carre if people critise EU and say bad stuff about EU or MA , as long as they know about what they speak...But people who say BS based on total assumption piss me...
What piss me the most , is the relative stupidy of agument like " put money in virtual stuff , that guy is idiot"...
It not more idiot than buying a canvas for M and M of $...its just piece of paper with paint on it..and most of time , i could have done same good job when i was 5 years old...when i see a guy make a white square on a white canvas , selling that piece of art M of $...why not buy what ever virtual stuff for same money...and what about that guy who did pay big money to go in space...or bruniem(speling) sultant , of just play to exploid real tank...

like that one

[Kubroz]

It's definitelly good that thx to Buzz EU attacted some media attention, but at the same time it's too bad that the author of the article doesnt even know the meaning of the words that he's using...

"A virtual bargain - only £200,000 for a non-existent building"

Crystal Palace does not exist??? If the only reason for such a belief is the fact that you cant touch it or see it in real life, then mr. McGuiness must admit that his employer paid him with non-existing money when he did a transfer to his account...

So there's a question: Who is stupid in this case? Buzz, who paid for "non-existing building" and (if he play it right) can be set up for the rest of his life, or McGuiness that shares his oppinion on the topic that he doesnt understand at all and uses words that he also does not understand???

The only use I found of such prejudiced and underinformed press oppinions is printing them and wiping my ass clean with them

[ForrestPark]

I agree with Hulyss. Handing over £200k to someone else with no paperwork whatsoever is nuts whether you play and understand this game or not.

Forrest

[ForrestPark]

Originally Posted by Kubroz

"A virtual bargain - only £200,000 for a non-existent building"

Crystal Palace does not exist??? If the only reason for such a belief is the fact that you cant touch it or see it in real life, then mr. McGuiness must admit that his employer paid him with non-existing money when he did a transfer to his account...

The point is that Buzz is in no way in control of the "existence" of CP. It is rather like owning a house, letting it out, being unable to take out buildings insurance, and having a small secretive third party control property prices. Most people would see this as a daft investment.

Forrest

[Kubroz]

Originally Posted by ForrestPark

The point is that Buzz is in no way in control of the "existence" of CP. It is rather like owning a house, letting it out, being unable to take out buildings insurance, and having a small secretive third party control property prices. Most people would see this as a daft investment.

Forrest

I agree that some ppl may think thats it's a risky business, but as Buzz said in the interview (there's a link somewhere on forum, but I'm too lazy to look for it now), it's one of the most secure investments now. Even during the world crisis EU and online gaming business was doing very good - all the customer needs is internet connection and some cash, so potential customers base is really wide. There will always be ppl that want to play mmorpg and have some cash to deposit, so it's really unlikely that MA will go bankrupt or something like this. And on the other hand the time needed to get back is much shorter than in case of all safe investments irl - of course you can get a bigger monthly % in some cases, but usually it's connected with pretty big risk. So I'd say that even if you dont have a full control on virtual stuff, it's safer that real stuff anyway

[Nighthawk]

Originally Posted by ForrestPark

with no paperwork

how do you know that there is no paperwork?

[Psychopat]

Hah that writer cracks me up! As if *he* can make his money back on a home (virtual or otherwise) in 2 years AND STILL OWN THE HOME!

[Kingelrond]

Originally Posted by Dusk

"Computer games writer Andrew Thomas stated on tgdaily.com that the Canadian had 'proved you can put a price tag on stupidity'."

Shame that there isn't a price tag Mr Thomas can put on ignorance.

He has put a price on ignorance, his pitiful going no-where salary.