What is Earth2.io ?

[DrDrummer]

Hi there,

someone heard about this hole Earth2 thing going on? Dont understand the way how it works exactly but there are tons of people testing this out.
Maybe someone here tried it before?

Its on earth2.io

Regards
Niklas

[Eigenvektor]

Sounds like a concept for making money "from nothing". You can buy virtual tracts of land that will, at some point generate "virtual resources", that you can then trade with other players. You can also sell or trade those virtual plots of land. That seems to be about it.

[martward]

Not going to lie, this post is sounding fishy as hell...

I am definitely not going to that website :P.

[Chionele]

Looks like yet another one of those "we're creating the world in virtual space, buy plots of land from us now!" type of things.

[DrDrummer]

22 minutes ago, martward said:

Not going to lie, this post is sounding fishy as hell...

I am definitely not going to that website :P.

there is a reason i dont linked the site... just want to hear some Meanings about it.
 

[Ankh Tech]

27 minutes ago, martward said:

Not going to lie, this post is sounding fishy as hell...

I am definitely not going to that website :P.

opened it for ya, it's fine

[Eigenvektor]

2 hours ago, DrDrummer said:

there is a reason i dont linked the site... just want to hear some Meanings about it.

There's not much meaning other than making money by selling virtual assets (unless you meant opinions?)

 

Create a virtual asset, make it a "limited supply" and you will find people willing to buy it. In a sense linking these assets to plots of land is ingenious, because it reinforces the notion that those assets are somehow restricted in number.

 

Now, add a promise that at some point those virtual tracts of land will start to (randomly selected?) generate "resources" to make it appear that some of them might become more valuable than others. You now have an economy based on virtual goods, where you profit from each transaction.

 

Ultimately it's a game where you can buy virtual assets in the hopes of maybe making a return on that investment by selling it to someone else at a higher price. If that server gets shut down or people lose interest, too bad you're now out of money and a holder of nothing.

[Ankh Tech]

Just now, Eigenvektor said:

There's not much meaning other than making money by selling virtual assets (unless you meant opinions?)

 

Create a virtual asset, make it a "limited supply" and you will find people willing to buy it. In a sense linking these assets to plots of land is ingenious, because it reinforces the notion that those assets are somehow restricted in number.

 

Now, add a promise that at some point those virtual tracts of land will start to (randomly selected?) generate "resources" to make it appear that some of them might become more valuable than others. You now have an economy based on virtual goods, where you profit from each transaction.

 

Ultimately it's a game where you can buy virtual assets in the hopes of maybe making a return on that investment by selling it to someone else at a higher price. If that server gets shut down or people lose interest, too bad you're now out of money and a holder of nothing.

basically gambling, and wall street, buy stocks, win or lose