06-07-2014, 06:20 PM
Back then there were no mass Chinese gold farmers yet to drive the in game gold markets or rules to prevent its real life sale. In game gold was sold on eBay etc.. By players like P12 for money. The faster you could amass in game gold the more real life profit you could make.
I once new a guy in the mid 1990s that lost his job and ran x6 accounts in Ultimate Online selling gold. He was botting gold farming with 6 accounts. He once told me he was amazed that it brought in about $10,000 per month for the time he was doing it.
If this guy just pulled up roots a fled the country then he probably had no ready income at the time. He and his P12 buds may have been doing this to actually pay for living in Spain and develop they're next game/con. It would explain the drive to not only be dicks but to amass in game gold while doing so. It might be a long shot, but if you can find any eBay records of EQ gold sales back then and tie them back to the guys P12 character name you might find some info on his real life persona at the time.
I once new a guy in the mid 1990s that lost his job and ran x6 accounts in Ultimate Online selling gold. He was botting gold farming with 6 accounts. He once told me he was amazed that it brought in about $10,000 per month for the time he was doing it.
If this guy just pulled up roots a fled the country then he probably had no ready income at the time. He and his P12 buds may have been doing this to actually pay for living in Spain and develop they're next game/con. It would explain the drive to not only be dicks but to amass in game gold while doing so. It might be a long shot, but if you can find any eBay records of EQ gold sales back then and tie them back to the guys P12 character name you might find some info on his real life persona at the time.
a.k.a. Lucifyr Hobbs