Words of caution are all over the internet. Anyone who blames the game for their horrendous loses are out of their minds. You choose to depo, you choose to risk.

That’s my word of warning. Play smart and choose smart, and definitely check it out. It looks like it will be beautiful! Can’t wait to log back in.

Had to reply to 25. I’ve made two big withdrawals from Entropia. The total of the two is proabably arround $10k, both concluded within 12 weeks of request.

The story is nice.
You get payed out when u ask to be payed out.
You are very badly informed.

I also play the game and agree with the rough figures posted saying approx 10k hard core players and I’d say possibly more than 30k more like 40-50k players that log in at least once per month.

It is not a game like most other MMORPG’s. If you wish to play without putting money in then it can be very difficult to make money just like in real life. I find that kind of gameplay rewarding, however, and I’ve never deposited at all. I do know some people that have deposted thousands of dollars worth of money and spent a lot of it. It all depends on you as a person and how you view the game and how well you handle your money. The average person wanting to play it as a game should expect to be spending money not earning it and budget accordingly.

I ran across this game on a torrent site and looked up some info on it. Although the story is nice, it seems that paying out for most people is not happening…

Still curious what they can do with the CryEngine2 on a MMORPG ;).

The more hard core player base is something like 10k people. The amount that log on every month or so might be upwards the 30k mark.

This is a good game which I play, which should be judged apart. The learning curve is difficult, but its the perfect game for the smarter batch in this world. It’s possible to play for free; it’s possible to play for 20 bucks a month; and it’s possible to play for 1000 dollars a month. It all boils down to what you do and buy in game, and how you play. Give this game a shot, and stick with it. Don’t get sucked into the same ritualistic patterns of Wow, of the same old boring quest, and the same flat monthly fee which allows everyone to be equal. One thing in Entropia is for sure, and that, because of it’s model, everyone isn’t equal!

Just to set things right: Blizzard has been using bittorrent technology for a (long) while now. Their WoW updates have been using torrents for years – including big ones with several GB in size.

Their new Battle.net accounts allow you to add all your Blizzard games to your account with the corresponding serials – you can subsequently download any of your games by bittorrent, just like the WoW updates; no more CD required.

And yes, I’m pretty sure they are holding the record when it comes to biggest swarm with their latest big WoW update. Seeing how they use their own implementation/client, it’s hard to monitor, though.

Cheers.

My name is David Simmonds from Mindark PE AB the company behind Entropia Universe.
Firstly I would like to say we are very happy to be able to offer our customers the chance to download from BitTorrent.
I will answer a few comments in this thread but if you would like to read more about Mindark and Entropia Universe please visit our web pages.
Entropia Universe is the first real cash economy with a fixed rate to the USD, its free to download with no subscriptions, you can deposit and withdraw real money. Mindark has be granted by the Swedish Financial inspectors a real would bank licence, this gives our customers confidence their deposited money is safe in a real bank with all the guarantees that come with it. Our security for the EU and our customers money is higher than most banks!
You can experience Entropia Universe for free, even earn real money! but just like real life you need to deposit if you want to skip the more mundane tasks and get to the fun straight away!
If you expect to have an easy life in Entropia Universe your wrong, just like real life you have to plan and take the right choices to succeed! shooting you guns in air like a wild west film might seem a fun thing to do but dont complain about loosing money .-). play smart!
With the new graphic upgrades and major corporations building their own planets the Entropia Universe is the place to watch(and be)
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As far as I know, the exchange rate is $1 USD for 10 PED (Guinness World Records, 2006).

Nice to see big corp cutting cost buy using our bandwidth…

http://www.epictorrents.com

at last a legal / popular use for bit torrent

Ever heard of World of Warcraft? The update system uses Bittorrent. Ever heard of Dystopia (an HL2 mod)? There are torrents for downloading the mod, just like many other mods. Get out of your hole and observe the world around you.

Holy shit, I need to play this.