So this guy fled the country with his buddies after his bloated dotcom failed and to escape pedophilia accusations, he played WoW remotely and became a millionaire and came back to the country? Fucking hell. There really are two different worlds. What is it with the demented urge to become a billionaire or even millionaire? Immortality? We’ll all be dirt, just enjoy your time.

The story is crazy, good read. It’s unbelievable how much money is involved in online gaming or specifically for virtual merchandise, people laughed at NFTs but then they’ll go pony up for some other dumb shit like that. It’s criminal that Blizzard and those companies let it go on, but they were making bank as well. Antonio Hernandez is a hero even if the company was falling apart already. Gaming companies took what he was doing and incorporated it into their business models I guess. That’s interesting I never really thought of the connection between digital items in early MMOs and crypto but that progression makes a lot of sense and I’m sure how can a bunch of greedy fucks resist money for nothing? It’s always people who are bending the agreed upon rules to suit them who ruin the fun for everyone else, too bad that notion is celebrated in America thanks to decades of romanticizing gangsters. Fascinating read thanks!