WHO said the property mar-ket was going tbrough a bad patch? Someone has paid £200,000 for a building that doesn't exist.
The online gamer splashed out on a virtual space station - and looks set to make a bumper profit all his digital investment within a short space of time.
Erik Novak (Buzz Erik Light-year, to use his avatar's name) pur-chased the pricy pixels at an auc-tion in the web game Planet Calypso.
It is the highest sum that has ever been paid for a slice of digital property.
The multiplayer contest, which has more than 800,000 users, is free to play but users can buy end sell services with their Project Entropia Dollars. Ten of these are worth about 60p.
Mr Novak, from Canada, now plans 10 earn his money back by charging players to use the facilities at his new Crystal Palace space station, a popular base for hunting in the game. The makers of the game believe he could do this within two years.
'This is a stunning investment opportunity.
Planet Calypso is one of the few safe investments in this economy,' said M.r Novak.
'I have even found the love of my life in the game, and now we live together in real life.'
However, some people think Buzz Erik is a few stars Short of a galaxy.
Computer games writer Andrew Thomas stated on tgdaily.com that the Canadian had 'proved you can put a price tag on stupidity'.
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The online gamer splashed out on a virtual space station - and looks set to make a bumper profit all his digital investment within a short space of time.
Erik Novak (Buzz Erik Light-year, to use his avatar's name) pur-chased the pricy pixels at an auc-tion in the web game Planet Calypso.
It is the highest sum that has ever been paid for a slice of digital property.
The multiplayer contest, which has more than 800,000 users, is free to play but users can buy end sell services with their Project Entropia Dollars. Ten of these are worth about 60p.
Mr Novak, from Canada, now plans 10 earn his money back by charging players to use the facilities at his new Crystal Palace space station, a popular base for hunting in the game. The makers of the game believe he could do this within two years.
'This is a stunning investment opportunity.
Planet Calypso is one of the few safe investments in this economy,' said M.r Novak.
'I have even found the love of my life in the game, and now we live together in real life.'
However, some people think Buzz Erik is a few stars Short of a galaxy.
Computer games writer Andrew Thomas stated on tgdaily.com that the Canadian had 'proved you can put a price tag on stupidity'.