

So, the story goes my brother has been playing this game called “GEMSTONE VI” since I could remember. It’s what you call a “MUD” Multi-user Dudgeon - text based games. Yes, that’s right the original "OG" RPG video game. “TEXT” only people still play this game, and it was founded as far back as the late 80’s if you want to get technically. First let’s learn about Gemstone the game…



GemStone IV is a multiplayer text-based online role-playing video game (often known as a MUD) produced by Simutronics. Players control characters in a High Fantasy game world named "Elanthia".[1] The first playable version of the game was known as GemStone ][[2] and was launched in April 1988 on GEnie.[3] It was one of the first MMORPGs and is one of the longest running online games still active.[4] Access to the game is subscription-based (monthly fee) through its website, with three additional subscriptions levels available, "Premium," "Platinum," and "Shattered", in addition to a free-to-play model introduced in early March, 2015.

If you want to learn even more about the game here is an instructional video:

Now, that you have some context let's jump back into the story...

In the game people trade Items for money or other things via forums, here's my brothers post to sell Teleporters:



My brother who doesn't own bitcoin knows about it though, and some guy asks if he'll take BTC for the Teleporters - This is a clipping from the in-game chat asking to pay in BTC:



My brother then calls me to tell me the situation, and then we spent the better part of 20 mins opening a BTC wallet for him. Then I get another call saying "He wants to by my other teleporter now"!

Here are the transactions for 2 Teleporters:



The reason I wanted to post this is because this is the past working with the future, Gemstone has a way for people to exchange items in whatever currency they so chose, so why not bitcoin? Thanks for your time! Enjoy the knowledge...

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