Comment Re:It's fun when it's fiction (Score 1) 171
Yes it's fictional money, but people spend real money (each month) to play the game.
Once people are spending real money, they expect certain safeguards. How much you can safeguard against human behaviour I don't know.
However I do remember a story about the company that runs EVE Online employing an economist to deal with the ingame currency ISK.
Most of what is described though is part of the game and learning not to get scammed etc.