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MicoolTNT Since: Apr, 2012
2012-06-27 19:33:08

No, Global Currency Exception refers to an area where your global currency is no use. The premium currency is more like a second global currency, which is bought with real money (and sometimes gotten in other ways, but always bought for real money), for pay to play items.

"We can handle what is true, for we are already living it."
ArkadyDarell Since: Dec, 2011
2012-06-27 19:48:05

Yeah, I know what you're talking about; it exists in just about every Facebook game ever. I don't know the trope either, though.

FuzzyWulfe Since: Nov, 2010
2012-06-27 20:46:56

Sounds like Global Currency. That's one money type or monetary system that is accepted everywhere.

EDIT: Nevermind. Realized you meant something else. I don't think I've seen it anywhere outside of Facebook/Zynga games, so it might not have a trope yet. Not entirely sure if it is tropable due to being so specific.

Edited by FuzzyWulfe
MicoolTNT Since: Apr, 2012
2012-06-27 21:21:11

There are plenty of examples. Most microtransaction games have some variant. The major difference is how hard the line is between the "gameplay" currency and the "premium" currency. In some games there is absolutely no way to convert one to the other, in others players selling premium currency to other players, allowing them to get an advantage in in-game cash and the others to play for free, is a major part of the economy.

"We can handle what is true, for we are already living it."
FuzzyWulfe Since: Nov, 2010
2012-06-28 02:22:00

A majority of the examples are the same business models with different window dressings. You'd have a dozen examples that read "Just like blah, except different world."

MicoolTNT Since: Apr, 2012
2012-06-28 18:48:08

Aren't tropes defined as a pattern appearing in fictional media? So all (straight examples of a) trope are the same or similar thing that happened, only in different contexts.

"We can handle what is true, for we are already living it."
MavericGamer Since: May, 2011
2012-06-29 08:49:45

Is "currency is sold for money" strictly a criteria? My mind jumps to World Of Warcraft and the end-game Marks of Justice or old-school armor pieces that you had to get by running dungeons and were the only way to get the most powerful gear, as opposed to the gold/silver/copper that the rest of the gameworld's market ran on.

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