{"id":59989,"date":"2013-11-07T11:40:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T09:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=59989"},"modified":"2013-11-07T11:41:08","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T09:41:08","slug":"r389000-for-a-dota-2-courier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/59989-r389000-for-a-dota-2-courier","title":{"rendered":"R389,000 for a Dota 2 courier"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to a report over on Eurogamer, some madman has paid US$38,000 (\u00b1R389,000) for a Dota 2 courier.<\/p>\n

Player PAADA mange to sell his “Pink ethereal flame war dog courier” over on Reddit<\/a> for such a high amount due to its rarity.<\/p>\n

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Pink ethereal flame War Dog courier trade on Reddit<\/p><\/div>\n

According to Eurogamer, the courier falls into a class of “unusuals” items obtained through post-game chest and item drops.<\/p>\n

The pink colour of the ethereal flame was obtained before Valve patched out a bug with colours and set a pool of 10 colours.<\/p>\n

The War Dog courier itself is highly sought after, and there are only five known pink ethereal flame war dog couriers.<\/p>\n

All this combined to make the perfect item storm – worth a whopping R389,000.<\/p>\n

What do you think of the virtual item purchase? Is it digital goods monetisation gone mad, or damn good investment?<\/p>\n

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Pink ethereal flame War Dog courier strikes fear into the heart of Doom<\/p><\/div>\n

Source: Eurogamer<\/a><\/h6>\n

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