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When gamers hire mercenaries for real money

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Vengeance is sweet, but paying a mercenary real-world money to destroy someone's digital property is sweeter. Wealthy corporate leaders in Eve Online routinely fund massive mercenary contracts to wipe rival factions off the server map, treating virtual warfare exactly like a hostile corporate takeover.

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