&gt;Blizzard needs only buy the remaining 18 million tokens on their own auction house in exchange for virtual currency (which, conveniently, they can create out of thin air).<p>Interesting, so the final effect is as if players had just bought virtual currency with real world dollars but they &#x27;launder the guilt&#x27; through this token scheme..?<p>But wouldn&#x27;t players be able to see through only 1 degree of indirection and make the connection that they are buying virtual currency with real?