New Meal Plan Tier Added to Include V-Bucks

This semester, in addition to dining dollars, Texas A&M is implementing V-Bucks as an option in its on-campus meal plans. The university hopes that allowing students to convert between these payment methods at any time will get them interested in the “exciting world” of currency exchange.

Fortnite, the online battle-royale game in which V-bucks are exchanged for cosmetics, emotes, and the Battle Pass, has become popular on campus due in part to the emergence of collegiate esports.

“I got the Ariana Grande skin last week,” William Pearson, a participant in Texas A&M’s esports league, said. “And my duos partner just bought the griddy.”

Some, like Pearson, voice excitement at the new currency option. Others, such as MSC Panda Express manager Gauri Oten, are less excited.

“What’s the use of a meal plan that doesn’t get you any meals?” Oten said. “People get in line asking to pay in Fortnite money like I don’t have bills to pay.”

Studies show that learning how to save money before reaching adulthood greatly increases the chances of a successful retirement, a lesson students are now learning by skipping meals in favor of garnering more V-bucks. Reports have come in of some students that “haven’t eaten in three days” and would “rather be cranking 90s with the boys” than eating a meal.

If the V-bucks implementation initiative is successful, Texas A&M administration plans on adding more currency options to dining plans, including Robux, Simoleons, Bitcoin, the Mexican peso, and Monopoly money.

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