Loot The World: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Barcodes
By: POSGuys - 1/3/2014

On the 11th of December Gearbox, developer of the Borderlands video game series, released a mobile app called LootTheWorld (Loot The World). LoottheWorld is available for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/loot-the-world/id691611264?ls=1&mt=8" target="_blank">iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gearboxsoftware.borderloot" target="_blank">Android</a> smart phones. Borderlands 2 is a multi-player online role-playing game (MORPG). Players choose from a selection of designated characters, and over the course of the game, they level their character up, distributing 'skill points' earned through play into their characters' unique skill-tree. This allows players to customize their character to play the way they want. 
 
The app allows their players to scan standard UPC and QR codes, and create random in-game items that they can give to their online avatars. Items are pistols, shields, grenades, rocket launchers, shotguns, and multiple others. Around the office we started to wonder if you could create your own custom UPC and QR codes, and found that you absolutely can. After an unspecified number of uses, barcodes become 'exhausted,' and will no longer yield the piece of equipment.
 
If you want to read about the app, you can go to the Gearbox webpage <a href="http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/community/articles/1120/loot-the-world-with-new-borderlands-2-mobile-app" target="_blank">here</a>. If you don’t think this new tech is for you, head to the <a href="http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=349176" target="_blank">Gearbox Forums</a> and check out what their customers are saying. Last we checked, the topic is 30+ pages of posts. If you don’t have the ability to create your own barcodes to scan, you can also head to the <a href="http://orcz.com/Borderlands_2:_Loot_The_World_QR_Codes" target="_blank">Orcz Wiki page</a>, where they’ve conveniently listed dozens, possibly hundreds, of QR codes to be scanned with really good items already listed.
Here’s a run-down of the value of items:
<ul>
<li>         Green Color: Uncommon</li>
<li>         Blue Color: Rare</li>
<li>         Purple Color: Epic</li>
<li>         Orange Color: Legendary</li>
</ul>
Our website offers the ability to continually <a href="https://posguys.com/barcode/" target="_blank">create custom QR codes</a> if you don’t have any equipment yourself. Here are just a few examples of ways we thought this unique feature could benefit your business.
Here is a custom QR code that I created using the POSGuys.com barcode generator:
<img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://posguys.blob.core.windows.net/content/blog/26/posguys_qryoutube.jpg" alt="Image 0" width="400" height="200" /> 
 
That’s all we’ve got for now, but check back often. As always, we love hearing from you, so send us any questions you have and we’ll do our best to keep the answers flowing. Cheers.

Loot The World: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Barcodes By: POSGuys - 1/3/2014

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