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===Avatars===

Players in ''Roblox'' are given an [[Avatar (computing)|avatar]], which is used by the player when visiting each virtual world, that they can customize with new hats, heads, clothes and faces. All of these are available to purchase with ''Roblox''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s two virtual currencies, in the Catalog.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.roblox.com/Catalog.aspx|title=Roblox Catalog}}</ref>

===Badges===

''Roblox'' provides users with achievement awards called badges. For example, ''Roblox'' has three combat badges that are awarded to users with high amounts of lifetime Knockouts. There is also a Builder's Club badge, given to the player when they join the paid service. There are a total of 15 badges available to users.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.roblox.com/Badges.aspx|title=Roblox Badges}}</ref>

===The Catalog===

The Catalog is where players purchase and sell creations for Tickets and Robux. When selling, there is a 10% sales tax, so 10% of the money it is sold for goes to the virtual economy, and 90% goes to the seller; for example, selling a shirt for 10 Tickets will give the seller 9 tickets. Some items, such as hats, can also be bought but can only be uploaded by an administrator.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.roblox.com/Item.aspx?ID=1055299|title=Roblox hat}}</ref> On May 8, 2009, gear was introduced. This introduced weapons, boosters, etc. that the player could bring to the game. Soon after gear was introduced, players were allowed to specify which types of gear would be allowed in their place.

===Lua===

Builders in ''Roblox'' use an easier to use version of a programming language [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]] which can deal with 3D objects. Lua is a lightweight programming language similar to [[JavaScript]] and [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], although less complicated.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

==Economy==