Chinese 'farms' amass avatars and virtual gold for gaming sale

NCXCStud · 08-December-05, 12:53 PM

A feature today in the New York Times takes a deeper look into the business of Chinese gold farming.

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Originally Posted by New York Times


	FUZHOU, China One of China's newest factories is located here in the basement of an old warehouse. Piles of plastic lunch bowls are stacked up on a dirty table. And posters of World of Warcraft and Magic Land hang above a corps of young people glued to their computer screens, pounding away at their keyboards in the latest hustle for money. Full Story found at International Herald Tribune via The New York Times.

droeblek9 · 08-December-05, 12:58 PM

Hmmm the idea of trying to sell my CoH account is seeming more feasible by the moment (runs of to check the CoH EULA).

NCXCStud · 08-December-05, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by the above linked article


	"...For 12 hours a day, seven days a week, me and my colleagues are killing monsters," said a 23-year-old gamer who works here in this makeshift factory and uses Wandering as his online name. "I make about $250 a month, which is pretty good compared to the other jobs I've had. And I can play games all day...." ...Some owners here in Fuzhou now drive flashy new cars and boast about multitude of talented online gamers...

Thats what pisses me the most out of these things... the "workers" get paid crap (although, in China, $250.00 could be quite a lot...i'm not sure) yet the owners of these Gold Farming firms live in the lap of luxury...

droeblek9 · 08-December-05, 01:18 PM

I agree, although the person who was interviewed seemed to be ok with the wages ( i am totally ignorant of the Chinese monetary system and the wages to lifestyle ratio).

THREADJACK!!
Darn it (another reason that i dislike CoH): You may not sell or auction any City of Heroes accounts, characters, items, coin or copyrighted material.

Whereas with WoW : B. You may permanently transfer ownership of the Game and all parts thereof...

(i'm just steamed because i made the poor choice of pre-paying a year in advance...it was a bad call on my part.)

godfoot · 11-December-05, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by NCXCStud


	Thats what pisses me the most out of these things... the "workers" get paid crap (although, in China, $250.00 could be quite a lot...i'm not sure) yet the owners of these Gold Farming firms live in the lap of luxury...

And exactly how is this any different than the U.S.?
Sure, our wages are higher than $250 per month; but the ratio of most workers' to most CEOs' wages are likely near the same.
Think Enron, Arthur Anderson, etc.

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08-December-05, 12:58 PM		#2 (permalink)
droeblek9 Warcraft Warrior	Hmmm the idea of trying to sell my CoH account is seeming more feasible by the moment (runs of to check the CoH EULA).

08-December-05, 01:18 PM		#4 (permalink)
droeblek9 Warcraft Warrior	I agree, although the person who was interviewed seemed to be ok with the wages ( i am totally ignorant of the Chinese monetary system and the wages to lifestyle ratio). *THREADJACK!!* Darn it (another reason that i dislike CoH): You may not sell or auction any City of Heroes accounts, characters, items, coin or copyrighted material. Whereas with WoW : B. You may permanently transfer ownership of the Game and all parts thereof... (i'm just steamed because i made the poor choice of pre-paying a year in advance...it was a bad call on my part.)