Gold Trading Exposed: The Sellers Comments by Nick Ryan
The Road to Eldorado.
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JohnnyWashnGo
25/03/09 @ 13:44
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Nowt wrong with paying someone to play a game for you is there?
Oh except that it takes all the friggin fun out of it... jeez what a waste of time. If you don't want to grind through a game in order to level up, don't bother playing it. Once again the old 'A fool and his money are soon parted' line springs to mind. |
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kangarootoo
25/03/09 @ 13:48
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A very good article. Actual investigative journalism. Good stuff EG, hope we see more of Nick's writing in the future.
@JohnnyWashnGo People play games for entertainment, and if having a powerful or rich character is what creates entertainment for some players, who are we to complain? We can't just state "it takes all the fun out of it" like its some kind of fact. I'm not that into football games, so just playing a football game "takes the fun out of it" as far as I am concerned. Horses for courses, etc. "A fool and his money are soon parted" That is just something jealous people say about others who have money than them ;) |
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kangarootoo
25/03/09 @ 13:56
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"Gi' fools their silks and knaves their on-line virtual currency transactions?"
Is that some kind of modern Shakespere? |
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So, wait, a farmer/seller will buy the game (and expansions) and subscribe in a legimate way?
So wouldn't the MMO companies be doing something illegal by denying service to apparent legimate accounts? Depending on the country the service is in, of course. Normally, in most countries, the customer is protected by some kind of consumer laws. I don't think anyone has taken on the MMO companies though, because of the EULA (which might be deemed illegal in some countries, companies putting themselves above local laws). |
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DoctorZoidberg
25/03/09 @ 14:16
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"A fool and his money are soon parted"
That is just something jealous people say about others who have money than them It mean's nothing of the sort.... It means that it is easy for a foolish person to lose his money. Edit : On topic, Personally, if you spend real money on "computer game money" then your a bit of an idiot. Playing monopoly you wouldn't give the banker £20 for a couple of 500's so you could be in a stronger position.
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Very interestng and well written. Makes me empathise with why farming exists.
Ethically I personally wouldn't use farmed gold to enhance my character. However having started to play EVE a little, I have recently considered it as an alternative to subscribing. Example: On SwagVault 400M ISK is £7.99 which will easily pay for an in-game 30 day extension. Whereas a month's official subscription comes in at around £14 with the weak pound... I don't know if I want to stoop to doing this though - it all seems wrong - after all I will be funding the Mafia! |
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kangarootoo
25/03/09 @ 15:22
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"It mean's nothing of the sort....
It means that it is easy for a foolish person to lose his money." Err, I know. I was bieng sarcastic. |
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kangarootoo
25/03/09 @ 15:23
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@DoctorZoidberg
"On topic, Personally, if you spend real money on "computer game money" then your a bit of an idiot. Playing monopoly you wouldn't give the banker £20 for a couple of 500's so you could be in a stronger position." Really? Is it really that simple? What about spending real money on an extre suit for Dead Space, or an extra costume for Street Fighter 4, or an extra level for Fallout 3? If the computer game money that you buy with real money can effectively get you extra content in the game that you wouldn't otherwise have... what exactly is the difference? |
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hula hoops
25/03/09 @ 16:33
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Buying gold is great for people like me who don't have much play time. I'd prefer go to work, earn my salary and spend a fraction on that for gold, rather than skipping work for 'extra fun' grinding and get sacked at the end.
I don't find grinding for gold particularly interesting, on contrary it is boring and gave me headache. I'd prefer to spend that time having sex with the missus, playing with the kids, or go to the pubs with friends etc, and only play the interesting aspect of WoW ... ganking other people and laugh at their corpses. But that was me ... a year ago. Now I am so over WoW. |
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GamesConnoisseur
25/03/09 @ 17:23
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MMO's virtual economies having real world impact on our economies on this side!
So in translation say in the year 2021 (12 years away is all) a credit crunch started in a world wide popular MMO would then have a massive knock on effect on the real jobs and lives? Frightening in a way! |
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dont see whats wrong with it to be honest .I used to play eve didnt the time really to spend shed loads of time mining pissing about i just wanted to blow shite up . so i decided up skill my caldari paid £5.00 on ebay for 250million isk .yeay!! i was like peeps in my corp moned bitched cried until i gave the name of the guy i bought it off on ebay and went and bought themselve ashed load more than me.
Anyway back to the point ,very interesting read and each to there own if you can only play 2hrs or so per day but in reailty to get what you want its going to take a damn sight longer ,fuck it you have the money they have something you want buy it and increase your fun. |
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No, it's not impossible to find and ban farming accounts. In fact, it's probably very easy. The problem is scale. There are so many of these accounts (for the more successful MMOs) that you either have to automate a banning system (which IS hard) or manually chip away at the problem.
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tumbleberry
09/08/09 @ 21:48
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It's okay to pay some Asian to “grind“ all day so that we can have our fun? That bespeaks a coldness I find sad. It also doesn't matter if those expensive jeans you wear to look hot were made by a 13 year old making 45 cents a day...nice. Very nice, people.
Another point is this – and no-one seems to be discussing it. There is an astonishing amount of aggression coming from the farmers. They are most often disparaging, smug, and sometimes downright vile. The western players are their “customers” yet they treat them very badly. And you people are still naive enough to buy their product? Doesn't make you look very good, despite the strutting you might do in front of your friends... |
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