06-18-2007, 04:01 PM
Hail to my fellow Loungers. I don't venture onto these boards very often since I don't partake in WoW goodness. But I happened upon a NY Times article online about Gold Farming in China. It's a rather lengthy article, 7 pages in total.
There is nothing earth shattering found in the article, but it does do a good job of explaining a very odd career choice. I didn't know for every 100 Gold a Chinese player is paid 1.25$, then eventually resold for about 20$ to US Clients. Crazy stuff!
If you want to check out the article, you can find it [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/magazine/17lootfarmers-t.html?ex=1339732800&en=a6282d1ddf608fc1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"]here[/url]. Since it is so long, I'll refrain from block quoting the whole thing.
Cheers,
Munk
There is nothing earth shattering found in the article, but it does do a good job of explaining a very odd career choice. I didn't know for every 100 Gold a Chinese player is paid 1.25$, then eventually resold for about 20$ to US Clients. Crazy stuff!
If you want to check out the article, you can find it [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/magazine/17lootfarmers-t.html?ex=1339732800&en=a6282d1ddf608fc1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"]here[/url]. Since it is so long, I'll refrain from block quoting the whole thing.
Cheers,
Munk