Chinese prisoners made to farm WoW gold

Sadly there is nothing Blizzard can do unless they know the accounts on which this prisoners are being forced to play on. Even *if* they find that out and ban those accounts, they will quickly open up new accounts and just carry on.
 
Triv said:
Sadly there is nothing Blizzard can do unless they know the accounts on which this prisoners are being forced to play on. Even *if* they find that out and ban those accounts, they will quickly open up new accounts and just carry on.
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I think the solution is blizzard open there own official site that sells Gold and then undercut all the farmers. That way bliz will kill the black market of WoW Gold.
 
Sou1Co11ector said:
I can't think of a worst punishment than being forced to play WoW.
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god dammit the man makes sense, its like slow torture

What happens when they are released?

In a criminal
Out a MMPORG addict

i fail to see the rehabilitation, its like cutting someones crack supply only to hand them weed
 
Gladiator said:
god dammit the man makes sense, its like slow torture

What happens when they are released?

In a criminal
Out a MMPORG addict

i fail to see the rehabilitation, its like cutting someones crack supply only to hand them weed
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Well dont you think that it would be better than being in a prison in SA?
I certainly would go to the chinese prison than here...
 
Knowing China, they probably also have prisoners solving captchas. And on the mining front, brilliant!! Now the prisoners can actually earn their keep instead of being a drain on taxes.
*Disclaimer* - I'm of the opinion that playing WoW = hard labor, something I have long suspected being allergic to...
 
Weasley said:
I think the solution is blizzard open there own official site that sells Gold and then undercut all the farmers. That way bliz will kill the black market of WoW Gold.
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EVE Online has done something very similar and it has not eradicated the problem. The golder farmers just undercut the developer's prices
 
little-mermaid said:
WoW has an economy of its own and that's not just ingame. There are lots of sites where you pay real money for Wow gold. Some people sell their accounts on ebay. A few people I know got well over 1k for their accounts on ebay. And a friend of mine sold gold to his other friends/guild mates....
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Ahhh, it makes sense now.

Thanks bro!!
 
Prometheus said:
So indulge a non-wow player here, how do you "farm" gold? How much can one earn in an hour rand wise?
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Assuming the earnings mentioned in the article are correct, then about R500 per hour. I really don't think that's accurate though.

WoW veterans would probably give u a better answer about high level farming but I assume it would involved killing mobs that drop sought after materials or items that could be sold in-game to other players for WoW gold.
 
StrontiumDog said:
Assuming the earnings mentioned in the article are correct, then about R500 per hour. I really don't think that's accurate though.

WoW veterans would probably give u a better answer about high level farming but I assume it would involved killing mobs that drop sought after materials or items that could be sold in-game to other players for WoW gold.
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Going to start farming... :D
 
OK, who is "Glinding Gord"? The article posted on MyGaming is just an excerpt. I see more complete versions of the article are on Eurogamer[1] and the Guardian websites. Not quite as amusing when u read those versions!!

Sound like a cushy way to do your time? Well, Liu explained that the gaming was in addition to a full day's work chiseling chopsticks and constructing car seat covers. Not only that, but penalties were harsh for not meeting the daily gold quota.
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edit:[1] Sorry, i see the Eurogamer article references the Guardian one.
 
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Phatso said:
Putting food on plates by doing something ultimately illegal (gold selling) is one thing - see the stories of Chinese gold farms ad infinity.
Punishing prison inmates (that probably deserve punishment, seeing as though they're in prison) by making them do the same thing is another.
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I only realised after reading the full article on Guardian/Eurogamer that Mr Liu was in fact a political prisoner. Don't mess with the Chinese gov!! :wtf:
Liu says he was one of scores of prisoners forced to play online games to build up credits that prison guards would then trade for real money. The 54-year-old, a former prison guard who was jailed for three years in 2004 for "illegally petitioning" the central government about corruption in his hometown, reckons the operation was even more lucrative than the physical labour that prisoners were also forced to do.
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Wait, I'm still confused... Is this serious or not? (who needs to buy gold anyway, its too easy to make :p)
 
Any player can sell gold to a gold selling website. A guildmate of mine once sold 800k gold to one of these websites and made about 1000 dollars. Though the amount of time he spent farming that gold i don't know if it was worth it.
 
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