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Gold farmer spamPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, June 11, 2007 3:33 PM
'Gold farmers' are people who play network games to accumulate points and virtual currency which they then sell to other gamers for real money. A gold farming company that sells points for World of Warcraft (WOW to the game's fans) has recently started spamming the comments section of this website. This is what they offer:
For more on gold farmers, see this post on Virtual China, or this website for a documentary film about gold farmers in China. UPDATE: From Stefan Landsberger of the fantastic Chinese propaganda poster website: One of my former students and the former NRC-Handelsblad correspondent in China, Floris-Jan van Luyn, produced and shot a documentary on WoW-gold farmers in Zhengzhou more than a year ago, called Cyberkoolies. Originally only subtitled in Dutch, it is now also available for the 'international' market. You can see more about it on IMDB here and here. |
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Comments on Gold farmer spam
"Goldfarmer" may be a new concept to some. A good "point/counterpoint" discussion can be found here:
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=gold+farmer
If you're getting spam, perhaps it's time to put some kind of "Turing test" on your posts, Danwei?
Yes, WOW...
I had to stop after spending nearly every waking moment for 2 month playing that stupid game... It's a stupid stupid game.
I much rather gain levels in Reality(tm) (it's nice when you buy that $400,000 house instead of some stupid +8 sword of death. Plus you get real girls with the house LOL))
Don't get me wrong, I think it's a great game. I just don't have the self control right now to play it. A online shooting game ala Counter Strike I can play, I usually jump in for a few hours each week, it's perfectly under control. Not that I have time for that now either... :(
I don't mind gold farmers. I mean if someone wants to pay money for that, go ahead. I think it's stupid, take away the whole point of playing... but whatever floats you boat man.
i have the same trouble--addict to the WOW....