NY Times article on Chinese gold farming

[kidpokeher]

Amazing...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/magazi...nyt&emc=rss

[Quadstriker]

Good article.

[Reef]

so they make about $3.60 in a 12 hr shift

[Reef]

and wtf...

"On most days Li’s replacement is 22-year-old Wang Huachen, who has been at this gold farm for a year, ever since he completed his university course in law. Soon, Wang told me, he will take the test for his certificate to practice, but he seems in no particular hurry to.

“I will miss this job,” he said. “It can be boring, but I still have sometimes a playful attitude. So I think I will miss this feeling.”"

[PokerFox]

Very interesting read. How is WOW doing these days? Are people getting bored with it or still having fun?

[Quadstriker]

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Very interesting read. How is WOW doing these days? Are people getting bored with it or still having fun?

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Thriving. 8 million subscribers. I've played it since release and enjoy it still. They put out fresh content quite often and I've made some great friends over the years.

You will undoubtedly get several responses of, 'OMG WOW IS SUXIF U PLAY WOW U HAV NO LIFFEE LOL.' These people fall into the category of "if something doesn't interest me, then it has no worth."

The nice thing about the game is that there's always something new to try. Earlier this year I took a shot at using gameplay to create a music video. never tried anything like it before. I was really happy with how it came out and learned a lot in the process.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VF7Q6aLRDqU

[baumer]

Neat video.

[Quadstriker]

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Neat video.

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Thanks!

[Gregatron]

I am going to bookmark this article for a political science class I'm teaching next semester.

Thanks!

[The once and future king]

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Very interesting read. How is WOW doing these days? Are people getting bored with it or still having fun?

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Thriving. 8 million subscribers. I've played it since release and enjoy it still. They put out fresh content quite often and I've made some great friends over the years.

You will undoubtedly get several responses of, 'OMG WOW IS SUXIF U PLAY WOW U HAV NO LIFFEE LOL.' These people fall into the category of "if something doesn't interest me, then it has no worth."

The nice thing about the game is that there's always something new to try. Earlier this year I took a shot at using gameplay to create a music video. never tried anything like it before. I was really happy with how it came out and learned a lot in the process.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VF7Q6aLRDqU

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the rest had chosen [After a 12 hour shift], to a man, to log into their personal World of Warcraft accounts and spend these precious free hours right back where they had spent every other hour of the day: in Azeroth.

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