Comments on: Inside World of Warcraft Gold Farm, Future of Work http://gigaom.com/2006/11/26/world-of-warcraft-gold-farmers/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Postal http://gigaom.com/2006/11/26/world-of-warcraft-gold-farmers/#comment-984283 Postal Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:43:43 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/26/world-of-warcraft-gold-farmers/#comment-984283 <p>This also seems to lead to crime.</p> <p>Many players of World of Warcraft have their accounts stolen by these Farmers.</p> <p>This includes payments made from the players credit card and their in game "Toon" being used and abused.</p> <p>The genuine player is left both out of pocket (Real money) and loose several items ingame that they have spent many days, months and some times years to obtain.</p> This also seems to lead to crime.

Many players of World of Warcraft have their accounts stolen by these Farmers.

This includes payments made from the players credit card and their in game “Toon” being used and abused.

The genuine player is left both out of pocket (Real money) and loose several items ingame that they have spent many days, months and some times years to obtain.

]]> By: lol http://gigaom.com/2006/11/26/world-of-warcraft-gold-farmers/#comment-979424 lol Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:14:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/26/world-of-warcraft-gold-farmers/#comment-979424 <p>"We regularly track the source of the gold these companies sell, and find that an alarmingly high amount comes from hacked accounts. These are the friends, relatives, and guildmates you may know who have gone through the experience of having characters, gold, and items stripped from them after visiting a website or opening a file containing a trojan virus. Our teams work to educate players and assist them in avoiding account compromise, but the fact remains that the players themselves are often these companies' largest target as a source for gold, which the companies then turn around and sell to other players."</p> <p>Source: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/antigold.html</p> <p>No mention of gold farming or "half million Chinese now make a living – about $100 a month" which would be $50,000,000 a month. You'd think they'd notice that much gold moving around lol. Maybe next time quote Blizzard instead of MTV.</p> “We regularly track the source of the gold these companies sell, and find that an alarmingly high amount comes from hacked accounts. These are the friends, relatives, and guildmates you may know who have gone through the experience of having characters, gold, and items stripped from them after visiting a website or opening a file containing a trojan virus. Our teams work to educate players and assist them in avoiding account compromise, but the fact remains that the players themselves are often these companies’ largest target as a source for gold, which the companies then turn around and sell to other players.”

Source: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/antigold.html

No mention of gold farming or “half million Chinese now make a living – about $100 a month” which would be $50,000,000 a month. You’d think they’d notice that much gold moving around lol. Maybe next time quote Blizzard instead of MTV.

]]> By: Marc http://gigaom.com/2006/11/26/world-of-warcraft-gold-farmers/#comment-973768 Marc Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:22:26 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/26/world-of-warcraft-gold-farmers/#comment-973768 <p>It's a shame how every time-consuming job needs to be exported over seas. Even something as simple as a game becomes a black market, people are always trying to exploit everything. I really hope that these people are working for them selves for the most part. Taking a look at the bright side, at least they are making money off World of Warcraft, if they didn't have that, who knows what they would be doing. Nways, I never paid for gold and never will, it's just stupid depending on others to make gold. I rather pay to learn how to get a lot of gold myself. Which is exactly what I did, to help others out. Here's a website that has plenty of advice on how to make a lot of gold in World of Warcraft www.wowgoldbook.com this website has a lot of useful tips for new and experienced players. Like I said I never needed to buy gold with real money, no one has to.</p> It’s a shame how every time-consuming job needs to be exported over seas. Even something as simple as a game becomes a black market, people are always trying to exploit everything. I really hope that these people are working for them selves for the most part. Taking a look at the bright side, at least they are making money off World of Warcraft, if they didn’t have that, who knows what they would be doing. Nways, I never paid for gold and never will, it’s just stupid depending on others to make gold. I rather pay to learn how to get a lot of gold myself. Which is exactly what I did, to help others out. Here’s a website that has plenty of advice on how to make a lot of gold in World of Warcraft http://www.wowgoldbook.com this website has a lot of useful tips for new and experienced players. Like I said I never needed to buy gold with real money, no one has to.

]]> By: John http://gigaom.com/2006/11/26/world-of-warcraft-gold-farmers/#comment-973140 John Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:31:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/26/world-of-warcraft-gold-farmers/#comment-973140 <p>3 years later id say where can a sign up? i need a job!!!</p> 3 years later id say where can a sign up? i need a job!!!

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]]> By: Tony http://gigaom.com/2006/11/26/world-of-warcraft-gold-farmers/#comment-953333 Tony Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:13:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/26/world-of-warcraft-gold-farmers/#comment-953333 <p>Over 10 million pay to play. So why is it hard to believe that half a million play to get paid? Personally, I'm annoyed by their existence but I understand where they're coming from so I cut them some slack(a little). They get food on the table and your gaming experience is slightly impeded upon.</p> Over 10 million pay to play. So why is it hard to believe that half a million play to get paid? Personally, I’m annoyed by their existence but I understand where they’re coming from so I cut them some slack(a little). They get food on the table and your gaming experience is slightly impeded upon.

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So watch out

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