Buying MMO gold is like funding prostitution News // PC /// Eurogamer
Hmm...prostitution.
Buying MMO gold is like funding prostitution News // PC /// Eurogamer
Hmm...prostitution.
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The title given to the article is very misleading, a classic example of something taken out of context. I agree with the article's title when put in the context given in the original quotation. I'm all for free markets in almost every example except in virtual economics in MMOs, having read articles in The Economist which put forward strong arguments for this.
Games are designed as entertainment. Buying and selling virtual currency can hamper the entertainment of others.
So lets cut out the middle man and all head straight down kings cross, I've heard it's buy 1 get 1 free (if your names leeroy)
buying gold is a losers way of gaming - a shortcut to cut out the middle man of actually earning it.
take up a trade that makes money, sell your findings and do it the way its designed for - and not being exploited by gold selling prix.
talking of these STD's reminds me on of that sick TV advert of random people gettin it on and their wearing an item of clothing with an STD name on it . . . . just grosses me out for some reason![]()
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Real Money Trading (RMT) is very lame and encourages the gold farmers who annoy everyone. No RMT, no annoying farmers screwing up your game.
It was worse when I was playing hellgate, because it hadn't finished development there were no mods watching out for chat spam (yes, I bought the retail version, but it was unfinished), and the same guy would go from channel to channel, every day, just saying the same 'gold at only $1' or some random website...
But yes, buying gold because you're too lazy to play the game is lame.
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