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2011-05-27 China-Japan-Koreas

Prisoners in China beaten for not mining enough virtual gold in WoW

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Posted by Water Modem 2011-05-27 15:42|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I quit on-line video games the day I learned that people in China mined virtual gold for people who played WoW in North America.

Posted by Steve White 2011-05-27 16:44|| 2011-05-27 16:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, it is possible to play without buying gold, I've never done it.

What's stranger... the localized for-Chinese-people version of WoW is two major versions behind, last I checked, because of a bureaucratic insistance that having skeletons present in-game would be obscene in Chinese culture and tradition.

(Note that not only do no other east Asian countries have such a restriction, but there are other online games in China that seem to have skeletons with no bureaucratic problems whatsoever).

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-05-27 16:58|| 2011-05-27 16:58|| Front Page Top

#3 So this online gaming biz has all been one big shamWoW.

Posted by Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-05-27 18:16|| 2011-05-27 18:16|| Front Page Top

#4 ZT wins the thread! :-D

And takes the lead for Snark O' the Day.™

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-05-27 18:26|| 2011-05-27 18:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Easy - I play on a PvP server when I was active gaming in WoW (with a bunch of others - you'd be surprised how many old veterans you find in this game).

You spot a "gold farmer", you kill him. If there's more than one, you get a posse and kill them all. Repeatedly. "Ni hao, now die you fsking gold farmer"

Posted by OldSpook 2011-05-27 20:37|| 2011-05-27 20:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Uh, uh, WoW = WORLD OF WOMEN? WRESTLING? WOOKIES? WAR? WOMEN WOOKIES WHOM WRESTLE + WAGE WAR?

Gut nuthin.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-05-27 22:50|| 2011-05-27 22:50|| Front Page Top

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