Anyone have a link to the article about the WoW farm?

rh71

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this is one of those cases where if you look up a few particular words in the dictionary, his picture would be right there...
 

JEDI

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Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Really pretty common. Some people make well into the six figures annually controlling virtual economies.

esplain pls
 

invidia

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Originally posted by: JEDI
Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Really pretty common. Some people make well into the six figures annually controlling virtual economies.

esplain pls

1. Botting
2. Hire those willing to farm for cheap
3. Buy from other players, and sell high, IGE.com does this
4. Playing the virtual economy, buy low and sell high
5. Having 70s on accounts and doing dailies to resell to e-retail stores


If you net over 60k and you play over 40 hours a week, I don't see how this is different from a regular office job.....
 

elmro

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Originally posted by: invidia
Originally posted by: JEDI
Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Really pretty common. Some people make well into the six figures annually controlling virtual economies.

esplain pls

1. Botting
2. Hire those willing to farm for cheap
3. Buy from other players, and sell high, IGE.com does this
4. Playing the virtual economy, buy low and sell high
5. Having 70s on accounts and doing dailies to resell to e-retail stores


If you net over 60k and you play over 40 hours a week, I don't see how this is different from a regular office job.....

With a real job you learn real skills that you can (hopefully) transfer to a future job, at higher pay. If your company goes out of business, you still have the skills and experienced you learned at work. If the economics of WOW change and your earnings drop, what skills do you have to roll over into another career?
 

edro

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Originally posted by: elmro
Originally posted by: invidia
Originally posted by: JEDI
Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Really pretty common. Some people make well into the six figures annually controlling virtual economies.

esplain pls

1. Botting
2. Hire those willing to farm for cheap
3. Buy from other players, and sell high, IGE.com does this
4. Playing the virtual economy, buy low and sell high
5. Having 70s on accounts and doing dailies to resell to e-retail stores


If you net over 60k and you play over 40 hours a week, I don't see how this is different from a regular office job.....

With a real job you learn real skills that you can (hopefully) transfer to a future job, at higher pay. If your company goes out of business, you still have the skills and experienced you learned at work. If the economics of WOW change and your earnings drop, what skills do you have to roll over into another career?
There will always be another MMORPG. They all require relatively the same skills.