ExGBrian Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 (edited) http://www.forbes.co...-warcraft-gold/ "Manual labor is as old as prisons themselves, but as it turns out, it might not be the most profitable use for a locked up inmate. It’s been discovered that in an unknown number of Chinese prisons across the country, inmates have been forced not only to do physical labor, but electronic work as well, acting as World of Warcraftgold farmers by night. Prison bosses made more money forcing inmates to play games than they do forcing people to do manual labour,†Liu told the Guardian. “There were 300 prisoners forced to play games. We worked 12-hour shifts in the camp. I heard them say they could earn 5,000-6,000rmb [£470-570] (~$770-935) a day. We didn’t see any of the money. The computers were never turned off.†It is estimated that 80% of all gold farmers are in China and with the largest internet population in the world there are thought to be 100,000 full-time gold farmers in the country. Gold farming has always been a problem for the game, particularly from China, but this is a whole new level of insanity. In my opinion, Blizzard hasn’t done enough to combat this, as they’re content with their title just making tons of money, ignoring the fact that it’s 100,000 people’s full time job in China to help corrupt their system." Edited January 14, 2013 by ExGBrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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^TheRumor^ Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2012/07/20/why-grammar-counts-at-work/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDevil6193 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Oh here we go, inb4 thread closed because of all derpness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^TheRumor^ Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Oh here we go, inb4 thread closed because of all derpness. Let it fizzle RedDevizzle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExGBrian Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 Who changed the name of the post? Lmfao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathShot Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I lol'd seeing the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty ol snowman Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 that is fuckeddddd upppppppppp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyNc Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 bro, this was in 2011. how late are you o______o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitary Ocean Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 http://www.forbes.co...counts-at-work/ Haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Factions Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I seen this on reddit O.O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Wings Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 http://www.forbes.co...-warcraft-gold/ "Manual labor is as old as prisons themselves, but as it turns out, it might not be the most profitable use for a locked up inmate. It’s been discovered that in an unknown number of Chinese prisons across the country, inmates have been forced not only to do physical labor, but electronic work as well, acting as World of Warcraftgold farmers by night. Prison bosses made more money forcing inmates to play games than they do forcing people to do manual labour,†Liu told the Guardian. “There were 300 prisoners forced to play games. We worked 12-hour shifts in the camp. I heard them say they could earn 5,000-6,000rmb [£470-570] (~$770-935) a day. We didn’t see any of the money. The computers were never turned off.†It is estimated that 80% of all gold farmers are in China and with the largest internet population in the world there are thought to be 100,000 full-time gold farmers in the country. Gold farming has always been a problem for the game, particularly from China, but this is a whole new level of insanity. In my opinion, Blizzard hasn’t done enough to combat this, as they’re content with their title just making tons of money, ignoring the fact that it’s 100,000 people’s full time job in China to help corrupt their system." Why did you even post this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelloImKevin Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 shit if i was in prision sign me up for this shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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