Gold Farming

[FizWizz]

Interesting Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/techn ... nd&emc=rss
isn't it a bit silly how "serious" MMOing can get?

[Weaver]

Pay for a game, then pay someone to play it for you. There is something wrong here. I have played a few MMOs in many of them once the leveling treadmill is finished there is no game play left. Some do have more options for capped characters, like PvP but they still get boring eventually.

[AF]

I think it's the bragging rights of a huge level and exotic items rather than the gameplay that they go for in the first place.

e.g I know someone who plays runescape a lot, but it's mainly because he's a very competitive person who doesnt like seeing other people get to higher levels than him.

[Weaver]

I knew there was a reason I stopped playing them, you are right AF and I fear the many developers expoit this. Oh well at least the Chinese get something out of it.

[FizWizz]

the Chinese seem to get something out of everything we do... I can't see any stamp in it to be sure, but I'll be the chair I'm sitting in right now is made in China.

[jcnossen]

IIRC I read that the chinese already produce about 50 % of ALL PRODUCTION in the world.

[fnoigy]

No, please no.

[AF]

The chinese do ti by putting the rest fo the world out fo business.

Figures show that analysts unerestimated the chiense service sector in 2004 and since it's GDP is gettign 9% growth versus the UK's 3% growth, the chinese economy in 2004 was valued at 1.04 trillion. While this means ti was 5th richest country int he world, fi you add the growth in 2005 it means china is now 4th richest.

[mother]

The chinese do ti by putting the rest fo the world out fo business.

Figures show that analysts unerestimated the chiense service sector in 2004 and since it's GDP is gettign 9% growth versus the UK's 3% growth, the chinese economy in 2004 was valued at 1.04 trillion. While this means ti was 5th richest country int he world, fi you add the growth in 2005 it means china is now 4th richest.

There are 1.3b chinese nationals! Thats like $800 per capita!

What are there 60m british nationals?

The fact is that lots of ppl + lots of room to grow = easier GDP growth.

Average labor productivity is a major factor in determining income levels. The whole gold farming 'thing' would go away if China had higher labor productivity, so you guys are really arguing both sides of the coin

What is truly ironic is that we're talking about the wealth of nations in a gold-farming thread... At least to someone who studied economics. (Potentially relevent Google terms: Bullionist, Anti-Bullionist, Mercantilism, Physiocrats, Adam Smith, David Hume, Quesnay)


Actually this whole virtual property thing is pretty effing interesting...

[Min3mat]

i am just about 1/2 through A2 level economics ^-^ fun stuff ^-^