haha :O

well, the conditions look fairly good (for china) and its better that they are there instead of somewhere else..

cool, also seen pictures of farmers working with more computers at the same time :P

So sick..

Thats really sick o.o

They earn more than the average wage in china, and I'm pretty darn sure playing a game to earn your living is far from the worst job you can have in China.
The only stupid thing is the western morons who actually buy the gold.

I buy gold! I always looked at it as an easy way out but from now I'll tell myself I'm doing it for the greater good - feeding out Chinese friends! :D

Insightful...
The conditions remind me on german universities... 12h of work, crappy payment, bad dorm room conditions.

[8] omg ; D
that`s quite "terrifying", to work like this... :| hopefully the accomodation condition seems to be good.
"(US$3.78 for a 12-hour day's work)" wtf? :x

i dont know but isnt this a usual thing in asia? power leveling, buying gold, exchanging account data to level up characters
asian ppl are the friendliest players i ever met in MMOs, have nothing bad to say about them

for european standards they work under conditions but #3 is right better there instead of somewhere else

ye there is to less work for to many people

omg 1 guy was playing wsg! sack him

Its look all not so bad how every tell it looks like.
but thats only one "china Gold farmer group" if it is everywhere in China so doesn´t stand in the report ;(

quite terryfing is knowing that after that some of them play their own chars :O

There is lots of people who play WoW for more than 12 hours every single day and they dont get any money at all for it.

i can remember it say that due to one of the farmers not being able to level his own character due to lack of time, he actually ordered a power leveling...

#11 , so true, they sure are the friendliest on mmos

what a life

lol and blizzard isnt doing anything against it?! Here you can see how much they care about their customers. It's just about money and nothing else.

#23 zomg
what about all the jobs this gives? just think about it...
and then think about what these chinese people would do instead..
go to the communists, there u can complain about something like this, here they are service providers

:( i think they should earn more than that.. i thought my pay of £6.50 an hour was low

freeks

funny

#24 but blizzard is not communistic I suppose and by allowing those kind of jobs makes them support communism, the owners who are exploiting their laborers and the violation of human rights in those companies.
And don't come up with that those people are given a good job opportunity because it is not and the fact that there is no better alternative is not a argument.

It's slightly bizarre but I can assure you that there are lots of people in China that are much worse of then those gold farmers. This is how the world works, do you guys have any idea how much your clothes and electronic gadgets and computers would cost if they were all manufactured in Europe e.g? I think it's funny how ignorant people in the west can be.

In my opinion everybody should be able to sell his account, charakter and gold. He send time to get it so he should be able to handle it how he wants to. Selling virtual goods is forbidden, but it has no negative aspects i think.

that's pretty freaking sad imo.

#7 agree
#29 ... "I suppose and by allowing those kind of jobs makes them support communism" ROFL ? Your notions about communism and capitalism are fuckin low dude. Chinese economy is NOT based on communism model, and then, Chinese Gold farmer are not either communist.

get a life

#34 This was a response to #24. Read carefully.

So sick.

wow slave labor..

#36 ok soz

"Gold-farm bot killing furbolgs, Jinhua" REPORTED LAL

Soon, when China will be no 1 by economics in the world, all theese western morons will be able to start farming gold in china realms ;)
"US$3.78 for a 12-hour day's work" it is not that small money outside Hong Kong
But by the way, per 12hrs it's possible to earn more i think. As you know well known chineese farmers spot in Zangarmash, above halaa, ech mob drops liek 12-15s, so he will have 1g in 15-30min, 100g in in 150-300mins what's 2hrs30mins - 5hrs, so omg if he's pro at that, he can get at least 250g per day? As I know 3,78$ is for ~100g or how?
1st thing who pissed this world was fast food, GZ
2nd is wow. millions of addicted, other millions chineese farmers.....

i paid for around 60% of those computers...

good point #30, still raises questions about ethics tho, is what blizzard doing right? r they turning into a gaming microsoft?
Also ppl slander nike for getting their shoes manufactured in asian countrys for next to nothing. This is similar (i think >_

Blizzard could kill them simply by selling gold themselves :x

#19 Well that's true, but on the other hand they can stop whenever they want to.

well, i can show you guys some pictures about graduates from UNIVERSITIES in job hunting so you may get part of the reason why they choose this "job":)
http://shuangyashan.northeast.cn/system/2007/06/06/050842215.shtml

haha nerds :D:D

this is sick
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliandibbell/234994687/in/set-72157594279649151/

#45, these farmers can leave whenever they want to too. if they can find another job.

roflmao their food seems to be good :D