 $2 million in WoW gold |
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| $2 million in WoW gold |
 Jun 19 2006, 12:46 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48  |
http://www.smh.com.au/news/games/gold-digg...9964725799.html
QUOTE A study conducted by Texas Tech University School of Law estimated that over $US2 million was spent on WoW gold between January and April last year pretty crazy shit... and our good ol TTU law school spends their time studyin this stuff. |
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Jun 19 2006, 03:25 PM
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 DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
And we wonder why the economy on so many servers is completley fucked.
You can't fucking buy ANYTHING at the AH on the server my horde characters are on for less than absolutley rediculous prices because of that shit. -------------------- I r Ur Gawd!
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Jun 19 2006, 04:29 PM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
Interesting study, but wtf does it have to do with law?
-------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM)  Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Jun 19 2006, 04:31 PM
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  Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
back when i played ultima online, 1 million gold ran about $15-20
but keep in mind uo doesnt have that whole copper, silver, gold thing. -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Jun 19 2006, 05:54 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 885 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, Texas Member No.: 12 |
i think the law school is involved because it involves illegal/cheating in the game
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Jun 19 2006, 07:24 PM
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DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
because technically you're violating the EULA by botting or selling in-game items for real-world money ...
It's kind of one of those things where a lotta people bitch about people doing it, yet they have 300 gigs of MP3's they've ganked off the internet in the last 8 years on their hard drives, so it's kinda a moot point. I will admit that I've used WoW Glider before to level my character up a few levels, and I can see where if you were doing this for money this would be a valuable tool as you could effectivley bot on 4 or 5 different WoW accounts at the same time... However, for the casual WoW player it honestly becomes more of a pain in the ass than it's worth because you literally spend so much time setting up glider profiles so you don't get caught that if you would just go run an instance or grind out a few quests you'd gain more experience anyways. If you think about it it's pretty easy for Blizzard to catch somone who has botted the living shit outta their characters because they'll be level 60 and have maybe completed 50 quests (if that) throughout the whole game .... It's also pretty easy to tell if somone's botting because of the incredibly repititious behaviour ... I dunno, I tried it out, and my $0.02 on it is that unless you're doing it for money (real money) it's more of a pain in than it's worth just because if you do it long enough you're probably gonna get banned. -------------------- I r Ur Gawd!
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Jun 19 2006, 11:51 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
gay
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