China Bans Goldfarming

[Undead_Lord]

This new law is absolutely no different than sweat shops for name brand clothing and accessories. Aren't those sweat shops "banned"? Why yes they are but do millions of Chinese still work in these environments? Yes they do.

For anyone who thinks this will make any difference at all, you are completely wrong the ban on clothing sweat shops for example has done nothing to battle that problem now has it. There are police and groups who are supposed to "inspect" these places of work to make sure all is well. But lets face it most people do have a price that they can be bought for and for the ones who can't be bought these companies know exactly when an inspection is and can make everyone put on a happy faces and say what they want them to say.

Watch a documentary.

 

[alesana PHREEK]

this goldfarming is probally good money in their currency and is good for poor people who dont have a job i dont get why they banned it . i think it should stay

 

[rum_red]

Yeah, I get what you mean. It's as productive as the drug business in america. (parallelism, towards China & goldfarming | America & Underground Drug trading)-

I think that China will of course "put the hand down" on rs goldfarming just like America "puts the hand down" on foreign drug trade, but they will just get money from it just like any other "illegal activity" in other countries.

 

[Cheeter]

Lolz omg thats pathetic lolz

 

[JDGM]

Great.

 

[Teh Leet Ownage]

First off, HAHAHAHA. China acutally thinks they can ban-off a billion dollar industry? No. Wrong. They're just going to hurt there economy by well, basically "banning 1 billion dollars annually" which in no time will add up.

Not to mentions hundreds of thousands of people working in making the money will fail and china's jobs will become even MORE overcrowded and thus sending there economic state into hell.

They would be fools to even think to erase so much money from the economy... This will fail, people will keep doing Goldfarming, because hey people NEED FOOD / WATER / SHELTER TO SURVIVE.

F A I L .

 

[owain jones]

I don't think it should be outlawed. Many workers had the choice between nothing or a shack with rat meat. Sure gold farmers are treated like shit but for many of them it's the highest state of living they have ever had.

America is fucked if they continue with bans related to human rights.

 

[owain jones]

I don't think it should be outlawed. Many workers had the choice between nothing or a shack with rat meat. Sure gold farmers are treated like shit but for many of them it's the highest state of living they have ever had.

America is fucked if they continue with bans related to human rights.

 

[owain jones]

I don't think it should be outlawed. Many workers had the choice between nothing or a shack with rat meat. Sure gold farmers are treated like shit but for many of them it's the highest state of living they have ever had.

America is fucked if they continue with bans related to human rights.

 

[NickV]

I'm sure Jagex had a hand in the passing of this new law...

World of Warcraft did. Their "economy was suffering". Jesus. People put an ingame economy over one of Chinas leading industries. >_>... That tells you something

Lolz omg thats pathetic lolz

omg its Cheeter.
Run.
Ohai.

 

[Epic Seller]

outlawing a billion dolllar industry? i didnt even know it took in this much, and even though it sucks we cant buy gold, its the right thing to do because they make money off of someone elses property without permission

 

Well that's just fucking great. No more twinks on WoW for Blupig.

 

[[FeaR]]

:O That sucks imo.

 

[Ksoy1990]

so this means, the OLD "old" rs will return? that'd be classic, runescape would own so much more.

 

[ChrisL]

How would China even go about enforcing this ban? any speculations?

 

[ClazzD]

Wow. Now seeing that is just.. wow. I never thought that China would care about something this small.

Heh, well them doing something like this might be normal. They might think of this as making money without doing work since gaming probably to them means.. well nothing.

 

[Greg]

Well, my girlfriend is in china and she says she cannot communicate with me through facebook and such, and can't even view youtube. They also blocked her AIM and everything.

You seem very misinformed about china's lifestyle. It's as if you take the worst of the country and you place it as the lifestyle of the whole country. It actually isn't that bad, and China is catching up as one of the most powerful (if not already) countries in the world. It's up there with the EU and US.

Exactly, they may pay low but do realize, it is a communist country. They have tons of benifits that you could never expect to see in the US. I hate the image people show for these "sweatshop workers" as many people here view the USfine site and gold4rs and all of them as "5 cent working scammers etc".

They block all forms of communication through interenet and phonecalls. There is such a small total number of sites they can visit its rediculous. The governemt blocks this so people think this is the only way of living and that everyone else in the world is the same.

Oh wow.
No.

You do realize, most of these "sweatshops" have top of the line technology, good work space, and people DO NOT WORK 24/7. There are shifts, just like with any other job. God damn, you do know, China is communist. The chances of your education adding up to shit there is very slim, these companies provide work for the masses. Cutting it off is like saying "Hurr lets get rid of all the low paying jobs and make people work!". There will always be someone who fails in the new system. This new law has put a lot of people out of work, who need the money to live, all over some game. The damn article references how the "games economy" is effected, well god damn, cutting these people off from doing their job surely effects their economy.

Also: Don't say that the gold farmers all dislike their job. One of our long-time member USFine reps, from what i've seen, has posted quite a bit in our gaming section, talking about graphics cards and such. This was all before the partnership. What does this show? They enjoy the job they do, not saying all of them do, but its done by choice. There is no other job out there to replace the job for the current workers in this field.

Next time you make an argument, please don't be ignorant, and take the effect on peoples lives into consideration.

Yeah I kinda agree. Its not that runescape farmers get treated badly,almost all workers are treated terribly. This is just another job for them.

If goldfarming is a multi-million dollar business, then I am positive they will do it illegally. Look at weed

Hahaha of course they will. All highschool americans today ;]

Well that's just fucking great. No more twinks on WoW for Blupig.

bahhahaha

 

[agrey123]

lol no more rich newbs

 

[Party Hat]

Haha those chines got owned. Have they ever heard of bots??

 

[Aje]

They will over come it... ban = nothing