coffeedependency Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Ogre to Slay? Outsource It to Chinese One of China's newest factories operates here in the basement of an old warehouse. Posters of World of Warcraft and Magic Land hang above a corps of young people glued to their computer screens, pounding away at their keyboards in the latest hustle for money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbivore Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Just when I thought Americans couldn't get more lazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Amazing, "Virtual sweatshop" haha. Does anyone know of these games, they sound fun fun fun. OSX? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeedependency Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 i don't think this is what Mao had in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpyD Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 WoW works on OSX as well. Its the most popular MMORPG and has millions of people playing at any given time. World of WarCrack its been called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 yeah i know what this is like i used to play diablo 2 on the regular, items there can be found and ebayed for money, i mean for the man hours youre putting in youre better off getting a real job but i guess if youre getting paid to play your favorite game then more power to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeedependency Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 the irony is overwhelming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I remember reading a pretty in-depth article about one of these games a few years ago (I think it was Worlds of Warcraft, but I'm not sure) and it described a number of people with full on, crippling addictions. They interviewed people who had lost their jobs because they simply stopped showing up, because they didn't want to stop playing. There were others who described marriages that went down the tubes because they stopped paying attention to their spouses-- one dude was saying that his wife would beg him to stop playing and come have sex with her, and he wouldn't do it. She eventually left him, and took the kids, and he now plays for 16 to 20 HOURS A DAY. People are out of their goddamn minds. Some of them used to make a living (or at least enough to support their addiction) by selling power pellets or level 3 battleaxes or what the fuck ever on eBay, but apparently the sweatshops have fucked up that business. I say kudos to the entrepeneur that saw this market was ripe for exploitation and jumped on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 OMG..this shit is surreal.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Today is retarded. News? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeedependency Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 that's grammatically correct, believe it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbivore Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Homer Simpson: "Can't someone else do it?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I don't play any of these games, but I find the concept fascinating. I've always believed that in the future we'll just sit in a chair wired up and live our entire lives virtually. I never imagined the first inkling of virtual society would start happening so soon, and with such support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dicegameTron Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 HAHAHAHHAHAHHA THOSE MOTHER FUCKERS ARE WORKIN 84 HOURS A WEEK COLLECTING FAKE MONEY FOR SOME 12 YEAR OLD RICH YUPPY IN CALI. I LOVE THIS COUNTRY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dicegameTron Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 YOU THINK THAT SHIT IS RETARDED? I KNOW SOME KID WHO SOLD AN IMAGINARY SWORD ON EBAY FOR 250.00. FUCKIN LAME ASSES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeedependency Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 Originally posted by El Mamerro@Dec 9 2005, 02:26 PM I don't play any of these games, but I find the concept fascinating. I've always believed that in the future we'll just sit in a chair wired up and live our entire lives virtually. I never imagined the first inkling of virtual society would start happening so soon, and with such support. Quoted post what? why would that happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpyD Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 My boy sells shit, and he makes some good dust off of it. Sold his lvl 45 character for like $450. Fuckin e-hustla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeedependency Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 how many hours did he spend leveling? the people that buy video game items and characters should be shot. especially if they're older than sixteen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I think I'll just go put a bullet in my head now..... fucking stupid world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 depends how much time he spent building up that character more often than not if you got a job paying minimum wage youd make much more than what dude spent on making that character. but if he did it in hius free time then yeah thats a hustle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Yeah... I have a pretty good job, but if someone told me that they would pay me way less to fucking play Tetris all day for them, I would do it in a heartbeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Originally posted by Shark Hammil@Dec 9 2005, 01:36 PM I think I'll just go post a bulletin in my head now..... fucking stupid world. Quoted post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 how would you put a bulletin in your head? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Automatically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Originally posted by CACashRefund@Dec 9 2005, 09:27 AM yeah i know what this is like i used to play diablo 2 on the regular, Quoted post The first Diablo took away monthes of my time. It was literally a race home between all my roommates and I for the two computers it was on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I DON'T PLAY VIDEO GAMES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpyD Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Originally posted by CACashRefund@Dec 9 2005, 12:37 PM depends how much time he spent building up that character more often than not if you got a job paying minimum wage youd make much more than what dude spent on making that character. but if he did it in hius free time then yeah thats a hustle. Quoted post Yeah, he wouldnt like SUPER OVER do it, but he'd play alot. I mean, playin a good game that you like for a while, and then when ur done with it sellin off your character AND makin change is a win-win to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoB Hope ONER Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 occassionally neil stephenson and william gibson were spot on about this kind of phenomena actually happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Originally posted by SpyD+Dec 9 2005, 11:04 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SpyD - Dec 9 2005, 11:04 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-CACashRefund@Dec 9 2005, 12:37 PM depends how much time he spent building up that character more often than not if you got a job paying minimum wage youd make much more than what dude spent on making that character. but if he did it in hius free time then yeah thats a hustle. Quoted post Yeah, he wouldnt like SUPER OVER do it, but he'd play alot. I mean, playin a good game that you like for a while, and then when ur done with it sellin off your character AND makin change is a win-win to me Quoted post [/b] yeah thats what i did with my accountsi liquidated all the items into runes and ebayed those in a nice bundle for a good price (500$ more or less) and shit sold the empty accounts with characters on ebay for a good sum (150$) so i did pretty good for a 2 years worth of shit accumulated during the time i had off like dead weekends and shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 ^modern man's hustle.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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