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Parental Dilemma

Comment comment by gnifyus on 20 December 2006

DO NOT tell my teenage son about this! I really don’t need for him to be gloating over making $50,000 real money in 3 days when he’s supposed to be doing his homework!

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RE: Parental Dilemma by romanizzo :: NR6

The "buy low sell high" concept is probably as deceptive as any other business venture ... the online world is only slightly more predicable than the real world. But the "gold farming" concept that they cite in the article is anything but fun. Take it from a fella that has occasioned into online gaming. The reason that people are willing to spend real world money to get this gold is getting it in mass quantities is something akin to real work. Sure, you're sitting in front of a computer playing a video game - but you're not. You're not playing at all. A good analogy would be a hobby garden versus being a real farmer. The first ... a pleasant distraction that you can obsess over. The second ... perhaps satisfying when you harvest at the end of the season, but an awful lot of work and worry between now and then.

To support yourself farming gold online the fun goes out of your hobby.

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