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Comment comment by romanizzo on 21 December 2006

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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RE: Parental Dilemma by gnifyus :: NR7

Yes; I was being very facetious when I made that post, tongue in cheek and everything.

It would be an interesting study to find out if the people who are successful monetarily in online gaming are also just as successful in ‘real life’ seeing as both usually require a lot of time and work which not everybody is willing to do.

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