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China Bans Gold Farming

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Thomas Claburn: "Trading virtual goods for real money has been banned in China, putting hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity at risk."
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Published: 180 days ago | News | PC
 
 

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Baliw - 180 days ago
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In the (insert a random large, dry, oily seed in here).
This and wow being down in china will kill the game.

Come on and get us Diablo III
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ThanatosDMC - 179 days 17 hours ago
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Hmmm... gold and the economy...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...
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PS360WII - 180 days ago
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lol well good luck enforcing that ban 0.o
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pixelsword - 179 days 23 hours ago
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2.1 - China tends to execute people for the explict purpose of harvesting their organs
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/co...

http://grinding.be/2009/02/...

http://www.hrw.org/legacy/r...
(or just google "china executions harvesting organs")

So I think they'll have little problem with dissidents.
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2Negative - 179 days 23 hours ago
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It won't be hard to enforce. Things are a bit different in China. They are pretty harsh toward people who don't follow even minor laws. You can go to jail in China for distributing non-authorized Christian literature. The sentence may range from three to five years imprisonment.

http://www.travel.state.gov...
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PS360WII - 179 days 23 hours ago
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Well I do hope they stop mmo money farmers they tick me off. I know how very strict China is. I mean it's China for goodness sake but in the world of electronics there are many ways of masking ones self
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forcefullpower - 179 days 23 hours ago
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Do you actually realise how strict they are in there country and they can ban this stuff quite easily. Hey they jail people for a lot less there.
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SuperStrokey1123 - 179 days 23 hours ago
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Well i wonder where all teh gold farmers will move to?
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iBoReD - 179 days 23 hours ago
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good call, i think virtual goods are stupid and provide no real use. just a reason to rip people off
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Seferoth75 - 179 days 22 hours ago
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You ever heard the phrase "A fool and his money are soon parted."?
People have been getting ripped off for thousands of years. There will always be people who do stupid things with their money. They'll just find other poor countries to pay .05 an hour for players. AS long as people are buying it, there will be people selling it.
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bjornbear - 179 days 22 hours ago
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6 - What will those poor farmers do!! =(
All they know is how to click click CLICK! =(
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RENVY - 179 days 17 hours ago
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this should be banned everywhere.
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seraphic thanatos - 179 days 4 hours ago
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I could not agree more. I've played many MMOs and RMT ruin the game for people who actually play the game without buying gold or gil from them. Then constantly buying gold/gil really all it does is make how much people sell things higher and tends to increase hackers.
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