March 27th 2009 02:31 am
“GOLD TRADING EXPOSED: THE SELLERS” - Read The Second Installment
Hey kiddies, have you read the second installment of Nick Ryan’s article "Gold Trading Exposed: The Sellers" on Eurogamer.net ? Interesting read, don’t miss it. I’m still mentioned in the post, which it makes more interesting. 
Seriously, I don’t know why Ryan keeps implying possible dirty links between RMT and organized crime - particularly one that involves drugs and prostitution. Just what our cause needs — an alleged connection with the lowest of the low.
This time he puts the spotlight on Chinese gold farmers, who talk about farming gold in the most repetitive fashion. Imagine sitting all day farming - killing the same mobs, seeing the same monsters, working the same instance…dude, I love WoW but hell, if I did and saw the same thing everyday, 10-14 hours a day I’d go nuts!
But it’s that sort of repetitive task that feeds the Chinese farmers’ families. I’m hoping that at the very least they’re doing it in decent working conditions and not like the ones I hear from "urban legends" that talk about farming stations housed in condemned buildings. I’d be the first one to boycott a gold seller that treats their farmers very badly!
Moving on to other stuff, I was surprised to see that Swagvault agreed to be interviewed (hell, they even agreed to have their customer support photographed!). Most gold sellers wouldn’t touch reporters with a ten-foot pole, and I know they have all these no-press policies. Guess Swagvault wanted the opportunity to tell the whole world that they don’t do the shady stuff (yeah whatever, I still remember how their service sucked). And dig the pic of Swagvault’s office building in Beijing. I told Remus it kinda looks like his parents’ Perry Street apartment but snooty little Remus snorted, "Are you implying that Richard Meier may have designed Swagvault’s office building in Beijing ?" (Venomous emphasis on the last part, mind you)
"Whoa, dude, relax. I’m just saying it KINDA looks like your folks’ place."
Politically-incorrect Cletus guffawed. "They’re Chinese, they’re good at imitations, what did you expect?. Wait, who’s Richard Meier?"
Ehm, just go read the article, kids. And as always, feel free to leave your comments.
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