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Gator
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More money than sense?
« on: Jun 27th, 2006, 1:12am » |
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I saw a google ad here that advertised World of Warcraft "Powerleveling" for $199. I thought, "No way," and clicked on the link. This was friggin serious.
http://www.brogame.com/powerleveling-c-453.html
I'm thinking someone needs to step away from the computer and get a real life if they are willing to pay that much money for someone to increase the level of an online gaming character. Sheesh! Maybe they will hire me to come change the channel on the television for them.
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« Reply #1 on: Jun 27th, 2006, 10:14am » |
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I used to play the online game EverQuest. I leveled a char as high as you could get him then sold my account for 600 dollars on Ebay. It paid to play LOL
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Re: More money than sense?
« Reply #2 on: Jun 27th, 2006, 10:23am » |
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on Jun 27th, 2006, 1:12am, Gator wrote:| I'm thinking someone needs to step away from the computer and get a real life if they are willing to pay that much money for someone to increase the level of an online gaming character. Sheesh! Maybe they will hire me to come change the channel on the television for them. |
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« Reply #4 on: Jun 27th, 2006, 12:27pm » |
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OMG it took me over a year to get one char up that high, that guy must be glued to the game 24/7.
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« Reply #5 on: Jun 27th, 2006, 1:00pm » |
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They have sweat-shops in SE Asia and Mexico where people toil in front of computers day and night to build up credits in these on-line games/universes. The man then sells the credits to people in the U.S. and Europe.
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Re: More money than sense?
« Reply #6 on: Jun 27th, 2006, 1:26pm » |
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on Jun 27th, 2006, 1:00pm, floridian wrote:| They have sweat-shops in SE Asia and Mexico where people toil in front of computers day and night to build up credits in these on-line games/universes. The man then sells the credits to people in the U.S. and Europe. |
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Really? I think they could've hired my grandson and his friends to do it for arcade tokens.
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« Reply #7 on: Jun 27th, 2006, 1:56pm » |
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on Jun 27th, 2006, 1:26pm, nani wrote:
Really? I think they could've hired my grandson and his friends to do it for arcade tokens. |
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Hey Nani, what about some pizza and mountain dew?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_crime
(scroll to virtual sweatshop)
I guess its like fishing - you can pay someone a few dollars an hour to work long hours under poor conditions, or you can charge some one else many dollars to work a few hours under the same condtions. Either its a bad job, or its great recreation.
What's Next? People paying thousands of dollars a year to watch other people exercise a few times??
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Re: More money than sense?
« Reply #8 on: Jun 27th, 2006, 7:34pm » |
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on Jun 27th, 2006, 1:56pm, floridian wrote:
What's Next? People paying thousands of dollars a year to watch other people exercise a few times?? |
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Can I do that? Will I lose weight? 
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Re: More money than sense?
« Reply #9 on: Jun 28th, 2006, 1:28am » |
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My genius boy, one of the twins, has been playing that game since he was thirteen, straight. He's 17 now and has scholarships to three Universities.
What do I know?
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