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The Story of the Gold Farmer
The Deadalus Project has a massive update looking at Player Opinions of Gold Farmers. While farming activities are well documented, Mr. Yee opens up the dialogue about the topic by looking at player opinion in a larger context. From the piece: "Of course, the story of prejudice against the Chinese during the 1800s is far more complex and nuanced than stemming from just the laundry workers. And, of course, the parallel that I'm trying to draw isn't perfect. But the juxtaposition of this historical narrative with the much more recent narrative we typically tell about 'Chinese' gold farmers reveals its disturbing metaphors and framings. The contemporary narrative starts to feel too much like the historical one - Chinese immigrant workers being harassed and murdered by Westerners who feel they alone can arbitrate what constitutes acceptable labor."
...are the fucktards who BUY the gold.
All this finger pointing at the farmers. I remember a saying "Thou protest too much."
It's the losers that buy the gold that creates the demand for this service. I find farming annoying. But I would really like to find out who is buying the gold on the game that I play and have a chance to roll them. Repeatedly.
I love the excuse that they do it because it takes too much time to gather up said gold. Hello! It's an online game! Of course it's going to take time! Everything about this kind of game takes time! The game takes time!
-- What's this '-r *' file doing here? -- Oh well, a simple 'rm' should do the trick.
"But in disagreement with the Article, I've never been directly harassed by a farmer..."
World of Warcraft. Azshara. Any server with a medium or higher population.
95% of the time any day you come, you will find the same set of players killing the same mobs, looting the same resource nodes. If you attempt to pull a mob anywhere in the area they consider 'theirs' (which typically is MUCH LARGER than you think - re: the whole viewable area or larger), they will usually retaliate by using techniques which result in you being attacked by a large number of mobs.
Glad you haven't had the problem. Lots of us have.