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Gold Buying - Time Saver or Cheating?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the money-money-money-money dept.

Sunday's online version of The Wichita Eagle has a piece on buying gold in a MMOG. The author of the piece examines what's involved, and ponders whether such an action is cheating, or just a shortcut. From the article: "Getting my gold was a snap. The smallest quantity for sale by IGE was 500 pieces for $60, about twice what I wanted to spend. I decided to go for it, however, as I simply could not abide the prospect of skinning even one more level-10 boar. Within 20 minutes, the gold appeared in my WoW character's mailbox." From a Cathode Tan post. What is your opinion: Cheating or Shortcut?

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  1. A Diamond Joe Quimby moment... by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What is your opinion: Cheating or Shortcut?

    It can be two things!

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  2. Re:It's Pretty Simple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mr. Black, Ms. White, I'd like to introduce you to someone. His name is Gray.

  3. No more boar-skinning? by orthogonal · · Score: 4, Funny

    I simply could not abide the prospect of skinning even one more level-10 boar.

    But, but...

    It was for the boar-skinning that I signed up!

    Nothing beats sitting in the comfort of my mom's basement, skinning virtual boar! Every day, I thank God that I live in an age when the delights of boar-skinning can be achieved so readily.

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  4. The choice for players is simple. by Sir+Holo · · Score: 3, Funny

    WoW player's tough choices:

    Option 1 - Do the in-game "work" to earn the rewards.>
    Result - No time for a date.

    Option 2 - Buy the gold instead.br> Result - No money for a date.

    Option 3 - Realize WoW is a time sucking click-sink. Result - Time and money for a date.

  5. Bad Investment by vitaflo · · Score: 3, Funny

    From the article:

    "I bought gold last week. You're reading the Business section, so that may not sound unusual. However, the purchase wasn't for my investment portfolio. And I'm not talking about real gold, either. But I did plunk down $60 of cold, hard cash in return for 500 virtual gold pieces for World of Warcraft, Blizzard's best-selling massively multiplayer online (MMO) adventure game."

    Given that you can get 1000 gold for less than $60 now in WoW, I'd say he didn't make a very good investment. I'd hate to see his real portfolio.

  6. Re:It's Pretty Simple by GrayCalx · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did someone call me?

  7. Err - ripped off? by mmalove · · Score: 5, Funny

    Author spent 60 dollars on 500 gold.

    The ad banner just beneath his article :

    1000 gold for $34.99

    nuff said

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