WoW is no more racist than life itself. Face it my friend... there is racial and social segregation on this planet... it is a fundamental human characteristic which should be embraced, not used for hatred. I find the diversity in life to be extremely interesting, and will jump at the chance to spend time in another culture to learn how they live and deal with life.
WoW is an echo of real life... Blizzard has done an EXCELLENT job at creating a virtual world that parallels real life.
WoW is about competition among factions who happen to be two sides composed of a cumulation of various races who work well together. The politics are Horde / Alliance... the races within those factions have absolutely no hatred fostered against each other in any way, shape, or form... in fact, there is no racial hatred anywhere in the game... only political disrest and disrespect, which spawns some really fun PVP action.
Every company I have seen on the Internet who sells gold (ige.com etc.), are from the asian corner of the globe.... Whether or not they hire only people from their country or not is anyones guess. I can't imagine being able to pay someone $6 or $7 per hour (the US minimum wage) when only selling 300g for $25... im sure it takes several hours to get 300g in the first place no matter how many macros you can program.
If anyone knows of any gold sellers who are not from the Asian continent, I would be interested in their URL...
I find working the economy in the game another aspect of the game itself. Yes, spending all that time trying to make gold is... well... time consuming... it is indeed an aspect of the game which is very challenging both intellectually and mentally (it tries my patience more often than it rewards it).
Of course my time is worth a hell of a lot more than even 500 gold pieces per hour (figuring a.09 / g monetary value)... and if I was in the game purely to level and gank, then I would just buy my gold and stay away from IF... I simply have too much fun bartering, working instances, auctioning etc. etc.
As far as racism goes... we are genetically programmed to recognize and identify patterns in every aspect of human life. Left winged social conditioning has labeled pattern recognition at the racial / ethnic / cultural level as being evil, but that is nothing more than a primitive fear (probably a fear necessary for survival in a primitive society back when we were all hunters / gatherers) being fed and consumed by people who refuse to look deeper into the human psyche and accept it for what it is. When that pattern recognition is wielded as a weapon on either side of the "debate", it becomes a one sided argument which has no solution other than to subscribe to that sides philosophy.
WoW is nothing more than a well balanced echo of human life. In that vein, it is oozing with reality and parallels to real life which make it fundamentally addictive for those who marvel at the accomplishment Blizzard has made.
Tolerance goes further than yelling at those who have none... in so doing, you demonstrate a total lack of it.
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WoW is no more racist than life itself. Face it my friend ... there is racial and social segregation on this planet ... it is a fundamental human characteristic which should be embraced, not used for hatred. I find the diversity in life to be extremely interesting, and will jump at the chance to spend time in another culture to learn how they live and deal with life.
... Blizzard has done an EXCELLENT job at creating a virtual world that parallels real life.
... the races within those factions have absolutely no hatred fostered against each other in any way, shape, or form ... in fact, there is no racial hatred anywhere in the game ... only political disrest and disrespect, which spawns some really fun PVP action.
WoW is an echo of real life
WoW is about competition among factions who happen to be two sides composed of a cumulation of various races who work well together. The politics are Horde / Alliance
Every company I have seen on the Internet who sells gold (ige.com etc.), are from the asian corner of the globe .... Whether or not they hire only people from their country or not is anyones guess. I can't imagine being able to pay someone $6 or $7 per hour (the US minimum wage) when only selling 300g for $25 ... im sure it takes several hours to get 300g in the first place no matter how many macros you can program.
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If anyone knows of any gold sellers who are not from the Asian continent, I would be interested in their URL
I find working the economy in the game another aspect of the game itself. Yes, spending all that time trying to make gold is ... well ... time consuming ... it is indeed an aspect of the game which is very challenging both intellectually and mentally (it tries my patience more often than it rewards it).
.09 / g monetary value) ... and if I was in the game purely to level and gank, then I would just buy my gold and stay away from IF ... I simply have too much fun bartering, working instances, auctioning etc. etc.
... we are genetically programmed to recognize and identify patterns in every aspect of human life. Left winged social conditioning has labeled pattern recognition at the racial / ethnic / cultural level as being evil, but that is nothing more than a primitive fear (probably a fear necessary for survival in a primitive society back when we were all hunters / gatherers) being fed and consumed by people who refuse to look deeper into the human psyche and accept it for what it is. When that pattern recognition is wielded as a weapon on either side of the "debate", it becomes a one sided argument which has no solution other than to subscribe to that sides philosophy.
... in so doing, you demonstrate a total lack of it.
Of course my time is worth a hell of a lot more than even 500 gold pieces per hour (figuring a
As far as racism goes
WoW is nothing more than a well balanced echo of human life. In that vein, it is oozing with reality and parallels to real life which make it fundamentally addictive for those who marvel at the accomplishment Blizzard has made.
Tolerance goes further than yelling at those who have none