Comments | lapis_knight: Scientific Progress Goes "Boing"

lapis_knight

Scientific Progress Goes "Boing"

Aug 16, 2005 11:52

Interesting, if not irreverent, article on how MMORPG's will change the world.

The most mind-blowing part is that "gold," a unit of currency in popular MMORPG World of Warcraft (WoW) is being sold on eBay at a better exchange rate than the Iraqi Dinar. I did a little research and found this to be true. One unit of in-game gold is roughly 100 ( Read more... )

Comments 4

werebeagle August 16 2005, 18:39:45 UTC

Wow...that's crazy. Neat article.

dip_thong August 17 2005, 15:33:34 UTC

I beleive it's "boink". But yes, WoW scares us mightily.

lapis_knight August 17 2005, 18:55:03 UTC

"Boink" it is. It's been too long since I've read Calvin and Hobbes.

limlimrealist August 30 2005, 05:46:27 UTC

Well you know, it's really not all that surprising. It takes quite a bit of effort to amass even 1 unit of Gold in WoW if you are just starting the game. You'd probably need at least 10 game hours to amass anything near 1 Gold. Of course, this gets easier as you rise in levels, but even so, the sheer amount of time you have to invest in the game to get to a high enough level to farm 30-40 Gold a day is daunting. I have heard claims that certain power gamers are even capable of making 100 Gold a day, but to gather a sum that immense must take at least 12 hours.

All in all, it's not exactly a very high paying job. However, as long as you're having fun, I bet it beats wiping down tables.