China Bans Gold Farming

[CAT]

Wonder how this will affect the sour Korean Nipple.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/int ... =218101859

[JustOnePlz]

NO MORE GOLD BOTS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

and if so WOOO-F@*KING-RAAAAH!

Edit: is no1 else as excited as i am at the thot of just populated servers in isro?

[Hennessey]

cihnese gold farmers actually grind their lives away. sro gold companies make all their profit with bots, so they have nothing to worry about

[JustOnePlz]

well its saying that any and all profit made from transfer of virtual currency is banned, so either bots or hand grind farms shouldnt be able to sell there in game gold...

Chinese Gov. ftw

[Bread_Fish]

well its saying that any and all profit made from transfer of virtual currency is banned, so either bots or hand grind farms shouldnt be able to sell there in game gold...

Chinese Gov. ftw

.....wat


OnT
this is just one of those things where the government kinda stares at people and says "HEY STOP THAT" the people respond with "why should we...?" and the government slowly says "cuz if you dont....somthing bad will happen.."
people: "such as...?"
gov: *runs
my point being..
its just an intimidation thing that governments (for whatever reason) think works (it doesnt)

[JustOnePlz]

well its saying that any and all profit made from transfer of virtual currency is banned, so either bots or hand grind farms shouldnt be able to sell there in game gold...

Chinese Gov. ftw

.....wat


OnT
this is just one of those things where the government kinda stares at people and says "HEY STOP THAT" the people respond with "why should we...?" and the government slowly says "cuz if you dont....somthing bad will happen.."
people: "such as...?"
gov: *runs
my point being..
its just an intimidation thing that governments (for whatever reason) think works (it doesnt)

ok maybe chinese government is the best ftw example but im trying to be positive, all we can do about the war on bots.

[borat2]

well its saying that any and all profit made from transfer of virtual currency is banned, so either bots or hand grind farms shouldnt be able to sell there in game gold...

Chinese Gov. ftw

.....wat


OnT
this is just one of those things where the government kinda stares at people and says "HEY STOP THAT" the people respond with "why should we...?" and the government slowly says "cuz if you dont....somthing bad will happen.."
people: "such as...?"
gov: *runs
my point being..
its just an intimidation thing that governments (for whatever reason) think works (it doesnt)

ok maybe chinese government is the best ftw example but im trying to be positive, all we can do about the war on bots.

This is china we are talking about, if this was concerning a country like the Netherlands then i would agree with you.

[heroo]

gov: *runs

i don't think you're fimiliar with the chinese gov.

[Lempi]

I may be mistaken, but this;

Virtual currency, as defined by Chinese authorities, includes "prepaid cards of cyber-games," according to a joint release issued by China's Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Commerce on Friday.

Could mean Chinese people wont be able to pay for World of Warcraft gamecards too or any other game for that matter, only paying with credit cards ect.

[JustOnePlz]

yea that would probably give it more meaning, but there isnt a massive gold farming company based out of the netherlands, its something china has to deal with, and theyre trying, so i give them an A for effort but not so sure on a follow thru grade... give it some time, theyll either stop caring or theyll hold up to there word.

[Bread_Fish]

gov: *gathers the military*

i don't think you're fimiliar with the chinese gov.

Touché.....
also fix'd

[JustOnePlz]

gov: *gathers the military*

i don't think you're fimiliar with the chinese gov.

Touché.....
also fix'd

lol chinese army busting up illegal gaming room, flashbangs and bean bag bullets owning the crap out of unsuspecting gamers XD

[Bread_Fish]

DOHOHOHOHO.......im a bad person arent i?...

[Doppleganger]

the sour Korean Nipple.

eeeeewwwwwww lolol

[jabbers]

Wo3 jue2 de ni3 hen3 ke3 ai4.


beeep beep boop boop

[Rhe7oric]

I have a question, how does China banning gold farming have anything to do with a Korean game?

[KillAndChill]

I have a question, how does China banning gold farming have anything to do with a Korean game?

Because a good bit of gold selling/farming companies are in china. You act like all the companies are from Korea just because the game is.

[aznronin]

Why you guys gotta be hating on China....?

[Drew_Benton]

NO MORE GOLD BOTS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

and if so WOOO-F@*KING-RAAAAH!

Edit: is no1 else as excited as i am at the thot of just populated servers in isro?

Do you know anything about the United States? The same thing that happens over here is going to happen there in China, or anywhere else that imposes such limitations on "business oprations".

They simply pack up and relocate to another country that they can do their work at the same or even lower costs. The working population gets left behind as the big managers move their operations to a new population. That is assuming they don't find a loophole to exploit and continue going on as they were.

India is my best guess that will start to becoming the predominate gold farming capitol if the Chinese government goes through with completely obliterates this. They have a large population of people who work extremely low paying wage jobs. That's why the US was outsourcing IT departments, programmers, etc.. to India over the past decade as well as opening overseas manufacturing plants in 3rd world countries. Also unlike IT call centers, you don't need workers with "people skills" or "IT knowledge", so anyone can do the work. India does have its own problems though, such as the brownouts and general internet connectivity issues in large regions, but I'm sure they'll figure something out.

If anything, you might see a temporary disruption in the gold bot/gold selling business in Silkroad, but it's far from being something that will stop gold farming and return Silkroad to the good ole days. For that to happen, Joymax would need to intentionally destroy the gold bot farming business, which they are more than capable of if they really wanted to, but Joymax benefits most from it.

Think about all the premiums that are bought for the sake of being able to not spend hours logging in. For anyone who has visited the new Ch'in Tomb, you can't tell me that wasn't intentionally designed for people to spend money on Reverse Returns, pets, or HP/MP bags, bolts/arrows to extend how much time you can stay out there before having to return back to town. Likewise for how much exp and sp you need to have a decent character at a high level, SP ticket + prem. Not to mention avatars and the devil spirt to give you an edge. It's all quite an elaborate business plan they have going on and it's working.

[-.-]

hm... no virtual currency...
silk? other games have item malls too...

besides gold companies wont be bothered... china is one of largest online pirating population, they cant stop that, how will they stop gold farming?

[CrimsonNuker]

ZOMG THEY MADE IT ILLEGAL SO WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE ANY MORE OF IT!

idiots.

[Amarisa]

with sbot and a lot of other clientless bots its not the gold companies clogging the servers anymore....

[Toshiharu]

Farm gold
Give gold outside of China.
Sell while outside of China.
Go back to China with money.

lulwut? If I understood correctly gold farming itself is still there, but selling any virtual currency isn't allowed. All I see is that this will basically stop big gold farming companies whereas small ones can still do w/e with taking the risk without China finding out.

@Above yeah because everyone uses sbot and clientless bots.

[JustOnePlz]

so we get a few weeks play while they relocate, anythings better than nothing...


and im sure some idiots gunna answer like, actually it would only take X amount of days for them to get to where ever and start again, lemme answer ahead of time..... stop raining on my parade, i hate you

[BuDo]

With government intervention like this one you can rest assured that a ban like this wont last too long. Don't get me wrong I love that China is doing this but sooner or later they will start to allow it again but they will just tax the gold farmers instead of outright banning them.

Something interesting to note in that article as well is that this gold farming business is generating a lot of money per year (146million). There is no way that JM is not getting a piece of that pie. Its their game after all. Now we can say with absolute certainty that JM is behind SRO's problems.

[Jekman]

Something interesting to note in that article as well is that this gold farming business is generating a lot of money per year (146million). There is no way that JM is not getting a piece of that pie. Its their game after all. Now we can say with absolute certainty that JM is behind SRO's problems.

Sorry, but no. You're still just speculating. Only girls on their period will think that's enough evidence for "absolute certainty".

[JustOnePlz]

Something interesting to note in that article as well is that this gold farming business is generating a lot of money per year (146million). There is no way that JM is not getting a piece of that pie. Its their game after all. Now we can say with absolute certainty that JM is behind SRO's problems.

Sorry, but no. You're still just speculating. Only girls on their period will think that's enough evidence for "absolute certainty".

i lol'd

[BuDo]

Something interesting to note in that article as well is that this gold farming business is generating a lot of money per year (146million). There is no way that JM is not getting a piece of that pie. Its their game after all. Now we can say with absolute certainty that JM is behind SRO's problems.

Sorry, but no. You're still just speculating. Only girls on their period will think that's enough evidence for "absolute certainty".

Oh ok I c. Looks like a crocodile...Moves like a crocodile...Behavioural patterns of a crocodile...Feels like a crocodile... But you still ain't convinced yet uh...Well I guess there is only one thing left for you to do in order to make sure you are a man.

All the signs pointing to this and it still may not be right. Yes I know. But it seems you're the kinda "non rag" fella that would bet on the horse with 5000 to 1 odds hoping for that miracle.

[Jekman]

All the signs pointing to this and it still may not be right. Yes I know. But it seems you're the kinda "non rag" fella that would bet on the horse with 5000 to 1 odds hoping for that miracle.

Absolute certainty, eh? We're done here, chica.

edit: typo

[Vellure]

Lol it would be good if that solved the problem, but I guess not... =p