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Now I Have Seen Everything
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 01:16:49 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "James J. O'Donnell" <jod () georgetown edu> Date: December 8, 2005 10:48:00 PM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Now I Have Seen EverythingI wonder how many copies of this will get forwarded to you. Tomorrow's NYT:
jo'd Ogre to Slay? Outsource It to Chinese By DAVID BARBOZA Published: December 9, 2005 FUZHOU, China - One of China's newest factories operates here in the basement of an old warehouse. Posters of World of Warcraft and Magic Land hang above a corps of young people glued to their computer screens, pounding away at their keyboards in the latest hustle for money. The people working at this clandestine locale are "gold farmers." Every day, in 12-hour shifts, they "play" computer games by killing onscreen monsters and winning battles, harvesting artificial gold coins and other virtual goods as rewards that, as it turns out, can be transformed into real cash. That is because, from Seoul to San Francisco, affluent online gamers who lack the time and patience to work their way up to the higher levels of gamedom are willing to pay the young Chinese here to play the early rounds for them. "For 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, my colleagues and I are killing monsters," said a 23-year-old gamer who works here in this makeshift factory and goes by the online code name Wandering. "I make about $250 a month, which is pretty good compared with the other jobs I've had. And I can play games all day." ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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