RMT's live pathetic lives.

[taru]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho5Yxe6UVv4

[hazina]

I don't know if it's the way RMT people live that's pathetic, or that there's actually a market for it in North America... >.<

The thing is 'illegal' markets open because it's a demand, either the game companies get a clue and stop putting so much stress on uberness and how one can perform in game in accordance to this 'uberness', or make RMT legal as seen in Flyff and their gpotato system.

Life can be hard in China as in many places, so I tend to sympathise more with the farmers, on the other hand I have no sympathy for gold buyers and ebay bidders. These are just games, you want to feel good about yourself take up a sport, a craft, call your parents/friends/family they're the ones that love you.

[lizhellsing]

that's sad...

[Chadness]

They's just working for money to live on, like we all do over here. That being said, the people who purchase the virtual currency over here I find far worse than the people who actually "farm" for it and sell it.

[Rovec]

hazina said:

Either the game companies get a clue and stop putting so much stress on uberness and how one can perform in game in accordance to this 'uberness', or make RMT legal as seen in Flyff and their gpotato system.

Life can be hard in China as in many places, so I tend to sympathise more with the farmers, on the other hand I have no sympathy for gold buyers and ebay bidders.

Well, it's not the company's fault the drive for Uberness is there, it's really a result of the player base. A pld geared at lvl 60 in gold armor can still keep hate and stay alive, but a pld geared at lvl 60 in gallant gear will be able to keep hate better and stay alive much easier. There's nothin' wrong with gold, but people will look down on you because of it and no one likes to be looked down on like that.

I sympathise with some gil farmers too, because just like us they wanna make lives but it's still dishonest xP Tho I can see why they'd lie to an American company to make a living. As for the gil buyers, those people needa quit FFXI if they can't play it. Every time they buy gil they make it harder for the rest of us xP

[hazina]

admin said:

Well, it's not the company's fault the drive for Uberness is there, it's really a result of the player base. A pld geared at lvl 60 in gold armor can still keep hate and stay alive, but a pld geared at lvl 60 in gallant gear will be able to keep hate better and stay alive much easier. There's nothin' wrong with gold, but people will look down on you because of it and no one likes to be looked down on like that.

I'm not just refering to FFXI, but WoW and any game where getting the goods seems to be the end all and be all for some people. Of course the playerbase is partly to blame, but it's always been part of the genre to get the best items, even the offline single player ones. In theory there's nothing wrong with this mentality if you keep it in perspective. If you're having fun while farming or questing for these items and get a sense of accomplishment doing that, then yay for you. But if you feel the need to spend real cash to get it RIGHT now, then you should reevaluate why you're playing.

[lizhellsing]

i agree Hazina

[master]

this is more funny than sad because this is their whole day everyday and they just don't know how to make money anyother way.

[daggra]

The ones that buy the gold are a lot worse then those that farm it. Most of the times those farmers don't have any other option. Most ppl in China aren't that rich and if thise is the best way for them to make a bit of money... hey, I can't blame them for doing it then. I read in a dutch newspaper a few months ago that Chinees kids are even forced to farm gold all day by the maffia >.<