MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

[Thott]

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=154...ve/?id=1545907
"Give them space and they'll leave you alone" wtf.... what if I want what they are camping?

[Legal Fish]

Re: MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

You posted this in the wrong forum.

[Mhurron]

Re: MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

Also, the video won't play if it detects or thinks you're outside the US.

[Thott]

Re: MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

where should I of posted this? it is relevent...

[Aeolus]

Re: MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

Its won't play because I am outside of the US I think but I'm guessing from the title it is about RMT? Seens as its not a video game and is about a video game you could post it in the General Discussion?

[Neomage]

Re: MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

I can't play it... but I'm in the U.S.

[Shiyume]

Re: MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=154...ve/?id=1545907
"Give them space and they'll leave you alone" wtf.... what if I want what they are camping?

I saw it on TV...and keep in mind, that was WoW. I don't know how RMTing works there, but as I understand it the biggest problem in FFXI is NM claiming. The WoW farmer said they just killed the same monster over and over.

Also, it sucks that they get ripped off by IGE. I don't support RMT, but these guys don't have a lot of options and they're barely getting a fraction of what their hours of work generates.

[Jei]

Re: MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

Ther working PCs actually look pretty decent.. They get the head phone and all that too....

Lan gaming cafe in thailand are a lot darker. And the sound's so loud almost like nightclub -_-;

[Bricklayer]

Re: MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

I was able to watch the video from Taipei, though it was choppy... It took about 1-2mins before the splash screen cut to the actual video page. The translations were pretty good in the subtitles. It's a very interesting look at conditions over there, assuming MTV is honest in their filming and journalism.

* 生産金地 - Sheng1Chan3 Jin1 Di4, literally "growing gold place/ground"

Edit: I found the last interview a little annoying. He's basically saying, if you see a GS, just leave them alone, since they won't leave the little area they're farming in. Unfortunately, I think that often interferes with "legitimate" farming. It would be even more ironic if the "little space" he was talking about were an NM camp.

[Jei]

Re: MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

interesting how their primary game is WoW tho. Because I heard a lot from WoW players that 1) Blizzard bans gilsellers almost immediately 2) money is almost useless giving gilsellers no reason to sell gil in the game. Apparently, those are not true it seems.

[Gobo]

Re: MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

I saw that on MTV last week. I threw up a bit in my mouth when I saw the head of IGE. The guy is damn creepy looking.

[Bricklayer]

Re: MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

interesting how their primary game is WoW tho. Because I heard a lot from WoW players that 1) Blizzard bans gilsellers almost immediately 2) money is almost useless giving gilsellers no reason to sell gil in the game. Apparently, those are not true it seems.

#2 is true to a large extent, particularly for class-specific tiered equipment, of which 90% binds on pick-up and the other 10% is relatively cheap. In the past, the better mounts were (I believe) 900G. Since then, they have dropped the price to 90G, which dramatically lowers incentive to buy gold. Some enchantments, however, are VERY expensive, simply because the materials are in such high demand (Righteous Orb anyone?). Some consumables sell for a lot. But really, if you're running instances frequently, money should be the last of your problems in WoW. What I have started seeing on the TW servers is /shouts for buying leveling. For a certain amount of money, someone will level a character for you to 60, and leave you with about 1000G to start end-game with. Not sure if they provide tiered armor sets in the meanwhile. Probably not. Regardless, RMT is lame no matter how you slice it, be it in WoW or FFXI.

[Malevolent]

Re: MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

IS RMT that big of an issue that MTV has to make a story about it??

[Bricklayer]

Re: MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

How many dollars did they say the industry is worth? What was that statement at the end of the segment? Eventually, RMT will be worth more than the games themselves. That seems fairly important.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: MTV- The Real Price of Virtual Gold

For a certain amount of money, someone will level a character for you to 60, and leave you with about 1000G to start end-game with. Not sure if they provide tiered armor sets in the meanwhile. Probably not. Regardless, RMT is lame no matter how you slice it, be it in WoW or FFXI.

There's also supposed to be a group that does this for Xbox Live Achievements and the online Leaderboards.

It would also explain how some pennyless noobs in this game - who claim to work 40 hours a week on top of college - can muster up 3 jobs to 75 in less than three months time with said jobs and college in play. And then somehow they've become really successful with gil.