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Geek Culture / Aussie kid sells his Wow Account $1300! US

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indi
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TEST OF WILL
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Wtf?
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Kieran
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yeah insane isn't it
I saw someone sell a runescape account on trademe for like $4000 NZD, thats even more insane!

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Agent Dink
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Craziness... just play the game people. I mean... I can understand selling accounts and all... It's just the prices are ridiculous. I dunno. If it wasn't so illegal / frowned upon I'd do it in my spare time, but it's crazy people will pay for these things. I mean... it's just a bunch of variables (XP, Gold, Health, Mana, etc).





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One of my mates played FFXII (Final Fantasy 12) online and kept complaining about "Miners".

Then, when he started to get into it more, he tried to get me to start playing (now, I rarely play games as it is, so you can tell how uninterested I was), so he'd show me this "Massively Cool" group thing that would involve 5 or 6 of his "clan" getting together and doing something.
Every single time he showed me, or I happened to be at his place, it took about an hour to even get anywhere (he had to walk across this massive landscape that went on and on and on and on), then when he got there, this massively cool thing he wanted to show me either involved him just standing there watching other people fight, or repeatedly pressing the same buttons at a very, very slow rate.
Needless to say, I never started playing.

So... Agent Dink, they don't need to "just play the game", they need to get a life (a real one) and go outside. Get some sunlight, meet some people, go to social events...

But any way, $1300 is too much.

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Posted: 23rd Jul 2007 08:30 Edited at: 23rd Jul 2007 08:30
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I'm perfectly alright with it, i mean the lack of common sense of the buyer increases exponentially the higher it get sold for. In other words, the buyer deserves to loose the money involved.



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Agent Dink
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So... Agent Dink, they don't need to "just play the game", they need to get a life (a real one) and go outside. Get some sunlight, meet some people, go to social events...
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Very true... I play WoW. Well, did. I haven't played for about 2 months because I started losing interest and I didn't have any time since work has picked up. Don't feel like its worth the monthly fee at this time. It's a fun game, but I dunno. I never saw what was so addicting about it.



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I sucked at WoW, so I couldn't really get into it


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Bizar Guy
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2007 09:08
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I tried wow for 2 days. I had no fun what so ever, and found that I just had this huge determination to grind.

I went to ironforge in my short time playing, and there was frequent slowdown the entire time. I don't know why, as I could never see more than ten people in sight.

I tried Flyff after wow, and found it to be much more fun, with the advantage of being able to fly around. I don't play it very often, but I actually play it.

I have a friend who sold his wow account for over $1000. He realized his actual life was a bit more important than playing wow. He's a pretty cool guy now.

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I play tales of pirates and its kinda sucking me in, at the same time I'm pulling away to make sure I don't become a recluse. Its fun being a pirate but boy oh boy the jerks you get on there are wonderful, many people still amaze me with their speech.

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I don't think you should have to pay a monthly fee for games such as Wow, isn't paying for the the game at the shop enough?

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Posted: 23rd Jul 2007 15:09 Edited at: 23rd Jul 2007 15:10
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I've been playing that too, its a bit fun and slightly childish (which makes it even more fun) but now that I'm level 31 its beginning to get boring, like all other MMORPGs I've played and the friend who I have has also been playing it found the same...though still I have the benefits of being level 40 to move onto.

Though there is the general problem with MMORPGs...they all bore me after a while. Though Silkroad online was fun, but the servers are always so damn busy that I can't actually log on anymore.

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Nooooeeeess! my identitu haes bin stoeled!

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I used to play runescape eons ago, maybe I could get some cash off my account , IIRC its pretty good.


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I'v never seen the big fuss with these games, I used to play runescape, got to level 56, got bored, free trial of WoW, Worse than runescape.

The only similar thing I "play" is habbo, cause its more about socializing more than tryin to be the best.

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I've seen my brother play that habbo game, seems like a glorified msn with alot of horny 13 year olds.
I never played any MMO's until lord of the rings online came out, I play that every now and again the problem is when your paying per month (well £36 every 6 months) you can't afford to play 'every now and again'. Which is where I think the problem with MMO's lies, there are just too many hardcore gamers on there who are really pompus and think its a good thing that they reach the level cap in a week.

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Silvester
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WoW is a good game,you just need to find the race that fits with you,and get past level 10 so you can join some PvP stuff and have the fun of the real game...

But selling accounts for that much is insane...


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Quote: "But selling accounts for that much is insane..."


Buying accounts for that much is insane...

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Quote: "Buying accounts for that much is insane..."


Depends, are you sad, lonely with a void of self esteem and have no friends? Then it might be the closest thing to the answer, you'll be uber cool because your character is so much better that a lot of them, other players will like you because they think your character are cool...Its the perfection delusional plan...Now lets see, where did I put that $1300...

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Hang on - 18 months at approx $15US a month, double that for the first month, and he earned between $55US and $60US a month.

Quote: "...said he had lived the dream of every young gamer by turning his hobby into a lucrative enterprise."


I think that I'll stick with the day job

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I suppose whoever bought it will be able to impress all those hawt girls that play WoW.....

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Quote: "Hang on - 18 months at approx $15US a month, double that for the first month, and he earned between $55US and $60US a month."


Exactly!!

The other thing I don't get is, isn't that like, The End in terms of an MMORPG. Who would buy that? What more do you have to do if you jump straight in at the highest level?

Meh I'll stick with my 100% linear, 100% 1 player games. Vive la revolution!

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Quote: "One of my mates played FFXII (Final Fantasy 12) online and kept complaining about "Miners".

Then, when he started to get into it more, he tried to get me to start playing (now, I rarely play games as it is, so you can tell how uninterested I was), so he'd show me this "Massively Cool" group thing that would involve 5 or 6 of his "clan" getting together and doing something.
Every single time he showed me, or I happened to be at his place, it took about an hour to even get anywhere (he had to walk across this massive landscape that went on and on and on and on), then when he got there, this massively cool thing he wanted to show me either involved him just standing there watching other people fight, or repeatedly pressing the same buttons at a very, very slow rate.
Needless to say, I never started playing."


that's how my friend was! he got me to play for about 2 months and then i quit. but i have to say, i loved the music

Quote: "I tried wow for 2 days. I had no fun what so ever, and found that I just had this huge determination to grind."


someone who thinks the same as me! finally! i played for 5 hours at a friends house and couldn't stand it! he's like "wanna try a quest?" so i went and killed boars for an hour. soooo boring!

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Quote: "The other thing I don't get is, isn't that like, The End in terms of an MMORPG. Who would buy that? What more do you have to do if you jump straight in at the highest level?"


The best part of the game... PvP.
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It may have been an auction spoiler. Thay will bid an insane ammount so noone else can buy it but never hand over the real mulla

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i would never pay taht much for a feaking account even if he had all epic with some artifacts all level 70s every race every class crap no.

haha lets rock this world.
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Quote: "horny 13 year olds."


Nope, more like 40-something pedophiles.

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Quote: "Nope, more like 40-something pedophiles."


More like 4chan /b/tards in afros and black suits spamming "Pool's closed" am I right?

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Most likely it was bought by a farmer who will split things up and sell them off for 20x what he just paid $5-10 at a time.

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I'm obviously in the wrong line of work. Forget making games, I can just make WoW characters


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WoW!! Losing a life was never so expensive.

Just kidding. This sounds stupid to me because I play games just to have fun, and only play games for a long time when it has a distant goal. I do not see a pinch of excitement on being the best player of a game with no actual final goal. Anyway, this is just my opinion.

I do not see reason to buy other person's account for any price.

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hahahahahahahaha. Couldn't you just hack the accounts and sell them for like 500$ a piece!? HAHAHAHHAHAHA. THESE PEOPLE ARE FUNNY. I think I'm going to start a buisness of selling WoW accounts,haha.

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Benny, I would imagine that Blizzard are quite inept at stopping people from "Hacking" their accounts since they've stopped it for all their other games.

At any rate, the outlay of effort for such little return isn't worth it. Learn how to make websites, print off some flyers and stick 'em up around town. You'd easily make 10x as much money!

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I hear they have kids working in houses in China earning WOW gold. These houses have no doors so the kids cannot leave. The gang master brings them supplies via ladder!

ALSO

Quote: "Earlier this year, a Shanghai online gamer was given a suspended death sentence for killing a fellow gamer when he found out the friend had sold his virtual sword, which he had lent him, for 7,200 yuan (£473). "


Doh! Never let anyone borrow EQ you expect to get back 1st rule of MMORPGing!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4360654.stm

Quote: "China has no laws to deal with the theft of virtual property. But in South Korea, where gaming is treated as a mainstream sport, there is a police unit that investigates in-game crime. "


I'm expecting when Warrock sends teams to Korea to compete shortly they will all be arrested for being cheats/hackers

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I play WoW for the boys playing girls who become girls playing girls once they take off their armors and dance for you.

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