Showing posts with label World of Warcraft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World of Warcraft. Show all posts

Friday, May 27, 2011

FSU: Reaction to Industry News - China used prisoners in lucrative Online Game Gold Farming

As incredible as it sounds, a Chinese ex-prisoner claims that the prison guards where he was incarcerated forced him to play online games, such as World of Warcraft, to farm them for in-game gold and items. The guards then sold the in-game gold and items to other players making a small fortune in the process. The ex-prisoner then went on to state that if he didn’t meet a certain quota of gold and items per day he was punished with beatings and worse. He claims that it was a thriving business in the prison system raking in quite a bit of money.