Chinese Prisoners Forced into MMO Gold Farming

robinban · Post by **robinban** » Mon May 30, 2011 8:35 pm

[url="http://news.mmosite.com/content/2011-05-30/chinese_prisoners_forced_to_gold_farming.shtml"]http://news.mmosite.com/content/2011-05-30/chinese_prisoners_forced_to_gold_farming.shtml[/url]

It's been revealed that many Chinese prisoners are being forced into online "hard labor" in titles such as World of Warcraft, because it's more profitable than manual labor.

Garriath · Post by **Garriath** » Mon May 30, 2011 9:59 pm

Do bear in mind that this appears to be a scheme by prison guards to eke extra money out of the prisoners, rather than some sort of government scheme. Not saying that the government tolerates this kind of human rights abuses isn't horrifying, but there's no evidence to suggest that the Chinese government is in fact promoting this sort of thing over hard labor.

robinban · Post by **robinban** » Tue May 31, 2011 12:38 am

Garriath wrote:Do bear in mind that this appears to be a scheme by prison guards to eke extra money out of the prisoners, rather than some sort of government scheme. Not saying that the government tolerates this kind of human rights abuses isn't horrifying, but there's no evidence to suggest that the Chinese government is in fact promoting this sort of thing over hard labor.

That's right, it the several prison guards, not Chinese government

Diksha · Post by **Diksha** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:39 am

Garriath wrote:Do bear in mind that this appears to be a scheme by prison guards to eke extra money out of the prisoners, rather than some sort of government scheme. Not saying that the government tolerates this kind of human rights abuses isn't horrifying, but there's no evidence to suggest that the Chinese government is in fact promoting this sort of thing over hard labor.

But thats not the point, a government have an eye over the every activity in their country. It is not possible that they are not aware about this matter and also it is possible they can't interested in!

Stworca · Post by **Stworca** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:41 am

Wait.. what? Revealed? It's been obvious and known to everyone while i was playing (2007)

The sudden spotlight is for sure nothing more than a marketing move.

Besides, would you rather smash rocks with a hammer, or farm gold in an MMO? :laugh: