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I’m not sure whether to laugh, or cry. Or laugh while crying.
Of course, they’re not the first in this growth industry.
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Broken
Toys
Random comments about
games and tractors
I’m not sure whether to laugh, or cry. Or laugh while crying.
Of course, they’re not the first in this growth industry.
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about 2 years ago
I’m going to go with “Laugh While Crying”, Mr. Jennings.
about 2 years ago
Dark Elves would seem to be better pimps. They’re always wearing purple.
about 2 years ago
Wait…
You buy the gold.
You pay someone to play 99% of the game for you.
And now you can pay someone to be your gaming buddy?
Why stop there? Why not pay someone to go to the store, buy the game for you, install it on your computer, make you a character, join a guild of other people with this service, play for a few months, then when you get bored he’ll uninstall it and buy a new game for you? For an additional fee, he’ll play that game too! With enough money, you may never have to play another game again!
about 2 years ago
This should surprise no one. For many, it’s not the experience that matters, it’s the right to claim the results of that experience as your own.
about 2 years ago
Do they charge extra for sexual favours?
about 2 years ago
I’m waiting for the news of someone hiring 24 other people to raid with him in World of Warcraft.
about 2 years ago
That’s probably already happened somewhere.
about 2 years ago
You have a good idea Pat, but I think you are still stopping short. I don’t want my hard drive space wasted with the game install – I’m paying big money to have this game played for me, I’m going to insist they install it on their own computer.
about 2 years ago
(Though, interestingly enough, paying other people to play a game for you is exactly what baseball team owners do, is it not?)
about 2 years ago
Normally I would chuckle at this with everyone else. But I just spent a good hour argueing with Blizz fanboys about why PVP shouldn’t be based soley gear. Apparently, I am “lazy” and “want everything given to me with no effort.” Also, more than a few think I am communist.
The truth is, as long as game designers think making players jump through hoops to get to the fun parts of the game is important, people will pay others to jump through those hoops, and then just take the fun parts of the game for themselves.
about 2 years ago
don’t knock it till you try it, wait…
about 2 years ago
I could see it being useful. I’m sure it costs way more than you could ever get out of it, but I don’t doubt that someone with more cash than sense would pay 19 other people to come raid with him.
Luckily I replaced my free money with a wife
.
about 2 years ago
There are times (mostly when I’m kissing floor for the fifth time in a row on the same boss) that I’ve fantasized about winning the lottery and hiring the 24 best WoW players out there to raid with me. Sometimes you just want to play in godmode for a while.
But … God help us all … hiring someone to be your gaming buddy? That’s all the jokes about us being anti-social loners living in basements made flesh, right there.
What they want, though, isn’t a buddy. Buddy-hood is a two-way street. I’m reminded of the helicopter parent who insisted, before sending her precious snowflake to another snowflake’s birthday party, that someone be present whose sole purpose for being there was to entertain her child. Mutuality has been lost. It’s not about people having fun together; it’s about people having fun alone, with other people hired to entertain them.
The sad part is that some of the most fun stuff I’ve done in WoW (and many other games) has been helping other people on quests that I didn’t need myself. Instead of the stress of “I’ve got to get this thing done or I’ll never get my Thingie of Uberness” it’s just kicking back, kicking ass, and not bothering to take names. There’s a bond of friendship between people who have done things together, even if it’s just killing Hogger, that’s a big part of the fun of the game. And that’s something you just can’t buy.
about 2 years ago
“about why PVP shouldn’t be based soley gear.”
It’s not; race and class also play roles!
about 2 years ago
There are (and have been for years at this point) raiding guilds that sell the 25th (used to be like, the 36th through 40th) slots in their raids for in-game gold to people, for content they have on farm, at least on my server. I expect many, if not most servers, have similar activity.
about 2 years ago
If you RTFA, it just sounds like your standard “pay us to play your toon” services. The difference was you could write in freeform requests and they’d send you back a price. So you could say, “I want you to get an 1800 arena rating for me,” or maybe “I want you to flood the auction house with large brilliant shards at rock bottom prices for eight hours”.
But the other ideas about “find me 4 other players to get through this stupid 5-man quest I have” would probably get you a quote, too.
about 2 years ago
What they don’t tell you, is they purchased someone else’s beta software and are retooling it. Here is a picture of your buddy that gives you helpful advice:
http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2007/04/gallery_mascots/clippy.jpg
about 2 years ago
Actually. I think some people would be very attracted to this service. You may consider them to be social rejects. But service like this happen in the real world as well. How many personal assistants are paid to hang out with their boss? I’m sure we could also come up with other examples.
A service like this is actually something I could really get behind. I’m not a huge fan of Gamepal’s customer service. But the idea is very good. I think though that they may have to use accounts they have for sale to have the ability to service all servers / games.
I’m most likely a bit biased because I do like the RMT business. Does anyone think that there would be bannings for hiring a buddy? Or that there are other issues of how this could harm the game?