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http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/26/chinese-prisoners-forced-play-world-warcraft-detainee-says/

Ah the surreal idiocy of paying someone real money for fantasy money!  :D
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Re: Chinese Prisoners Forced to Play World of Warcraft...
« Reply #1 on: 2011-05-26, 19:45:41 »
lol, guess they're Chinese gold farmers. At least it's easier than forced manual labor.

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Re: Chinese Prisoners Forced to Play World of Warcraft...
« Reply #2 on: 2011-05-27, 13:34:41 »
That's almost amazing...all for some damn video game.  Hilarious! 

Now don't get me wrong, I am an AVID gamer...but I draw the line at some of the stuff that goes on. 
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Re: Chinese Prisoners Forced to Play World of Warcraft...
« Reply #3 on: 2011-05-27, 13:47:16 »
I just can't imagine being forced to farm gold in WoW for long hours. It's not exactly playing. It's more like repeating the same boring task over and over and over. I think most folks would want to gouge out their eyes after a while.
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Re: Chinese Prisoners Forced to Play World of Warcraft...
« Reply #4 on: 2011-05-27, 14:27:25 »
Well, those guys were already incarcerated- it was either play, or get beaten with plastic pipes.  LOL

I'm sorry, but that does not evoke a particularly fearsome image...guess it depends on whether or not they're solid or tubed.
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Re: Chinese Prisoners Forced to Play World of Warcraft...
« Reply #5 on: 2011-05-27, 14:33:41 »
It really isn’t a very good selling point for the game either!

“World of Warcraft is preferred over beatings with a PVC pipe by 4 out of 5 Chinese political prisoners!” ~ PC Gamer.

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Re: Chinese Prisoners Forced to Play World of Warcraft...
« Reply #6 on: 2011-05-27, 15:03:22 »
It really isn’t a very good selling point for the game either!

“World of Warcraft is preferred over beatings with a PVC pipe by 4 out of 5 Chinese political prisoners!” ~ PC Gamer.

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LOL! Yeah, that would go real well.

And it makes me wonder about prisoner #5. :)
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Re: Chinese Prisoners Forced to Play World of Warcraft...
« Reply #7 on: 2011-05-27, 15:51:52 »
RIGHT.  LOL
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Re: Chinese Prisoners Forced to Play World of Warcraft...
« Reply #8 on: 2011-05-31, 04:40:15 »
Well, those guys were already incarcerated- it was either play, or get beaten with plastic pipes.  LOL

Lots of people enjoy getting hit with rattan sticks, but I'd say that having armor and being able to swing back makes it a whole other world.

And now I'm wondering what's up with the seat covers I see on eBay. :(
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