http://www.maxfreak.com/warcraft Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:29:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to a report published at BBC's site , MMO Gold is a $500 million industry that employs about 400,000 people in developing world countries like China. Professor Richard Heeks, head of the development informatics group at Manchester who wrote the report, said gold farming had become a significant economic sector ... http://www.maxfreak.com/warcraft/archives/mmo-gold-farming/ This guy clearly had it when it comes to bots. Even the most sophisticated bots (like WoW Glider) use a pre-scripted routine that's easy to spot. http://www.maxfreak.com/warcraft/archives/killing-wow-bots/ NRP has a report on gold farming in China. Playing online games for 12 hours is a fulltime job for thousands of Chinese workers. They're accumulating virtual money — or "gold" — which they can sell for real cash. But it's a dull and labor-intensive job with limited payoffs. According to the ... http://www.maxfreak.com/warcraft/archives/npr-pities-chinese-gold-farmers/ Blizzard are done with the patch it seems. You can view the Black Temple trailer below: There's also an HD version of it here. http://www.maxfreak.com/warcraft/archives/black-temple-trailer/ I know some of you are interested in purchasing WoW gold. I haven't seen a reliable comparison of prices between vendors so far but this one seems pretty close. US Gold ... http://www.maxfreak.com/warcraft/archives/cheap-wow-gold/ The Arena titles has finally surfaced - courtesy of Drysc. There will be four rankings to be attained: 0.0% - 0.5%: Gladiator (and Armored Nether Drake sent in mail) 0.5% - 3%: Duelist 3% - 10%: Rival 10% - 35%: Challenger The rankings are ... http://www.maxfreak.com/warcraft/archives/wow-arena-titles/ I've probably seen hundreds of spam messages advertsing WoW gold as well as powerleveling services. Blizzard has struck back recently - banning over 100,000 accounts and deleting 11 million gold (yes, that's 11,000,000 of WoW gold). I imagine this means no more cheap wow gold for a month! TechDirt are comparing ... http://www.maxfreak.com/warcraft/archives/11-million-wow-gold-disappear/ World of Warcraft has been a million-dollar business for Blizzard but it's a million-dollar business for companies who sell WoW gold, accounts, and more. Game outsourcing has been here ever since Ultima Online came out more than a decade ago. Diablo 2 item trading was quite a big business but ... http://www.maxfreak.com/warcraft/archives/wow-gold/ I wonder who's holding the record for leveling from 1 to 60. I was looking at a few powerleveling guides and I saw that Joana was boasting she was able to do 1 to 60 in 4 days, 20 hours. That's about three times faster than it took me to level ... http://www.maxfreak.com/warcraft/archives/1-to-60-powerleveling-record/ Not sure if this is a bug but it seems that a level 10 rogue with all twinked gear can solo Van Cleef. His dodge rate was a record 109% percent. I wonder if it works if you're level 70. I bet it doesn't! http://www.maxfreak.com/warcraft/archives/rogue-with-109-dodge/