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awfulhorrid) wrote2007-01-05 02:07 pm
awfulhorrid) wrote2007-01-05 02:07 pm
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Have you tried working for your gold? A message to those who beg in MMORPGs
Friedrich Nietzsche said "Beggars should be abolished entirely! Verily, it is annoying to give to them and it is annoying not to give to them." Obviously Nietzsche never played World of Warcraft!
In the real world, I can think of many reasons why a person might not be able to earn money, get a job, etc., but in an online game, everyone really does have the opportunity to make money, get ahead in the world, and all that kind of thing. You may not doing it all as quickly as you'd like, but even the worse player can eventually earn those gold pieces for which they're begging. In the real world, "Get a job you bum," may be considered callous (although sometimes appropriate), but your WoW character isn't going to starve and certainly doesn't have children to feed: go out and earn your gold like everyone else.
Or to put it another way: Why would I pay $15 a month so I can give you (a random stranger) the gold / equipment / quest answers / the time of day?
In the real world, I can think of many reasons why a person might not be able to earn money, get a job, etc., but in an online game, everyone really does have the opportunity to make money, get ahead in the world, and all that kind of thing. You may not doing it all as quickly as you'd like, but even the worse player can eventually earn those gold pieces for which they're begging. In the real world, "Get a job you bum," may be considered callous (although sometimes appropriate), but your WoW character isn't going to starve and certainly doesn't have children to feed: go out and earn your gold like everyone else.
Or to put it another way: Why would I pay $15 a month so I can give you (a random stranger) the gold / equipment / quest answers / the time of day?