(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Chinese prisoners have been forced by the guards in their prison to play World of Warcraft on top of their prison sentence. This practice is known as "gold farming"


Gold Farming is to play a MMO to gain in-game currency and exchange it to real world cash,
in this case the prisoners had to do repetitive routine moves to rack up points. These guards have earned to $900 a day from their prisoners doing this practice. Sometimes this practice earns more then the physical labor they are forced to do.

An inmate named Lui Dali said he worked in the Jixi labor camp in North Eastern China, where after a long day's work in the brutal coal mines he would spend up to 12 hours playing WoW, his performance and contribution were monitored with a sharp eye.

Lui said
Gold farming is seen as a negative by gamers and game makers alike and China had gained a notorious reputation in their lack of regulation in gaming practices.

Its been 2 years since Lui has been released from prison, since then, the Chinese government has stated that only companies with licenses to trade can deal with virtual currency. Lui said he doubts it and its still being practiced.

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yup it is all for the gain of the guards nothing for the prisoners other than knowing how to kick ass in WoW but how is that useful?

Heard this somewhere before a day or two ago, not sure where can't remember.
It would be awesome if it was a game like COD or Minecraft mining, at least thats fun.

wow really? Im not sure to say about it if its ****ed up or just really sad?

how about both

LOL! Torture... I hope none of them tries to commit suicide.

Mommmy, Make them Stop! There not doing it right? They should play games for PS3 if they had the money and probably get a fake copy.

It is a kill time game...

but why make ppl play it in prison