China used prisoners in lucrative internet gaming work

[HostLeet]

Chinese prisoners were forced into 'gold farming' – building up credits on online games such as World of Warcraft...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/china-prisoners-internet-gaming-scam

Pretty interesting.. Just goes to show how the internet has really affected the entire world, and still more to come.

 

[ubservers]

We can hope that at least they had some fun while playing at WoW...

 

[rds100]

I don't believe this. There are bots that can play these games, why the need to use prisoners? But even if this was true, i can imagine that much worst things could have happened to prisoners in China than playing computer games - so this should be considered more like recreational activity for them.

 

[HostLeet]

I don't believe this. There are bots that can play these games, why the need to use prisoners? But even if this was true, i can imagine that much worst things could have happened to prisoners in China than playing computer games - so this should be considered more like recreational activity for them.

I don't find it hard to believe at all.

 

[SenseiSteve]

Interesting story, Juan - I've never played WoW or any of those games, but I'm no longer shocked by stories like these.

 

[HostLeet]

Interesting story, Juan - I've never played WoW or any of those games, but I'm no longer shocked by stories like these.

I've never played WoW myself neither, but I do play other PC video games (love the Wii as well!).

I've also seen stories similar to this one (gold farms). However, this is the first one I've read, where the goverment is the one doing it! :shocked:

 

[CEUservers]

Pretty interesting and almost unbelievable...

 

[HostOX]

Lol, at least they got to play computer games, look on the bright side.

 

[sam_basshost]

It is sad to see people getting forced to do stuff. But, hey at least they had entertainment.