Virtual capitalism

I've been playing World of Warcraft for about 3 months now and, like all MMORPG's, the forums are a gold mine of very useful information. Where to quest, how to get enough gold for that mount, lessons in world view etc. One area which solicits particularly heated debate is the auction house. There are two of these auction houses in the World and I frequent the one at Irongforge whenever I have items to sell or need to buy that particularly delightful phantom blade or some such. It's a busy building full of people bidding, shouting, and sometimes fighting.

Anyhow, some players have noticed that other players are simply buying items from the auction house which they see are under priced only to put them straight back on for sale at higher prices. It annoys some people to the extent that they feel it necessary to argue about the practice endlessly on open forums.

Luckily for us one particular Warcraft player on the American forums has put a stop to the practice, and hence the endless arguments, by posting this:

I hope you people learn some lessions.

Capitalism is corrupt. It is biased towards the people with power and thus contradicts the basics of freedom.

Capitalism is just an excuse used by the people in power to try and justify their own greedy ambitions.

I am pround to be a socialist. And I would gladly explain that socialism is NOT communism. But alot of you Incestious rednecks down in Jesusland Might be a tad bit slow on the uptake there. Thats OK you can go right back to watching FAUX news and you'll always be told what to think.

So now we know. Those crazy capitalist auction house players. You can tell who they are by the fancy horses they ride. The poster of the above message however can be identified by his constant requests to passing players for 15 silver plz.

Posted by John at June 6, 2005 09:24 AM | TrackBack