# World of Warcraft: Real life whoring for virtual gold **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 26, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566 "2007-05-26T02:10:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/21 "2007-05-27T02:10:24Z")
And to think, all this time I’ve been wasting my 1337 gaming skills playing Halo when playing WoW would have gotten me laid. Stupid Master Chief. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/22 "2007-05-27T03:35:05Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] I’ve heard about this before; supposedly on top of everything else, her particular character type will soon been able to get that epic mount for free, or so I’ve heard. [/QUOTE] Yep, in the patch released last Tuesday, druid epic mounts got added. Druid flying mount has an INSTANT cast, so I guess she needs a second “date”. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/23 "2007-05-27T04:53:03Z")
Great. Now, in addition to goldspammers, we’re gonna keep getting whispers from goldpimps. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/24 "2007-05-27T06:46:47Z")
Into group sex huh? Maybe they could get together a 40 man raid. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/25 "2007-05-27T13:20:48Z")
Consensus in my guild is that she wanted to indulge her fantasy of being a naughty naughty whore in a somewhat more controlled fashion than is usually the case. More about the nookie than the gold. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/26 "2007-05-27T23:20:57Z")
[QUOTE=lavenderviolet] Yeah, that looks like…well, pretty much what I’d **expect** the sort of chick who would whore herself out for a video game to look like. [/QUOTE] The hell…? You say that like it’s a BAD thing. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/27 "2007-05-28T00:35:27Z")
[QUOTE=Kayeby] Into group sex huh? Maybe they could get together a 40 man raid. [/QUOTE] _snerk!_ ---
**Author:** ![Gundam\_Cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@Gundam\_Cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundam_Cricket)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/28 "2007-05-29T14:13:42Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] Yep, in the patch released last Tuesday, druid epic mounts got added. Druid flying mount has an INSTANT cast, so I guess she needs a second “date”. [/QUOTE] Well she _did_ say she was meeting with the guy again to double his value… /hijack how many people on these boards play WoW? what servers/factions? I’m mostly on Illidan/Alliance, myself /unhijack ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/29 "2007-05-29T14:37:16Z")
Switched to Horde to start a new character with a podcasters’ guild – kind of unofficially organized by the guys of “The Instance” – on Earthen Ring. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/30 "2007-05-29T15:17:38Z")
Horde side on Shadowsong. I recently switched over from FFXI, so I know how much RMT (Real Money Trading aka gilselling/goldselling) can hurt a game if it’s left largely unchecked. It’s not nearly as bad in WoW, but I do not approve of it, ever. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/31 "2007-05-29T15:23:55Z")
[QUOTE=Weirddave] No, she’s a Night Elf, not a Blood Elf. Anyway, I think FOR THE WHORE is more apropos anyway. [/QUOTE] Personally, I thought that a Hordie getting to mount a NElf is quite appropiate. More so in RPG-PVP servers. Female dwarves with boomsticks for the win, EU-Moonglade. ---
**Author:** ![Gundam\_Cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@Gundam\_Cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundam_Cricket)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/32 "2007-05-29T15:27:31Z")
[QUOTE=Max the Immortal] Horde side on Shadowsong. I recently switched over from FFXI, so I know how much RMT (Real Money Trading aka gilselling/goldselling) can hurt a game if it’s left largely unchecked. It’s not nearly as bad in WoW, but I do not approve of it, ever. [/QUOTE] I did my part; I encountered a bot running up and down the shore north of Theramore killing turtles. I knew he was a bot because he only attacked turtles that were out of the water, even if a turtle in the water was nearer than the next mob up the shore, and in addition he never spoke to me or replied to any of my tells while I wandered around after him, skinning the mobs he left behind. So I started casting a rank 1 earth shock (I play a shaman) on each of the mobs he was attacking just before he hit them. He’d get the aggro and kill it, I’d get the xp and loot. I also reported him to Blizzard and got him banned! Real Players - 1 Botters/Farmers - a lot more \>.\< ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/33 "2007-05-29T17:33:54Z")
[QUOTE=Kayeby] Into group sex huh? Maybe they could get together a 40 man raid. [/QUOTE] Problem with that is that you’d get all of the diseases without any of the XP. ---
**Author:** ![Gundam\_Cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@Gundam\_Cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundam_Cricket)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/34 "2007-05-29T17:45:07Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Problem with that is that you’d get all of the diseases without any of the XP. [/QUOTE] Pffff bring a Priest or a Shaman; cure disease ftw! /dork ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566/35 "2007-05-29T18:09:33Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Problem with that is that you’d get all of the diseases without any of the XP. [/QUOTE] XP is for noobs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-real-life-whoring-for-virtual-gold/405566.md?page=1)