August 4th, 2010
Farmer Xue
Just outside the Whirling Gate of the Maelstrom Labyrinth in the MMORPG [Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game] After Realm, a Level-3 Vampire Queen named Silferwolf97 approaches RedPeddler, a Level-24 Dreamscape Cleric.
Silferwolf97: I read on the forums that this Labyrinth stinks. You lose like 50 Health and it takes 4ever. 2 bad u neeeed 2 do it 2 get the Thunder Hammer.
RedPeddler: There is another way, actually. Can we switch to a Secure Channel? I don’t want my mom to read this.
System Control: Silverwolf97 proposes that the conversation between herself and RedPeddler continue on Secure Channel Five. To complete channel switch, both parties must select “Confirm.”
Silferwolf97: Confirm
RedPeddler: Confirm
Silferwolf97: Your mom reads your chat logs?
RedPeddler: Actually, I am an orphan, but nvm. I have an extra Thunder Hammer I could sell you. Where are you from irl?
Silferwolf97: irl?
RedPeddler: In real life.
Silferwolf97: Aah. Cleveland.
RedPeddler: That is in US?
Silferwolf97: Of course. Ohio. But how do u have an Xtra Thunder Hammer? No one has an Xtra Thunder Hammer.
RedPeddler: I have completed the labyrinth many times. Are you interested in the sale?
Silferwolf97: How much do u want 4 it?
RedPeddler: That depends. You pay game gold or US dollars?
Silferwolf97: Game gold, of course. I’m only 13.
RedPeddler: 70 000 then.
Silferwolf97: 70 000?! That is sooo much. I only have 45 000 and I have been playing for a month.
RedPeddler: For 45 000, I make you deal. We can do the Maelstrom Labyrinth together. I am level 24. With my help, you will complete it in little time and lose little Health. At the end, we will both have a new Thunder Hammer.
Silferwolf97: Ok, I guess. Do I have 2 give u the gold now?
RedPeddler: 20 000 now. 25 000 after we beat it, okay?
System Control: Silferwolf97 proposes that she transfer 20 000 gold to RedPeddler. To complete transaction, both parties must select “Confirm.”
RedPeddler: Confirm
Silferwolf97: Confirm
RedPeddler: Follow me.
RedPeddler uses her Clerical wand to throw open the Whirling Gate, bypassing the first riddle sequence. The two are in the lowest chamber of the Maelstrom Labyrinth, a partially flooded brown-bricked dungeon teeming with rats.
RedPeddler: I’ll zap the ones on our side of the moat. Use your Salt Spray to get the two by the far door.
Silferwolf97: Die rats, die!
RedPeddler: If you press Ctrl-S you don’t have to pump the spray; it will just keep coming.
Silferwolf97: That is so cool. Thnx. But I still don’t get u. How many times have u done the Labyrinth?
RedPeddler: About two hundred.
Silferwolf97: What? Is that all you do? What about the rest of the game?
RedPeddler: When I said that I don’t want my mom to read this, Mom is code for the Game Moderators.
Silferwolf97: Why hide from the Moderators?
RedPeddler: The official rules of After Realm forbid gold farming.
Silferwolf97: Gold farming? What’s that?
RedPeddler: You don’t know? Gold farming is earning game gold in a MMPORG and selling it for real world money. The gold I get from you I will transfer to my bosses and they will sell to Americans for US dollars.
Silferwolf97: Your bosses? The Chieftains of your Guild?
RedPeddler: Haha. Not a guild. The factory where I work. After Realm is my job.
Silferwolf97: Where are u, irl?
RedPeddler: China. Most gold farmers are from here. There is a rat behind you. Press Ctrl-S while holding right for a Spin Spray.
Silferwolf97: Thnx. How come you speak such good English?
RedPeddler: I lived in a orphanage run by Australian charity. I am one of the only at the factory who speak English so I get to do the labyrinth and sell Thunder Hammers. The rest just kill Ice Orcs. It is good, too, because the boss who watches us don’t know what I’m typing.
Silferwolf97: How do we get to the next room?
RedPeddler: Place a Boom Crystal beside that crack in the wall. When it explodes, there is passageway.
Silferwolf97: I don’t have any Boom Crystals. I have a Fire Crystal.
RedPeddler: That won’t work. Is okay, I’ll do it.
Silferwolf97: How many ppl work at yur gold farm?
RedPeddler: Move back a bit so the explosion doesn’t lose you Health. There are hundred workers because there are fifty computers and two shifts. I work twelve hours then I have twelve hours off.
Silferwolf97: 12 hrs! That is such a loooong shift. But u get 2 play video games all day. That is so fun!!!
RedPeddler: It is not fun. I just do the same labyrinth over and over and if I don’t make enough money the boss hits me.
Silferwolf97: Yur boss hits u?!?!
RedPeddler: There is better gold farm down the street, though. They have fun. I want to get a job there, but they don’t take gamers under 16.
Silferwolf97: How old are u?
RedPeddler: 13, same as you. You have to jump when the flower is glowing blue.
Silferwolf97: What is yur name?
RedPeddler: Too slow. Jump as soon as it turns blue. My name is Xue.
Silferwolf97: Xue, I don’t want to play anymore. Your boss hits you if you don’t make enough money.
System Control: Silferwolf97 proposes that she transfer 25 000 gold to RedPeddler. To complete transaction, both parties must select “Confirm.”
Silferwolf97: Confirm
RedPeddler: Deny
Silferwolf97: Take the gold. I’ll go kill Ice Orcs, make even more and bring it back 2 u. I want 2 help u.
RedPeddler: I used to work in a factory that made shoes for American women. Then I worked in a factory that made radios for American cars. This is my best job yet. I don’t need charity. Jump now.
Silferwolf97: Take the gold.
System Control: Silferwolf97 proposes that she transfer 25 000 gold to RedPeddler. To complete transaction, both parties must select “Confirm.”
Silferwolf97: Confirm
RedPeddler: I like my job because I can talk to Americans, tell you where the things you buy come from. Whether you buy a real object or just a digital image of a hammer, it usually comes from us. Don’t forget me, Silferwolf.
Silferwolf97: My name is Melissa. Take the gold. Please.
RedPeddler: Confirm
Silferwolf97: Thnx.
RedPeddler: Thank you, Melissa. But we’re still doing the quest together. Jump now.
Just outside the Whirling Gate of the Maelstrom Labyrinth in the MMORPG [Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game] After Realm, a Level-3 Vampire Queen named Silferwolf97 approaches RedPeddler, a Level-24 Dreamscape Cleric.
Silferwolf97: I read on the forums that this Labyrinth stinks. You lose like 50 Health and it takes 4ever. 2 bad u neeeed 2 do it 2 get the Thunder Hammer.
RedPeddler: There is another way, actually. Can we switch to a Secure Channel? I don’t want my mom to read this.
System Control: Silverwolf97 proposes that the conversation between herself and RedPeddler continue on Secure Channel Five. To complete channel switch, both parties must select “Confirm.”
Silferwolf97: Confirm
RedPeddler: Confirm
Silferwolf97: Your mom reads your chat logs?
RedPeddler: Actually, I am an orphan, but nvm. I have an extra Thunder Hammer I could sell you. Where are you from irl?
Silferwolf97: irl?
RedPeddler: In real life.
Silferwolf97: Aah. Cleveland.
RedPeddler: That is in US?
Silferwolf97: Of course. Ohio. But how do u have an Xtra Thunder Hammer? No one has an Xtra Thunder Hammer.
RedPeddler: I have completed the labyrinth many times. Are you interested in the sale?
Silferwolf97: How much do u want 4 it?
RedPeddler: That depends. You pay game gold or US dollars?
Silferwolf97: Game gold, of course. I’m only 13.
RedPeddler: 70 000 then.
Silferwolf97: 70 000?! That is sooo much. I only have 45 000 and I have been playing for a month.
RedPeddler: For 45 000, I make you deal. We can do the Maelstrom Labyrinth together. I am level 24. With my help, you will complete it in little time and lose little Health. At the end, we will both have a new Thunder Hammer.
Silferwolf97: Ok, I guess. Do I have 2 give u the gold now?
RedPeddler: 20 000 now. 25 000 after we beat it, okay?
System Control: Silferwolf97 proposes that she transfer 20 000 gold to RedPeddler. To complete transaction, both parties must select “Confirm.”
RedPeddler: Confirm
Silferwolf97: Confirm
RedPeddler: Follow me.
RedPeddler uses her Clerical wand to throw open the Whirling Gate, bypassing the first riddle sequence. The two are in the lowest chamber of the Maelstrom Labyrinth, a partially flooded brown-bricked dungeon teeming with rats.
RedPeddler: I’ll zap the ones on our side of the moat. Use your Salt Spray to get the two by the far door.
Silferwolf97: Die rats, die!
RedPeddler: If you press Ctrl-S you don’t have to pump the spray; it will just keep coming.
Silferwolf97: That is so cool. Thnx. But I still don’t get u. How many times have u done the Labyrinth?
RedPeddler: About two hundred.
Silferwolf97: What? Is that all you do? What about the rest of the game?
RedPeddler: When I said that I don’t want my mom to read this, Mom is code for the Game Moderators.
Silferwolf97: Why hide from the Moderators?
RedPeddler: The official rules of After Realm forbid gold farming.
Silferwolf97: Gold farming? What’s that?
RedPeddler: You don’t know? Gold farming is earning game gold in a MMPORG and selling it for real world money. The gold I get from you I will transfer to my bosses and they will sell to Americans for US dollars.
Silferwolf97: Your bosses? The Chieftains of your Guild?
RedPeddler: Haha. Not a guild. The factory where I work. After Realm is my job.
Silferwolf97: Where are u, irl?
RedPeddler: China. Most gold farmers are from here. There is a rat behind you. Press Ctrl-S while holding right for a Spin Spray.
Silferwolf97: Thnx. How come you speak such good English?
RedPeddler: I lived in a orphanage run by Australian charity. I am one of the only at the factory who speak English so I get to do the labyrinth and sell Thunder Hammers. The rest just kill Ice Orcs. It is good, too, because the boss who watches us don’t know what I’m typing.
Silferwolf97: How do we get to the next room?
RedPeddler: Place a Boom Crystal beside that crack in the wall. When it explodes, there is passageway.
Silferwolf97: I don’t have any Boom Crystals. I have a Fire Crystal.
RedPeddler: That won’t work. Is okay, I’ll do it.
Silferwolf97: How many ppl work at yur gold farm?
RedPeddler: Move back a bit so the explosion doesn’t lose you Health. There are hundred workers because there are fifty computers and two shifts. I work twelve hours then I have twelve hours off.
Silferwolf97: 12 hrs! That is such a loooong shift. But u get 2 play video games all day. That is so fun!!!
RedPeddler: It is not fun. I just do the same labyrinth over and over and if I don’t make enough money the boss hits me.
Silferwolf97: Yur boss hits u?!?!
RedPeddler: There is better gold farm down the street, though. They have fun. I want to get a job there, but they don’t take gamers under 16.
Silferwolf97: How old are u?
RedPeddler: 13, same as you. You have to jump when the flower is glowing blue.
Silferwolf97: What is yur name?
RedPeddler: Too slow. Jump as soon as it turns blue. My name is Xue.
Silferwolf97: Xue, I don’t want to play anymore. Your boss hits you if you don’t make enough money.
System Control: Silferwolf97 proposes that she transfer 25 000 gold to RedPeddler. To complete transaction, both parties must select “Confirm.”
Silferwolf97: Confirm
RedPeddler: Deny
Silferwolf97: Take the gold. I’ll go kill Ice Orcs, make even more and bring it back 2 u. I want 2 help u.
RedPeddler: I used to work in a factory that made shoes for American women. Then I worked in a factory that made radios for American cars. This is my best job yet. I don’t need charity. Jump now.
Silferwolf97: Take the gold.
System Control: Silferwolf97 proposes that she transfer 25 000 gold to RedPeddler. To complete transaction, both parties must select “Confirm.”
Silferwolf97: Confirm
RedPeddler: I like my job because I can talk to Americans, tell you where the things you buy come from. Whether you buy a real object or just a digital image of a hammer, it usually comes from us. Don’t forget me, Silferwolf.
Silferwolf97: My name is Melissa. Take the gold. Please.
RedPeddler: Confirm
Silferwolf97: Thnx.
RedPeddler: Thank you, Melissa. But we’re still doing the quest together. Jump now.