Sentences with phrase «chinese gold farmers»

I actually saw a documentary about Chinese gold farmers a couple of days ago and was fascinated.

In homemade World of Warcraft video clips that circulate on YouTube or GameTrailers, with titles like «Chinese Gold Farmers Must Die» and «Chinese Farmer Extermination,» players document their farmer - killing expeditions through that same Timbermaw - ridden patch of WoW in which Min does his farming — a place so popular with farmers that Western players sometimes call it China Town.

In general chat (visible to all players in a given area) there are regular Asian racial slurs, calling people Chinese gold farmers or straight up chinks or gooks, or making remarks about slant eyes.

chinese gold farmers, chinese railway workers, chinese miners («how i mine for fish?»

THAT»S why I hate the so - called «Chinese Gold Farmers» (and no, I don't assume they're all chinese, but I DO find them ALL to be leaches.)

As I recovered and pondered how to exact revenge against these 3 gold farmers, I realized that in my mind I had instinctively cast them as Chinese gold farmers.

Now he spends his time playing a power - wielding online fantasy game and his money buying viral gold and other necessaries from Chinese gold farmers and, finally, launching his own techie start - up.

Azeroth's economy is based on (virtual) gold, and although it doesn't cost (real) money — notorious Chinese gold farmers notwithstanding — it does take time.

While many MMO players have argued that the term «Chinese gold farmer» is an objective and accurate label, this invocation of race plays a significant role in how players determine whether a player is a gold farmer or not.

Nick is not saying farming is right... he is not arguing it is acceptable, he is saying that it is interesting that we place the negative label of CHINESE gold farmer, on ALL gold farmers.

Now comes my interest in all of this... The stereotypical Jewish businessman who is greedy and unwilling to share, as horrible a stereo type that it is, has survived for well over 500 years... How long will the Chinese gold farmer label survive if nothing is done to remove the connotations and worse, as MMORPGS are played by more people and terms from these games become more accepted by the wider community, how long till the first little white boy goes to school and offers to pay his Asian friend to do his homework... or maybe it is already happening?

Once again, it isn't that he has a crappy job, it isn't that you have a crappy job, it is the reality that the term chinese gold farmer is becoming socially acceptable, when it is often inaccurate and obviously quite offensive.

The existing stereotypes of «Chinese gold farmer» encourage some players to push these identities on certain kinds of players they encounter.

I think one thing that people are speaking a lot about is how using the term «chinese gold farmer» is good or bad.

The Australian player who posted that article on his blog was assumed to be a «Chinese gold farmer», treated as such, and inadvertently perpetuated the production of the stereotype that «Chinese gold farmers» are hostile.

Regardless, There are a few points which remain, WoW is a game whilst it has an economy and whilst it is possible to exploit that, it doesn t make it right regardless of who does it or for what reason, so whilst I am disgusted by the appellation Chinese gold farmer, I refuse to allow my distaste for the racism prevent me from hating the people doing it!

Earning or trading virtual currencies in video games is also a popular occupation; the archetype of a «Chinese gold farmer» collecting in - game assets in massively multiplayer online games to sell for profit is quite real.

Not exact matches

While news articles that have dealt with gold farmers have implicated workers in Romania, Tijuana, and Indonesia, the belief that the majority of, if not all, gold farmers are Chinese is quite pervasive.

I hate to stereotype all gold farmers as Chinese, but the ones I've run into really did seem like they weren't at all competent with the English language (though to be fair, that describes a fairly large chunk of the population, especially on the PvP servers).

Note: As I'm reading over the comments here and from referrer links, I'm noticing that a lot of people are under the mistaken impression that I'm mainly arguing that most gold farmers are not Chinese and that it's this aspect of the stereotype that I'm writing about.

Over the past few years, these gold farmers have typically been stereotyped as being Chinese.

People who react to Chinese (or other) gold farmers with racial slurs were clearly racists to begin with.

For me all the gold farmers i've met ingame that have communicated in any way are chinese.

But the juxtaposition of this historical narrative with the much more recent narrative we typically tell about «Chinese» gold farmers reveals its disturbing metaphors and framings.

I met up with a yes Chinese farmer who actually told me he was Chinese, and farming for gold on the WoW Staghelm server in the Western Plague Lands.

Dennis: Whether most (or all) gold farmers are Chinese or not is not something I actually argue about in this article.

I'm not rich, in fact the average gold farmer (Chinese or otherwise) makes a better living then I do, so tell me again why they should be allowed again?

Just like in the merchant of Venice Shylock painted the picture of money hungry Jews who were money lenders there is now the portrayal of Chinese as gold farmers...

I find it infinitely amusing you're comparing the «harsh» treatment of gold - farmers in (a) video game (s), to the massacre / murder of Chinese in 19th century America.

Because every gold farmer I encountered never spoke a word of english and atleast tried to appear to be chinese.

Not all farmers are bad - players have to farm as part of the game Persistent farmers are bad - the type that do nothing but farm (since we know their gold / items are used for sale, not personal use) Not all farmers are rude The majority of farmers seem to be Chinese (see above as to why) Chinese - speaking players are only encountered when they are farming Chinese farmers are rude, train mobs, try to control an area, and are disruptive to players attempting to play in the same area Chinese farmers monopolize an area, causing other players distress Non-Chinese farmers typically do not exhibit the rudeness and other negative attitudes / behaviors