Life of a Chinese Gold Farmer Summary:

    This article is about how many Chinese people work in Gaming Workshops playing World of Warcraft in order to make a living. They are known as Chinese Gold Farmers because they farm for gold in order to turn in it to their supervisor in order to get paid. They get paid an average of 30 cents per hour. The boss then goes online and sells the coins to mostly Americans that don't want to waste their time getting the coins themselves.  As one worker clocks out another one comes and takes his place. Many workers enjoy doing this since they say that it gives them a "playful" attitude and its hard for them to stop playing. Furthermore, many WoW players dislike the fact of people buying coins online since it gives the other person an advantage to get further in the game and also since many beginners are going to be left behind. Many employees keep playing the video game up to more than twelve hours and the bosses don't mind because this will help the employees learn the game better and he can teach other employees different shortcuts.
     In the video, it shows how the workers basically live with each other and basically just play WoW all day long. The company provides the food and the housing, so some workers say it feel like they are in college dorms. When one company shut down it was because the owner had no way of selling the coins anymore since they shut down his Paypal and eBay account. Three employees from that company decided to go live in a house together and just play WoW for a living, and share any money that they make from it.