MMO RPG
Posted by vampire at 02:45 PM on September 20, 2007.
Nowadays, I am playing an online MMO RPG: Granado Espada (GE).In each and every online game, there are bound to be bots (also known as botters). They are accounts which are always on (usually "illegal") auto-pilot to level up, and collect in-game currency and items/equipments to be sold. These bots are hated by players in the game.
They don't get caught, and hard to catch them, cos they are sort of legal. They seem to play without hacking, they do pay the monthly gaming fees. And the game administrators usually are in league with these bots.
I do not bot, and I despise botters. But I have to agree that they do a very good business. It is easy to set up an "illegal" company, hire hackers-cum-gamers to write a botting software to run bots throughout the game. They collect the stuff, sell them off for lotsa in-game currency. Then, they trade this in-game currency for real life money (S$, RM, US$). Example here. There are a lot of people who buy these in-game currency.
So, this bot business is very lucrative. It's like investing in a software or software developers. Then you do the marketing, very easy to do.
One more way to earn money is by leveling characters for people. You help people them gain experience points. They pay you for each level. The higher the level, the more you earn.
You can also earn money by selling your character. Look here. A WoW (World of Warcraft) character can sell for hundreds of US$.
So, tip: to earn gamers' money, pick a game Americans play. Go play it. Level up fast. Sell characters. Earn your salary (tax-free). Then do it all over again. You'll be paid for gaming.