Gold-farmers beat ad-ban by spelling URL in dead gnomes

July 10th, 2007 by admin General Stuff

Cory Doctorow:

World of Warcraft has banned ads for “gold farmers” who sell virtual gold and artifacts for real money. The farmers have retailiated by slaying gnomes and arranging them on the ground to spell out the URLs of their gold-farms. Check out the video of it, complete with Benny Hill music.

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