Can't afford your EvE sub? Go to jail in China.

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Can't afford your EvE sub? Go to jail in China.

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http://m.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/ ... pe=article

breaking rocks is bad enough... but being forced to play WoW all day is just inhumane.
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Re: Can't afford your EvE sub? Go to jail in China.

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"the practice of building up credits and online value through the monotonous repetition of basic tasks in online games "... sounds like mining.
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"...that prison guards would then trade for real money..." besides the forced labor part it seems like a sweet deal.
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"In April, the Sichuan provincial government in central China launched a court case against a gamer who stole credits online worth about 3000rmb."

I wonder if there are court cases about EVE gamers where some have stolen ISK amounts that are technically worth much more than 300-400 pounds.
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