Since anyone can remember, gambling has been part of our history back when the days where winning meant saving your own life and losing meant execution. It’s in our blood, our genes if you must ask. It’s that tempted feeling when you get when standing beside a slot machine, somehow that handle bar becomes so interesting. Or if you just want to knock the table signalling a hit to the dealer. Gambling has come and gone in various forms, whether it be in the real world or in-game gambling.

Gamers in WoW have taken gambling to a new level by using the chat system in World of Warcraft. They have set up what you would call a ‘virtual casino’, tempting gamers to place bets and roll dice for in-game gold. Some people may hate it because of all the spamming that occurs in their chat screens, but for some, this is where they become real men (or so they think).

As of February 17, the topic of in-game gambling/casino has been a very controversial topic and the outcome is that ‘in-game gambling is no longer allowed’.

The offenders were using the game’s “Yell” chat mode to advertise their gambling “services,” meaning players could not easily ignore the messages. A random number-generating slash command was used to roll virtual dice.

Another disappointing guide in the making? Another disappointing purchase of an online guide? Unfortunately you’ll never know until payment is made and if you’re in a situation like this, I feel where you’re coming from. Personally I have yet to find ‘the perfect’ guide for any game, but thats also unfair to state as some of the guides I do have to give a hand to for their dedication and quite detailed information.

Just recently I came across a guide for WoW with the writer advertising to be the founding CEO himself from Wowhead. Their page seemed like any other website selling Wow guides until I checked out their video. Their videos depicted all the different leveling strategies and walkthroughs the guide has to offer. Still very skeptical from past purchases and promises, I decided to buy the guide which included a video & a written guide. I immediately started using it and found it very easy for a gamer like myself. The guide is from a site called level85guides.com and after using the in-game guide which pinpointed the exact locations of each quest and level, I kind of got addicted to it. Basically the guide provides approximately 5-10 video’s or more on every character level and race and apparently updates new info very fast according to its website.

After several weeks of using this guide you can say I was pleasantly quite surprised with the quality and why I didn’t find it sooner. So if anyone is stuck in a situation like me, check out their video or if you find an even better guide, please tell me. Follow the link to view their sample in-game video guide at level85guides.com

It’s no secret that Blizzard hates gold farmers.  Selling gold seems to be on the same level as murdering your grand mother, or doing a Karatechop - it will get you banned faster than you can say ‘ni hao‘.

Never the less, double standards seems to be a skill at which they excel, which is why this week’s /facesmack saturday doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. lol

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