i think i know how runescape is going to be able to do this
I would like to point this out to everyone, gold farming had been banned in china.
the story i can list but not the link
The Chinese government has officially banned gold farming, declaring that virtual currency can only be traded for virtual goods and services. According to InformationWeek, the ruling will affect "more than 300 million Internet users in China," and curtail a trade that "exceeded several billion yuan (one billion yuan is approximately $146 million) last year" while growing "20 percent annually."
Gold farming has attracted controversy not just because it exploits certain game mechanics, but because entrepreneurs in America and Korea have hired low-cost labor in places like China to farm large amounts of gold. This has lead to accusations that gold farming outfits are sweatshops.
The ruling comes as China comes following their crackdown on "women for hire", in which Google began blocking certain "Chinese-language results from any country." The government said they have instituted the changes in an effort to curtail gambling, as well as other illegal online activities.
Titles like World of WarCraft explicitly ban gold farming, and have instituted programs such as the "Warden" anti-cheat program to help detect farmers
Black markets tend to thrive even in the face of crackdowns, but China's ban on spending virtual currency on real goods will undoubtedly have some effect on the industry. Whether it will greatly curtail gold farming remains to be seen.
i'm also thinking that runescape was able to compile the "Warden" anti cheat system into the client, or a similar if not better system.
23-Dec-2010 07:07:18
