Freud never said anything about Warcraft Gold

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 7:26 AM

As we approach the ending time of Patch 4.2 and enter 4.3,  there will be a large blitz of people

posting up their items.   Looking to undercut prices to sell all the materials they have.  A general bloodshed mentality to dump product onto the market.

Included in this will be a larger amount of yard sales of guild banks,  personal bank items  and people liquidating assets as they leave the game.  The announcement of Mists of Pandaria and it's changes to the game play has caused many people to reconsider whether to even continue with their major addiction for the past couple of years.

We all starve for the little tidbit of information presented in each and every update on the PTR.  From

class changes to even the introduction of the High Society Top Hat.   Each change causes us to make minor or major changes in our game play.   A new item could bring us more money making opportunities.  Or it takes it away (the pyrite ore giveth and it taketh away).

Keying on the idea that with everything we do,  our actions and reactions to warcraft end up being a small part of who we are.    A famous comic once referred to cocaine as something that "enhances the personality".   He later responded with the idea "but what if your an A@@hole"?

So in every transaction,  every time we can squeeze a little bit more from a buyer, or take advantage of someone who is new to the game,  a measure of who we are as players come out.    People take away an anonymous reputation for what is said in trade chat.  What is spoken in the middle of a raid,  and including how we conduct ourselves in each transaction.

In the long run with this "anonymous" game,  no one truly gets hurt.    To take advantage of a seller who is liquidating his stolen guild items,  presents the idea that it is truly a victim-less crime.   Except that as a server economy starts to lose the hangers-on,   the ones that dabble in the AH and don't hang with the "big boys",   we create our own rules and regulations on what is allowed for server etiquette.    

It isn't unheard of to shout down the occasional scammer in Trade chat.     To mute them out of existence on trade chat.   We build our own rules and our own social writings.   Whether it's in our own personal guilds,  or in the gameworld at large.   The responsibility is not just to enjoy the game,  but when the new patch an the new expansion begins,   to look to instruct a proper way to play the game so that everyone can enjoy it.  This isn't a call to be some type of warcraft ethics police.    But every so often we are presented with the opportunity to do the "right thing".   We see something that is extremely underpriced by someone in trade chat.  Where 9 times out of 10 we buy it to flip the item.  Taking that 10th time and informing them they are asking for too low of a price.    Does it cut into our profit margins?  Yes,  but it also sets a precedent that may pay us back into the future.

I have amassed a large amount of gold playing WOW.   My first year of playing continued to be a stumbling,  bumbling player who did not have any idea how to actually make gold.  I vendored everything (including greens),  spent tons of money on stupid items (my first blue item purchased was the 6 demon bag),   and generally played the game with little or no money.  But it was the occasional tip from people that started me on the right track to making money.    My first pattern that I crafted and sold was the Bracers of the Green Fortress.   A donation made from a Guildmate that didn't have a blacksmith.   After making a set for our guild off tank,  i then started to place them on the AH.  Having already developed a "don't vendor anything" attitude when it came to items.  White or even grey items went into my personal bank.   This is when I started learning how to make money.  Reading websites,  seeing what items sold.  And where to farm items.   I was introduced into a new world of playing.  By the simple idea of one person giving me information and showing me how to make

money.

So how does this make me money Mommar?   It really doesn't.   Every little bit counts in the long run.  Trusting that we create a better atmosphere for gold making.  As the weeks go on you will get reminders of already used tips.   Sometimes a new view of farming.   And ultimately the same principles that will both start you on your money making tour,  or continue to bigger and better gold making opportunities.   

But the important thing is that when the computer turns off, and you go to bed.   You still retain the measurement of whether you have added to the Warcraft community as a whole,  or taken a little bit of it away with you.

Freud never played Warcraft,  but I wonder what games he would played in trade chat.

Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbearjoe @ gmail. dOT com or find me on twitter at  "@Dragonbearjoe" or leave a comment here.   Would love to know how your experience with this tip works out.