WoW character sold for nearly $10k

[Zhgarr]

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/wow-character-sells-for-nearly-10-000/


A Rogue character in World of Warcraft with arguably the best gear in the game right now has been sold for 7,000 Euro (approximately US $9,700). The avatar had both Legendary swords dropped by raid boss Illidan Stormrage, as well as 4/5 of a Tier 6 armor set.

The original owner, Zeuzo from clan Method on Sylvanas server, has been sighted building up a new Rogue. When asked what one could do with $9,700, the Joystiq staffer offered these suggestions:

* "Save it toward a house ... or Jet Ski!"
* "Buy as many WoW account as I could, build that many new computers and multibox it!"
* "A pool of pennies so that you can swim around in like Scrooge McDuck."
* "Cybernetic Mongoose"
* "I hear Russian mail-order brides are increasingly more reasonable ..."

The buyer, Shaks, currently resides on the Kazzak server but has not had any activity since September 3. Our sister site WoW Insider speculates that his account may have been banned, given the publicity of the auction and Blizzard's policy against selling accounts -- which would be truly sad for Shaks and truly hilarious for the rest of us (especially Zeuzo).

d'oh! :lol: What a waste of good money!

Dumbass...

[Bypest]

Waste of good money yeah! :p

[Briggsy]

That's a tremendous amount of money really.

Suprsied nobody commented on how the guild would be feeling, the 2 legendaries and all that going awry.

[Babyfrog]

A member from Method replied to this topic, I can't remember on which forum it was, but anyhow he said Zeuzo is levling a new rogue and should be raiding the next week. And seeing I saw this like one week ago, they're probably gearing him up again now.

I don't really think it's that huge for them, I mean they have had the game on farm for months now, it ain't like missing an uber-geared dps for maybe a month will make that much difference. And tbh, it would be retarded if they weren't that understanding. 7k euro is a LOT of money, they're probably just happy for him. Maybe a bit jealous too. :p

[Bypest]

A member from Method replied to this topic, I can't remember on which forum it was, but anyhow he said Zeuzo is levling a new rogue and should be raiding the next week. And seeing I saw this like one week ago, they're probably gearing him up again now.

I don't really think it's that huge for them, I mean they have had the game on farm for months now, it ain't like missing an uber-geared dps for maybe a month will make that much difference. And tbh, it would be retarded if they weren't that understanding. 7k euro is a LOT of money, they're probably just happy for him. Maybe a bit jealous too. :p

I doubt they'll let him bid on legendaries again tho :p

[Nasgath]

I doubt they'll let him bid on legendaries again tho :p

Kind of shocked they let him back in to begin with tbh :P

[Caris]

The seller of the account should be banned the same way since he broke Blizzard's policy :roll:

[Hallian]

The only reason Blizzard is against it is so that they can force people to level their own character and therefor pay Blizzard for game time rather then to buy the time spend in hard work of someone else. Blizzard simply makes sure you pay dollahs for spending a lot of time on their product and don't make any money off of it either.

They got you by the balls ^,^

Good guild though for letting him back in. If I'd have the €7000,- I would organize a clan meeting somewhere with a huge lan as also they had an investment in that money.

All in all, cool story!

[Elydian]

That's pretty much like pissing in Method's face. The guild helped him gear his rogue, the purpose of which is to improve the guild's DPS. Then he sells it and starts another so the guild has to gear him again. Unless of course the guild got some of the cash, I'd gkick without a second thought.

[Zarth]

Woudnt let him back in either.. Shitty to earn 7k on stuff you had 24 others help you get, even worse to come back with crap gear and be a stopblock for those 24 again.. :mad:

And there is no reason realy to sell the account other the you plan to stop playing totaly.

[Caris]

Or it was all organized by this Guild so they can buy more Gold on eBay :roll:

[Elydian]

Or it was all organized by this Guild so they can buy more Gold on eBay :roll:

And given that they did let him back in, I'm willing to suspect that that is indeed the case.

That or they're the most gullible idiots in a long time.

[Aries]

And there is no reason realy to sell the account other the you plan to stop playing totaly.That or if you've just been offered multiple grand for your toon :P

[Zarth]

maybe, but still very bad to get back in the same guild..
If he did it.. anyone else in the guild can do it.. and he can do it again..

great guild after a few weeks of that :-D

[Babyfrog]

It isn't every day you get the chance to sell your account for 7k euro.... do you have any idea how much that is? So I doubt it would happen several times a week, if Method allowed it.

[Azog]

Since the guild seems to be farming Illidan, I don't think they give a damn. What do they lose? Surely they have backup dps'rs and I know I'd be happy for a fellow guildie/friend if he got such an offer without stabbing the whole guild in the back. Gearing him up won't be a problem, afterall they are farming pretty much each boss in the game :P

[Eulanna]

That's quite a story. When you think about it, though... the person who bought it might actually be saving money in the long run, depending on how many real life expenses you would bypass by doing nothing but leveling a character to have that insane amount of gear. Most people who look at it retrospectively only calculate the monthly account costs.... include restaurant meals, fuel costs, the cost of a car, cost of school, food costs (since you'll probably be living off of ramen noodles), etc....

;)

[Elydian]

That's quite a story. When you think about it, though... the person who bought it might actually be saving money in the long run, depending on how many real life expenses you would bypass by doing nothing but leveling a character to have that insane amount of gear. Most people who look at it retrospectively only calculate the monthly account costs.... include restaurant meals, fuel costs, the cost of a car, cost of school, food costs (since you'll probably be living off of ramen noodles), etc....

;)

Gear is dynamic though; in a few months the character will be worthless. It's like paying £200000 for a supercar, the engine of which is designed to explode after 300 miles of use.

I can't see the point of paying for geared characters. I can understand buying leveled characters as that time investment is permanent, but gear is something that requires ongoing time investment to stay competitive.

[Amrasellion]

The seller of the account should be banned the same way since he broke Blizzard's policy :roll:

Normally they are i think, but nothing prevents him from starting a new account in a new name (same shit with gold farming bots)

[Jinna]

Since the guild seems to be farming Illidan, I don't think they give a damn. What do they lose? Surely they have backup dps'rs and I know I'd be happy for a fellow guildie/friend if he got such an offer without stabbing the whole guild in the back. Gearing him up won't be a problem, afterall they are farming pretty much each boss in the game :P

What else are they going to do for the next 3-4 months till the expansion hits?

[Caris]

What else are they going to do for the next 3-4 months till the expansion hits?

They'll pee in the Sunwell like everyone else :o

[Azog]

What else are they going to do for the next 3-4 months till the expansion hits?

Erm, I'm not really following what you're getting at. How would I know and why would I care? Have wild sex on pool table, disband, eat donuts, farm content, gear up people? I have no clue, and since they have all they want soonish I don't think it matters that much. When expansion hits it doesn't matter if everyone sold their accs and leveled to 70 since previous gear becomes as obsolete as when tbc came. I'd be happy with 7k and to see at 80 us all wearing same greens,blues and epics :P

[WiseDragon]

Strictly speaking, 10k is not much money tbh, if you calculate how much time is needed to bring a character to that point. It is more that one year of work in total (you should take into consideration the time need to master the class, get the skills, etc) and considering this guy is almost one of his kind in a world of millions of players, a 10k fee for that time is rather a low paycheck, when a random guy would earn more than 1000 euros per month for a 40 hours/week job.

Now of course this goes to the seller, not to the buyer. But for some people money has less importance than some others. In a world where people buy a painting for thousands of dollars or even a famous singer/actor piece of cloth, spending 10k for the vanity of a boosted epeen, as stupid as it sounds to the rest of us. could make them feel special for a while. He pays 10k to become the 'best' on the world, whatever that means, I bet this guy would pay even more to get in Guinness book for whatever reason.

Value is totally different than price. 'My kingdom for a horse' is a notorious expression, not to mention what people lost in a desert would pay for a bottle of water. When Picasso made his paintings, I'm sure he didnt spent more than few hours and about 50$ on mats... look what he got for them.

And I am sure that in a fictional/future world where egames would become a more 'established' activity, the fees and amounts/salaries etc related to pro players will rise up alot, to match other sports like basket/tennis/football, etc.

[Zarth]

It is alot of money to pay for a closed account.. witch it most likly has been due to all talk about the sale :razz:

[Azog]

Strictly speaking, 10k is not much money tbh, if you calculate how much time is needed to bring a character to that point.

He played/plays the game for fun, on his free time, with only paying for the monthly fee. For something you play totally for fun and killing time 10k sounds nice to me, but if you're that rich that it's nothing I'm happy for you :P The person still plays the game for fun, still the same class and still in the same guild, so only thing that changed was his char level, name and equipment he can replace relatively fast. Comparing playing a game to having a real job gives no way realistic result of anything, since he never got his living out of playing in the first place.

[Henderson]

If the guy who bought it left the server then the guy who sold could use the name again. Good on him for making cash from his character, lol at the dumb ass for buying it :-P