This is a sponsored post, and it includes a link to a great South Park episode :)
A while back I started looking for online games and online worlds mainly out of curiosity. I originally found out about Second Life and was astounded that people were actually making a ton of money on there by running real business and buying and selling things in the virtual world. I soon realised it was more than just a game and have been very interested in looking further into the possibility of me creating something online there for myself. It would be great to have my very own Random Forest online with RSS feeds on the trees displaying my blog posts for all to read and just a nice cool area for people to chill and chat.
However when I found out that people were making and bringing real money into the gaming online gaming world I was even more astounded. I heard that people has sold their characters for thousands of dollars and buying weapons and such things was common place.
These games are known as MMORPG's. This stands for 'Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing' which is a term I only learned when I decided to take on this sponsored post.
Everyone has heard of World of Warcraft now. It's popularity has risen to such a height that even South Park has paid tribute and parody to it (as you can watch below, it's hilarious!)
South Park-Make Love, Not Warcraft
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I recently purchased a WoW demo and was excited about finding out what the hype is about but sadly I don't have enough hard disk space on my MacBooks Windows partician! So I will have to wait.
I am guessing that you earn wow gold whilst playing and this can be used within the game to buy virtual goods and services. Another way of getting this is by using real cash to buy it and then you can spend it in the virtual world.
The market for these virtual goods and services is predicted to raise to $4 billion by 2008 and WoW currently has 9 million players worldwide.
Game Goods is one suh company where you can get this wow gold and they say that:
"GameGoods is a premium player in this industry and one of the best companies to but world of warcraft gold with really competitive prices, 24/7 customer service and extremely fast delivery speeds.".The site looks clean and professional and it looks like you can purchase in 4 very quick steps using Credit Card, PayPal and a few other options. Easy Peasy!!
Maybe one day I'll be hooked to Warcraft or a similar game. Usually I like to let my characters progress based on my skill but I can understand the want to improve quickly in these huge universes and thus this can be acheived by purchasing using your hard earned cash.
I wonder if they South Park guys could have just beat that guy by buying some wow gold and then upgrading their characters enough to kill him?
5 comments:
Great job buddy! I'll pass this post on to a few of my buddies that do play MMORPG's.
I've looked at MMORPG's but thankfully I've avoided them. It looks too addicting and I don't have that type of time.
I do think this is another great way to hang out with your buddies online and meet new ones in the process.
I have an xbox 360 and I use xbox live. I haven't chatted with any of my buddies yet, lol
Oh I forgot to mention I watched the entire video you posted. That was freaking hilarious! I loved the way the all changed while they were improving the characters skills and that bed pen! Oh my!
Thanks very much Opal. I have been struggling with my sponsored posts and trying to find ways to make them readable even if you are uninterested in the product that they are plugging.
Your comments make me feel like I may be on a better track.
MMORPG games are the way to go! I don't play anything that does not use the online-capability.
I never got to try WoW since of the monthly fee, but I heard it is great.
-Mike
MMORPG's started with Everquest before then all we had were text multiplayer RPGs often referred to as MUDs. Even though they were in text, they were addicting too.
@Mike:
If you haven't already, try GuildWars. They are a fun high quality MMORPG but have no monthly fee.
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