Imali yangempela kanye nomnotho we-Azeroth
Emhlabeni wase-Azeroth, impilo ingashibhile kepha ukongela leyo ntaba efiselekayo kakhulu kungathatha izinyanga zomsebenzi. Uyemukelwa ku-World of Warcraft, okwamanje eyi-MMORPG enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni (i-Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). Ku-World of Warcraft, indlu yendali ihlinzeka ngewindi shopper nge-cornucopia yezimangaliso, kusuka ezinkemba ezinhle kakhulu kuya kwezikhali eziqinisekisiwe ukukwenza ube i-elf elukhuni kunayo yonke entanyeni yakho yehlathi. ukuthenga izimangaliso ezinjalo, umdlali udinga igolide, into edinga amahora, izinsuku noma amasonto womsebenzi womdlalo. Kodwa-ke vakashela i-Ebay noma i-Eye kuma-MOG, injini yokuqhathanisa intengo yezinto ezibonakalayo, futhi unethuba lokuguqula izinzuzo zangempela zempilo zibe yigolide ebonakalayo, iplathinamu, i-ISK noma amaCredits, kuya ngezwe elibonakalayo oguqula ama-ego ahlala kulo.
Umhlaba weReal Money Trading usuhambe ibanga elide kusukela ezinsukwini zawo ezincane lapho abadlali abasuka ezweni elibonakalayo bezosebenzisa amawebhusayithi afana ne-Ebay ukuguqula izimpahla zabo zomdlalo zibe yimali yangempela yomhlaba. Namuhla sekuyimboni eyizigidigidi zamarandi, nabangaphakathi embonini abanjengoSteve Sayler we-IGE abalinganisela ukuthi cishe ama- $ 2.7 billion azoshintsha izandla kule makethe yesibili phakathi no-2006. Le mboni enenzuzo manje isinakekelwa izinkampani ezinjengeMMORPG SHOP , IMogmine neMOGS, ezinengqalasizinda ephelele esethelwe ‘ukulima’ yegolide elingaphakathi komdlalo nezinto eziyigugu. Awukwazi kuphela ukuthenga amandla wokusebenzisa ngaphakathi kwegeyimu ngemali yangempela yomhlaba kumasayithi anjalo, kepha amaningi aqhutshwa insizakalo, ngokwesibonelo enikezela ukulinganiswa kwamandla ukusheshisa i-avatar yakho ekuphakameni okusha kokuvuthwa, ukukuguqula ube yingcweti kwezinsuku ngezinsuku kunalokho ngaphezu kwezinyanga, noma ukhulise idumela lakho ezweni ohlala kulo. Amasayithi afana neMogmine ahlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezikhethekile njengokukhiwa kwezithelo, ukulima kwento ethile, noma kuzothatha uhlamvu lwakho kulesosimo ebesisinda kakhulu emqondweni wakho.
Esikutholayo lapha wuhlobo lomnotho olusha ngokuphelele lapho umngcele ophakathi kwezwe langempela nofana neqiniso ubonakala ufiphele. Njengamanje kunamakhulu ezinkampani ezinakekela le nto, ezinye izinto ezibonakalayo zithengiswa ngamakhulu noma izinkulungwane zamadola. I-Virtual estate ingukuhola imali yangempela yomhlaba, abantu abanjengo-Wonder Bread oletha izimpahla oneminyaka engu-43 ubudala uJohn Dugger ethenga isigodlo esingama- $ 750, ambuyisele emuva ngaphezu kweholo lesonto. Ngokuka-Edward Castronova, uprofesa wezomnotho e-Indiana University owenze ucwaningo olunzulu emnothweni we-inthanethi, iNorrath, umhlaba lapho i-EverQuest yenzeka khona, ubengaba yisizwe sama-77 esicebe kakhulu emhlabeni uma besikhona endaweni yangempela, nabadlali bejabulela imali engenayo yonyaka engcono kunaleyo yezakhamizi zaseBulgaria noma eNdiya. Ukuvakashela i-GameUSD kukhombisa isimo samanje sezimali ezibonakalayo uma liqhathaniswa nedola laseMelika, kukhombisa ukuthi ezinye zezimali zomhlaba jikelele manje zisebenza kangcono kunezimali zomhlaba wangempela njengeDinar yase-Iraq.
Ukuthengiswa kweReal Money kanye nokulima ngegolide kuhlangatshezwa ngemizwa exubile emhlabeni wezemidlalo, abanye abadlali begeyimu begxeka iqiniso lokuthi ingcebo yomhlaba yangempela ingathinta udumo namandla emidlalweni. Abagxeki bemakethe yesibili bakholelwa ukuthi imisebenzi enjalo ngaphakathi kwezomnotho ebonakalayo ingenela kumcabango futhi inikeze amandla ezomnotho ngokwengeziwe inzuzo engafanele yomdlalo. Kodwa-ke lokhu kulishaya indiva iqiniso langempela lomhlaba lokuthi ukuhola imali nokuthuthukisa ubuntu bakho emhlabeni obonakalayo kuthatha isikhathi esihle, futhi abanye abadlali bamageyimu banemali eningi kunesikhathi ezandleni zabo. Isilinganiso seminyaka sabadlali bamageyimu singama-27, futhi cishe uhhafu wabo bonke abadlali bamageyimu basebenza ngokugcwele. Eqenjini labangani elidlala ndawonye, kungaba lula ukuthi abacebile babe semuva ngesikhathi esicebile ngokwemidlalo, njengoba bephoqelekile ukusebenzisa ingxenye yengonyama yesikhathi sabo besebenza imisebenzi yabo yangempela yomhlaba ngenkathi abangane bachitha isikhathi silinganise abalingiswa babo. Kubantu abanjalo, isikhathi esihumushela kubo imali, ama-dollar ambalwa intengo encane okufanele bayikhokhe ukuqinisekisa ukusinda okubonakalayo ngesikhathi esizayo lapho befaka isibonelo nabangane babo abasezingeni eliphakeme.
izinkampani ezisungulelwe ukwenza izinto ezibonakalayo emapulazini ziphinde zigxekwe njengokuthi zingama-sweatshops, isimo esikhuthazwa iqiniso lokuthi eziningi zalezi zinkampani zihlala emnothweni weholo eliphansi njengeChina. Kodwa-ke, izimo zokukhokha nezokusebenza ezinkampanini ezinjalo, lapho abasebenzi beholelwa khona ukuchitha izinsuku zabo bedlala imidlalo emnandi, evuselelayo, ngeke iqhathaniswe neyabantu bakubo abachitha izinsuku zabo bekhiqiza izinto ezingenangqondo kumakhompyutha ethu, noma abaqeqeshi gqoka ngenkathi udlala. Empeleni ukuphikisa lokhu kungokokuziphatha, abantu abaningi baseNtshonalanga bephikisana neminotho emincane yamaholo ebhekela lolu hlobo lokuzilibazisa. Imvamisa abasebenzi bakhokhelwa ingxenye yomholo, ngokudla nendawo yokuhlala kufakwe emaphaketheni emiholo, kuthi umholo utholwe ngaleyo ndlela uveze kakhulu imali esalayo. Ngenkathi inkokhelo ingahle ingalingani ne-