Korean "gold-farmers" (people who accumulate and sell in-game wealth) have formed a trade-association in order to lobby the government for better treatment. Gold-farmers sometimes just play a lot of games to get their items, but many use "cheats" like scripts that exploit bugs to accumulate wealth, or even hire sweatshops full of people to do the repetitive busy-work for them (something I explore in my story Anda's Game, which appears in Overclocked, my new collection).
This is embarrassing – the gold farmer and RMT companies in Korea, such as ItemBay and Item PlayForum, have formed an industry association in order to have more leverage with the Korean government, given its recent moves towards regulating digital asset trading. This means, I think, that they beat the actual game companies to it. It’s called the “Digital Asset Distribution Promotion Association,” and the CEO of ItemBay will be its first head.Link
