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gold farming

gold farming noun: the business of farming/grinding for in-game currency (gold in many games) and items in massively multiplayer online games for for-profit resale outside of the game. Also the present participle and gerund of gold farm.

Noun

gold farming (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) The business of farming/grinding for in-game currency (gold in many games) and items in massively multiplayer online games for for-profit resale outside of the game.
    • The gold farming industry turns one man's play into another's work, but most gaming workers see a clear difference between work and play.2007 October 23, Ge Jin, “Chinese Gold Farmers: Immigrant Workers in the Game Land”, in Friedrich Von Borries, Steffen Peter Walz, Matthias Böttger, editors, Space Time Play: Computer Games...
    • While some companies seem largely indifferent to gold farming, others see gold farmers as unfairly extracting value from property that they do not own. Gold farming is often described as a parasitic business practice that undermines the stability of virtual economics.2010 October 26, Greg Lastowka, Virtual Justice: The New Laws of Online Worlds, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →OL

Also used as

gold farming is also the present participle and gerund of gold farm.

Questions about gold farming

What does gold farming mean?
Gold farming means the business of farming/grinding for in-game currency (gold in many games) and items in massively multiplayer online games for for-profit resale outside of the game.
What part of speech is gold farming?
Gold farming is a noun.

Words near gold farming in the dictionary

  1. gold exchanges
  2. gold farm
  3. gold farmed
  4. gold farmer
  5. gold farmers
  6. gold farming
  7. gold farms
  8. gold fever
  9. gold fevers
  10. gold field
  11. gold finch

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