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\n This is wha<\/span>t Blizzard is offering (the particular rules and conditions can be found in their FAQ<\/a>): <\/span> Our new Recruit-a-Friend offer rewards you even more for bringing your friends to Azeroth and, what\u2019s more, they can get some great in-game benefits too! For each friend you invite you could get: – An exclusive ZHEVRA in<\/span><\/i><\/span>-game mount when your friend pays for 60 days of game time. – 30 Days of FREE WoW gametime when your friend pays for 30 days of game time. Also, from the moment your friend creates a character and starts adventuring with you, both of you will receive these ad<\/span><\/i>ditional in-game benefits: \n – You and your friend will earn triple the experience when grouped together! – For every two levels<\/span><\/i><\/span> of experience your friend earns, they can grant one level of experience to any one of your characters of lower level than your friend. -You and your friend will have the ability to summon each other from any point in the world.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n \n Business-wise this is a brilliant recruitment strategy: let players bring in more players, give them virtual rewards which don’t cost a thing and reap the benefits. Folks who always wanted to get their significant other hooked, multi-boxers <\/a>and <\/span>Chinese gold farmers aside, a lot of players on forums like this one<\/a> think otherwise are now flaming Blizzard for being unethic<\/span>al, greedy money grabbers. \n To quote one player: \u2018The fact of the matter is this: you spend more money, and you have an advantage in the real game. This is fundamentally different from any promotion Blizzard has ever had. It’s also a sign that Blizzard has lost its scruples about abusing this business model.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n \n I would say it took them rather long to lose their \u2018scruples\u2019. With Blizzard being the 2nd<\/sup> largest publishing company in the games industry after its $18bn merger <\/a>with Vivendi\/Activision, and World of Warcraft being one of the main cash cows, seeing the forces of capitalism enter this virtual world is no surprise at all. It may hurt a bit, but it was inevitable And, yes, re<\/span>sistance is futile. \n I sure wouldn\u2019t mind getting one of those Zhevra\u2019s though. Anyone wanna play WoW?<\/span><\/p>\n
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