Outsourcing PC Game Playing to China is Serious Business

[UCAV]

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Outsourcing tech support and call center work to countries in Asia or Eastern Europe is common. But how about outsourcing your PC game playing? That's right, while you sit at work you can have somebody working in a factory in China play an online PC game for you.

I can hear your question now, "what's the point of paying somebody to play a game for you if the point is to enjoy unwinding and playing a game?" Ahh, but gaming has become more than just leisure, it's serious business these days. All over the world, affluent gamers who are impatient and don't have time to work their way through an entire game are willing to pay young Chinese gamers to battle through early rounds of a game for them.

So, in China there are factories where 7-days a week, 12-hours a day young Chinese males "play" computer games. A 23-year old worker at one of these factories says he makes "about $250 a month, which is pretty good compared with other jobs I've had. And I can play games all day."

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Asa naman to si VCEX.... I see their advertisement sa Sunstar pirmi.

I think ma pildi ta sa china na pud.....

I think Call center is already here

but I think this area of service will grow faster than CALL CENTERS....

pero sa akong na read ato sa VCEX mura man ug slave ilang style...

Nganong kani taga China $250 a month man

[wendellmb]

binogo maning styla...

[EarlZ]

so earning $250 USD a month is binogo ny just playing an online game ?

ambot lang ha pero kinsa lang kahay bogo..

[EarlZ]

Nganong kani taga China $250 a month man

maybe they are following the chinese govt minimun wage, unlike diri sa ato, gipit kaayo ang rules. sayon sayunon lang ka then gamay ra kaayo ang bayag, transportation cost and meal cost palang hurot na imong sweldo.

[UCAV]

kung $250 didto ang sweldo...

mura sila ug taga callcenter ug kita....

kumusta naka to si VCEX....... Mura ang china na pud leader ani.... bya-an napud ta.....

[EarlZ]

china's been doing this for years.. kita starting out palang =D

[redlites]

asa ta pude mang apply ana? hehehe! damn! thats nice..

[koto]

naa naman diri ana sa cebu pero underground lang,.. and from wat ive herd the owner is selling the company now for 50million pesos.

[EarlZ]

naa naman diri ana sa cebu pero underground lang,.. and from wat ive herd the owner is selling the company now for 50million pesos.

you heared ALL WRONG lol!

the company here isnt underground. its perfectly 100% legal under philippine laws. altho they are not giving the proper min wage. and the owner is NOT and will NOT and will NEVER sell it for 50m

[EarlZ]

asa ta pude mang apply ana? hehehe! damn! thats nice..

ayaw sa tingali bro, basin mo back out raka. since the company is starting out pa.. wait for 3~4 months from now