MMORPG's ???

[12AX7]

Hi Everyone,
What's the deal with these MMORPG things? I first saw them mentioned in a POTD herein.

So I did a little Google-ing and found this article...

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3141815

The money sounds outrageous. Seems to me one could possibly earn living at this as a one man operation? Or small shop? Why bother with creating a sweatshop, right?

Here's some quotes.



"typical 12-hour sessions can earn his employers as much as $60,000 per month while he walks away with a measly $150."

"Smooth Criminal's game cartel made $1.5 million from Star Wars Galaxies alone last year, and individually, he's made as much as $700,000 in a single year. "[SWG] built my new house, which I paid for in cash," he says. "So when you ring my doorbell, it plays the Star Wars music.""

One poster in another thread said, in effect... "Give a player a chart and he'll be bored with poker in a day, teach him to think like a poker player and he'll decide this isn't a fast enough way to make money."

The above quotes have me wondering.

What do you all know?