Oh, those hilarious Evony ads...

[reveal]

A phrase from the article:


To me this article sounds a bit racist. The advertisements are annoying but the tone of the article is non the less the same.

How can it be racist if it's true? They're gold farmers who live in China. Chinese gold farmers are a big problem and are know to cause issues with MMORPG's.

Gold farming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

However, China is by far the major location, employing an estimated 80-85% of all gold farmers.

Chinese gold farmers typically work 10-12-hour shifts. Average earnings are around US$150 per month with (limited-quality) food and accommodation provided; more skilled farmers who can farm more in-game gold will earn more. Separate from the gold farms - which are often in low-cost, outlying locations - are the brokerages, typically based in city centres and employing well-educated customer services staff earning around US$350 per month[5].

Ge Jin, a 30-year-old Shanghai native, made a documentary on "gold farms" in China as part of his doctoral research at the University of California, San Diego showing the actual conditions and lives of gold farmers.[6] Anthony Gilmore is making a feature documentary, "Play Money", on the same subject.[7]

In July 2009, the Chinese government banned the trading of virtual currency for real money.

 

[xechnao]

Gold farming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So it seems to be an acknowledged problem for the government of PRC. I was not aware of that. Thanks for the info.

 

[Obryn]

FWIW, I found a list of sites if you'd like to block them... Obviously, it's completely not my call, but like 90%+ of all pages I load have two Evony ads on them. It's kind of insane.

Block Evony Ads from Google Adsense | HyTek Gamer

blueseawar.com
bugutomorrow.com
chooselucky.com
clickevony.com
comeplaymylord.com
evony-game.com
evony.com
evony.net
evonyarmorgames.com
evonycents.com
evonyfacebook.com
evonyfreeonlinegames.com
evonygame.com
evonygamezer.com
evonyhome.com
evonyminiclip.com
evonymyspace.com
evonyonline.com
evonyonlinegames.com
evonystartvg.com
evonyy8.com
evonyyoutube.com
evonyzombol.com
hellogamesonline.com
hotevony.com
playevony.com
playnowmelord.com
playnowmylord.com
sweetgameonline.com
theevony.com
topevony.com

I beg you!

-O

 

[resistor]

I've pinged people I know working at Google about this. It's affecting not just all the gaming sites I visit, but many of the tech ones too. Hopefully they'll get something worked out.

 

[Logan_Bonner]

Unfortunately, I haven't seen this ad pop up.

 

[Obryn]

Along with the server fixes, it looks like the Evony ads disappeared too. At least I haven't seen one since the server sped up.

Coincidence? BAH!

-O

 

[TwinBahamut]

Along with the server fixes, it looks like the Evony ads disappeared too. At least I haven't seen one since the server sped up.

Coincidence? BAH!

-O

They are not quite as common, but they are still there, I assure you.

 

[Obryn]

Yeah, I got a page full of the damn things right after posting about it...

 

[ki11erDM]

Unfortunately, I haven't seen this ad pop up.

that. is awesome.

 

[JoeNotCharles]

Just posted to the Google support thread:

Hi everyone -- thanks for your patience so far. We've received all of your feedback and have looked into your concerns. Any Evony ads should now point only to evonyonline.com, so having evonyonline.com on your filter list should now effectively block all Evony ads. If you still see ads after adding this URL to your filter (and it's been over 48 hours since you've added it), reply to this thread and we'll look into it.