For The Win is a confusing book to summarize. Basically it's a fictional book about web users from all around the world joining together to fight for workers rights. The way they fight is peaceful protesting, and fighting in virtual games on the computer. Actually, that's kind of what it's all about. Online games. There are people called gold farmers on the internet. They play games to get the virtual currency for the specific game and then sell it online for real money. However, those people usually work for other people, and they're scammed off a lot of money. Anyway, those people are fighting for their rights and hacking game companies and whatnot that try to shut them down (ironically shutting them down would actually be worse for the game's economy, which is what they're trying to fix in the first place). The book has a lot of economic theories and switches between characters every chapter. One chapter might be about "General Robotwalla" (an Indian girl that plays a game with giant robots fighting zombies/other robots for money) and the next about Lu (A member of a guild on some other game that eventually becomes a regular on an illegal underground talk show for workers rights). Eventually, the Webblies (nickname for the workers union) convinces a big game corporation to join their cause. The end.
1. Would you risk your life for a cause like workers rights? Most would probably say yes without even thinking about police brutality or the amount of people that really do die from this sort of thing, so really think about it before answering, and give your reason behind your answer.
2. On a scale of one to ten, how pathetic do you think gold farming is and why?
8 comments:
No I would not rush my life for something such as workers rights. It would be pointless. Mainly because if your looking for the rights for higher pay and such your probably dirt poor. And in that case you probably couldn't afford to participate in such things. Especially if you could lose your life, then your family might not have a provider and die or struggle. Also my rationale would be if their risking lives for the cause already I don't need too.
That is such a cynical answer. I love it.
1) I would like to be able to say I would risk my life for a cause like workers rights but to be honest the only thing that could give me the courage to risk my life is if i saw someone harming someone I love.
I agree with Analee. I don't think I would risk my life for workers rights because I don't have a strong enough connection to it. If I were to risk my life for something, it would need to be something very big in my life that is emotionally close to me.
I agree with Analee and Nicole because I probably would not risk my life over something like workers rights because I have no connection to it.
I don't think I could risk my life for that either. I agree with the last three answers.
1. I would not risk my life for workers' rights.
2. Very pathetic. Anyone that wants to buy virtual money for real money is an idiot.
1. I would also not risk my life for worker's rights. I agree that I am not connected with it.
2. Jacob says it all when he says anyone wanted to buy virtual money with real money is not smart in any shape or form.
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