Square Enix Shutting Down FFXI Gold-Farmers

James Mielke over at 1up loves Final Fantasy XI, loves it, and so when he says stuff about the MMO game it’s a good idea to listen. Check out the news story piece he posted today about gilfarmers — players who collect gold all day, usually employed in overseas sweatshops, which sell the gil online […]

James Mielke over at 1up loves Final Fantasy XI, loves it, and so when he says stuff about the MMO game it's a good idea to listen.

Check out the news story piece he posted today about gilfarmers -- players who collect gold all day, usually employed in overseas sweatshops, which sell the gil online in exchange for actual money.

Those players seem to finally be getting booted off the system en masse. Check 1up for the whole story.