World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 10 | Page 38

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thank him for his help (in the best

to make his way in life doing what

nodes (at least before Warlords),

cases, they’ll even donate, though

he wants to do that got him where

essentially putting in hours reaping

this is less common: goldmakers

he is now. Ask him three years ago

gold from the world. Elvine profits

are a stingy lot when it comes to

if he thought he would ever reach

off of these people: watching how

currencies). If they don’t, though, it’s

this point--where, at his peak,

supply and demand vary over time

part of the ‘curse’ of his channel. Do

he was pulling in 1,200 people

and buying and reselling goods

a good enough job, teach people well

daily to watch him earn money

accordingly. There are no gold-

enough, and you won’t hear from

(figuratively as well as literally).

making guilds -- competition being
the name of the game, after all.

them again. The blessing, though, is
that while he’s on-air, he is able to

When it comes to the content of

His friends in-game don’t gold-

quickly respond to viewer feedback.

his channel, Elvine is quick to

make alongside him. He creates his

Questions rarely go unanswered,

correct me when I ask about his

own win-conditions in the game,

and there’s as much back-and-

gold farming: he specializes in gold

using pre-existing mechanics.

forth as there is simple lecturing.

making, staying almost exclusively

Despite this not being ideal, Elvine

in cities and playing the Auction

A typical day, then, would involve

wouldn’t really have it any other

House, as well as doing Garrison

logging on first to his main, checking

way. He could be writing guides,

missions. This is different, he says,

auctions, then Jewelcrafting,

profiting off of those, but that’s

from gold farming, in that gold

transmog ̰