Chinese MMO offers accounts to banned players who donate blood

This is not for the faint of heart, but it is true, and I think that it is a good idea with the problem that the Chinese have had with their tainted blood supplies and their HIV crisis

Peace, gregor

The makers of China's popular MMO Cabal told banned players that they could get back into the game if they donated blood.

http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/03/20/online-gamers-can-now-pay-with-their-blood/

An online game operator has demanded that banned players donate blood to be allowed back into the game. Moliyo, which runs a 3D massively multiplayer online game in China, made the demand after banning 120,000 players who attempted to hack the game.

More than 100 players had already signed up to exchange half a litre (1 pint) of blood for game accounts. The company has also offered free accounts to ordinary players who give blood...

Chinese hospitals have had increasing difficulty attracting blood donors in recent years after scandals in which thousands of donors and blood recipients contracted HIV, the virus which causes AIDS. Blood donors in China are usually paid about 12 dollars per donation.