They are scapegoats for everything that goes wrong: 1.Blizzard can't set up a good and sound economy? 2.Droprates or stats are fucked up? 3.Players are tired of farming? 4.Players can't buy that stupid awesome mount? What goes wrong is that they can't be responsible for every mistake game designers make... People don't buy wow gold because gold farmers are disturbing the economy and therefore forcing them to buy. They are buying wow gold because they don't feel like spending thousands of hours to get something. The real issues: 1.Blizzard misunderstanding gamers interests and needs 2.Blizzard focusing on making the game last longer using more 3.itemization than content Blizzard using goldsellers as scapegoats instead of focusing on the real issues and trying to fix the game To be honest that question is just pointless. What matters is that hundreds of thousands of people buy wow gold, powerleveling and accounts. They can't be ignored. They can't all be fools.