Is Warcraft Millionaire a Scam? Read on to find out!

With my ego slightly bruised, I quickly enlisted the help of a few guildmates to see what the fuss was all about, and more importantly, to answer the very essential question:

Warcraft Millionaire: Outrageous Scam, or the Real Deal?

Fake Video?

Brad Johnson, the author of Warcraft Millionaire: The Blueprint to One Million Gold, claims he owns close to a million gold, and has a video to prove it. Naturally, we turned our attention to the video. We noticed immediately his character has exactly 214,748 gold, 36 silver and 47 copper. This is an important point - if he had showed even 1 more copper than that specific amount, we would immediately know that his video is a fake. This is because, as he correctly explains, Blizzard's gold cap per character is exactly 214,748 gold, 36 silver and 47 copper (the reason for this has something to do with Blizzard's original coding of the game, nothing in game can exceed the ten digit 2147483647 figure.)

(You can check out the video here)

Private Server?

So the Warcraft Millionaire video wasn't edited or photo-shopped, but a real video. Our next suspicion was that it was recorded on a private server, and not an official World of Warcraft server. On a private server, anything is possible, including having 10 million gold, being level 200, and killing bosses with one attack. We put the video under the magnifying glass, but try as we might, we could not find any flaws that proved it was recorded on a private server. Everything matched, including the characters around and their equipment, the chat windows, and even certain tiny aspects of Ironforge that would appear different on private servers.

The Final, Acid Test.

The bulletproof authenticity of the video left us stunned. But we had one more card left up our sleeves. We decided to put Warcraft Millionaire to the final test, and I contacted Brad Johnson himself. I was surprised when I received a prompt reply, and I quickly explained who I was, told him Elite WoW Gold Farming was doing a review on his guide, and we wanted cold, hard, concrete proof that he was indeed the first and only Warcraft Millionaire.

He immediately refused. He argued that he had to protect his privacy, and that if people knew what server and which characters he played on, he would never have a moments peace again. I didn't give up so easily though, and even made vague threats about reviewing Warcraft Millionaire as a scam! He finally gave in, and reluctantly agreed to show me the proof I demanded. I created a level 1 character as arranged (I can't tell you which server, sorry) and ran all the way to the Stormwind bank...

Brad came along on his level 70 main, and without a word, opened up trade with me, and put 200,000 gold in the trade window.

It slowly sank in - there was a player out there, right now, with one million gold. Warcraft Millionaire: The Blueprint to One Million Gold was indeed the real deal.

There have been some speculation that Brad Johnson, Warcraft Millionaire, bought the gold he used for his videos. Is this possible?

Well, to put it simply, its possible, but not realistic. It costs an average of $30 for 1000g, so that would mean one million gold would cost a whopping $30,000. I know there are some rich people out there, but I doubt anyone would spend that kind of money on World of Warcraft gold. Also, even if a player wanted to spend so much for one million gold, there is no way gold selling sites would have enough stockpiled to sell - remember, we are talking about one million gold on just ONE server.

Check out Warcraft Millionaire: The Blueprint to One Million Gold

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