@Frugality

Personal assaults aside, I believe that being gold capped on multiple toons before the change means that I probably know a little bit about this game of WOW money.

To get to your argument, my post was not a rant. At the heart of it is that let my competition be the other competitors with the foresight, research, and investment skills be my competition.

The 'niche' now, is 'what will become profitable that won't be posted on the Gold Capped article.' If that is what it takes to be a "real" player of the game, to use the information sources of an OP/ED article and beat the artificial, new competition, then the speculation aspect is made that much less fun and interesting. I don't think that I'm alone here in wanting him to SHHHHHHHH and pipe down on certain aspects that some of us took the time to identify and research. Post hints, just don't let the entire cat out of the bag. That undermines reasoning and intelligence.

If, on the other hand, I'm competing against other true competitors in the game world with foresight, research and the wherewithall to burst into some niche market, then it is extremely enjoyable and more power to the competition. My only complaint is that efforts that might take weeks or month to prepare for 'X' given niche has been compromised by articles that appear the night or week before the market would have come to fruition.

I supposed I'll concede this point as a new challenge, because I like the author (even though he buys achievements), and I must accept that this column is a new piece of the puzzle, frustratingliy so.