Getting more friends earns you character perks that help out in combat.
When "Amongst Friends" earned him a three-picture directing deal with Universal, he froze up, feeling like such a fraud, he said, that "I became cocky to compensate".
Several of William's friends earn much less than him but on the flip side, he also has a wealthier friend who is bankrolled by his parents.
ARIELLE GREEN, a publicist in Manhattan, knows what most of her friends earn, whether it is $28,000 a year or $100,000.
Dewhurst said: "I'm taking this action because I have personal experience of [earning], and know many courier friends earn, below the national minimum wage.
Trust me, they would much rather know what their friends earn, but it's easier prying into the affairs of a stranger.
Poaching food for her starving friends earned her the nickname Lydia Lunch, and she made quick work of becoming an underground anti-star with groups like 8-Eyed Spy and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks.
He interviews a young black man who works in a Popeye's fast food outlet for $600 a month, while his friends earn $6,000 a day selling crack cocaine.
"People started leaving firms to go to other companies, and they were getting 15, 20, 25percentt raises," recalled Mr. Wang, who can name what his 30 or so closest friends earn "within a bandwidth of $5,000".
