Amitious Turkey
Gallente
Ammo Tech Inc
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Posted - 2009.03.30 04:29:00 -
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Edited by: Amitious Turkey on 30/03/2009 04:34:43
 Originally by: Sir Elliot
In a game like Eve Online, the second a person logs in they freely to consent to allowing anything to happen to them by anyone. For that reason, outside of Role Playing circles, there is no morality in Eve. By the nature and design of the game, you freely consent to all activity by logging in.
The only governing mechanism becomes the EULA and CCP's rules. It is not a matter of moral or immoral, since the nature of the game is about playing in a world that doesn't have those categories. It's about a violation of the EULA or not.
Your question is stupid because it is literally non-sensical. Justification, moral activity, etc, don't exist in Eve.
The reality of your question is: Do I have a moral obligation to report an EULA violation? Your benefiting from it is irrelevant. That is an Out of Game Matter, not an in-game matter. Further, the EULA is a private agreement between CCP and the other party. The EULA is not an agreement between CCP, you, and the other party.
The answer is simple:
Circle YES if CCP has required you to uphold the EULA for them, or if you work for CCP, or for some other reason are obliged to report violations of the EULA.
Circle NO if otherwise.
Hmm, philosophical.
Whether or not to follow a rule could be considered a moral action...So whether or not to obey CCP by upholding the EULA could be considered in the realm of right and wrong, because it hurts the game and therefore the livelihoods of those who work at CCP (should macroing destroy the game). Thus, macroing CAN affect the real world.
Also, macroing is considered cheating. Cheating is, in the real world, immoral. It affects the real world. Just because it's in a game doesn't make it amoral, since CCP is not the ultimate authority who makes morals. Just like cheating at cards...or bigger things. Morals aren't arbitrary, they are set in stone...regardless of where you are. They just don't have (many) RL consequences.
So, to the OP... You're obligated to report him, unfortunately. Taking the right road is never easy 
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