Nervalla Cythrill
Gallente
Blueprint Haus
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Posted - 2010.12.24 07:28:00 -
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Somer, I'm not sure if others have expressed any concerns over this issue or not, as I have not read every reply on your thread. Some friends and corpmates were chatting earlier tonight and brought up a very good point, so I figured I would bring it to your attention. On several occasions there are those who play blink that will severely tip the odds of a given blink in their favor by buying up a large percentage of the tickets. While this type of gambling is permitted on the site, there are some that feel it diminishes the spirit of the game itself. Although I will probably get flamed up one side and down the other for using this as an example, it is the easiest way to make my point. I'll use the same example that was given to me.
Earlier tonight a Mackinaw blink was running where a single person bought 6 of the 8 tickets. At a ticket cost of 13.5 million, purchasing 6 equals a cost of 81 million and the isk payout value of the ship is only 85 million. While I cannot argue with the concept that it is up to the individual to decide how to spend their own money. It hardly seems fair (in the interest of preserving a level playing field) to the others playing when their chances are so greatly reduced.
During the conversation one of the suggestions seemed somewhat viable so I agreed to pass it along, but refused to name the individual or mention some of the more colorful metaphors that were used.
Since promo blinks are limited to insure fairness, why not implement a limitation on normal ones too (ie: each player is limited to purchasing no more than 25% of the total number of tickets (normal 8 ticket blink would have a 2 ticket limit, whereas a MegaBlink 16 ticket would have a 4 ticket limit per player.))
I myself would be very interested in seeing how the majority of the blink players felt about this and if it was an issue worth addressing. God knows I'd hate to sound like the sole voice of opposition.
Many thanks to you Somer for hosting such a wonderful site and giving away so much to the Eve community.
Sincerely,
Nervalla Cythrill - Blinking since 10/2010
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