he's hypothetically botting for your masters

This is true of all feudal systems, including those found in MMO guilds. This is not new news.

Yes, but why any sane person would PAY a subscription in order to perform the role of a SERF is still a mystery.

I chalk it up to ignorance about the game mechanics. That's why I keep posting to educate the masses.

train a few additional levels in reading comprehension

There is a hypothetical player - Ibertizzle - who is a very keen ratter and may not reply to conversation requests for a few hours (but who probably does nothing wrong).

There may or may not be a real player (obviously not named Ibertizzle) who may have served as inspiration for this hypothetical character (but who can say for sure?) and this real player may or may not run bots.

You are just trying to confuse these two characters...

train a few additional levels in reading comprehension

There is a hypothetical player - Ibertizzle - who is a very keen ratter and may not reply to conversation requests for a few hours (but who probably does nothing wrong).

There may or may not be a real player (obviously not named Ibertizzle) who may have served as inspiration for this hypothetical character (but who can say for sure?) and this real player may or may not run bots.

You are just trying to confuse these two characters...

If it were a mystery then I suspect that every MMO ever wouldn't have simultaneously figured out how to use it to generate money for its developers.

Now that you understand your role as "Peasant Farmer and Cannon Fodder" for your Rulers... aren't you really enthusiastic to go join?

You just admitted to being an accomplice to violating the EULA and then covering it up to avoid action.

I am petitioning you right now.

Or they might be willing to pay a subscription fee just to play the game because they like it without regard to your personal gripes about null sec space politics in EVE Online a serious business game about spaceships. I mean, someone out there has to be paying CCP real money for subscriptions. I know that none of my squad mates actually pay real money for EVE, and I doubt many members of my corporation or alliance do either.

The PLEX gotta come from somewhere, may as well be your bitter ass.

goons ... trade photos of their genitals for isk/cap skills books

I'm not bitter. i'm just opposed to noob slavery.

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If you want to see the magnitude of the problem, google "eve isk". And thats just the public side. Members of the same corp, alliance or coalition can do RMT without a web site or suspicious isk transfers, as alliance members help each other out with isk or item transfers all the time. How can CCP tell if real money is also transferred?

Now there... You see? This gentleman has BALLS! He is clearly educated and WILL NOT SUBMIT.

VICTORY! One pilot at a time. Maybe in time he and others will organize and wipe the oppressing Oligarchs out of zero.

Anyway I'll keep posting for it.

Is it true that a handful of people, through their alliances, control 50% of null sec space, and are using this position to engage in RMT?

And yet you perpetrate it by paying for your account with PLEX.
I am at least honest with my indifference to "noob slavery".

Are you hypothetically alleging that investigating the hypothetical Ibertizzle's ratting behavior would hypothetically cause that behavior to change?

I believe the OP was trolling to keep the botting issue in the headlines.

I have personally hunted down over 12 bots/isk farmers and CCP has given them at least temporary bans.

I stopped hunting them because of the great effort involved in documenting a good case to present to CCP.

Bots are everywhere , one of the favored methods for the RMT's and botters is highsec transportation lvl 4s - usually run in Bestower's.

First and foremost, it breaks the gameplay.

The most popular way for RMT sellers to get their hands on the product that theyGÇÖre peddling is to use bots to farm or abuse exploits. Neither is a case of the game being played as intended.

RMT also hurts the in-game economy. By bringing in extra resources and currency, it simply changes the relative scarcity of items, and thus alters their price.

Then thereGÇÖs the fact that RMT dealers also often engage in illegal activities including credit card fraud and hacking.

Finally, and possibly most surprising at least from a playerGÇÖs point of view is the fact that RMT dealers actually put a noticeable strain on a gameGÇÖs resources and systems both human (Customer Support) and hardware.

There is only one sure way to rid a game of RMT and bots - don't buy stuff from them.

No.. YOU are just a small useless cog who slaves away on one of the largest plantations in zero.
I really don't know how you can look yourself in the mirror each morning given such low self esteem.

I do not support the use of bots, but the arguments you make against them are rubbish.

A thing that Person A has does not invalidate the effort of Person B just because Person B does not have it, when it is entirely possible for Person B to acquire it. In this case, the "thing" is a bot. In order for RMT and botting to hurt the economy, there would have to be a monopoly by Person A or Group A on the RMT behavior or botting software. I am going to assume that this is not the case. So long as you, me, or anyone else so inclined can pick up a bot or engage in RMT then there exists no advantage or upset in favor of those who already do bot or RMT, except the advantage we give them by not participating. You are trying to white-knight the issue because it's the "good guy" thing to do, while framing your arguments in term of pragmatism that simply does not exist.

as if your counter arguement to that gents arguement isn't "full of rubbish" (as you put it). Really, anyone who can't see that botting distorts a game is pretty much an idiot.