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Ethan Snow
Eve Flash
Executive Apotheosis
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Posted - 2013.10.17 02:57:00 -
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Argus Sorn wrote:SOMER and EVE-Games are converting isk and in game material into cash.
How under-informed and over-opinionated the forums can be staggers, sometimes.
Those two are far, far, far from the only ones doing this.
Other sites that monitize their websites for ISK:
eve-bet - credit for GTC referrals
Everalerpalous - credit for GTC referrals
Mittens rumor/drama site - isk for articles, cash for advertising.
EN24 drama site - isk for articles, cash for advertising
New Eden Club - credit for referrals
Win your fortune - credit for referrals
Eve hosts - Paying money for server/ts/jabber space, charging users isk to use that space
Websites monitizing to cover server costs has been accepted for ages.
Hell, Battleclinic is even a full-blown reseller.
Chribba has more advertisements on his sites than the average city bus.
And so on.
All those 3rd party sites you all love so much - they aren't free to run. |
Ethan Snow
Eve Flash
Executive Apotheosis
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Posted - 2013.10.17 03:08:00 -
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Frying Doom wrote:
Besides the approved buy GTC for cash, which of these sites are put RL money in, get isk out? after all that is what Real Money Trading is all about? paying for a service in isk or a completely separate advertising is ok, as they are not swapping cash for isk.
All of the listed examples monitize their sites.
Let me ELI5 for you - Person A pays RL cash for a TS server. Person B gives ISK to person A to use a TS server. Person A just traded cash for ISK.
Or:
Person A writes a rumor article. Person B gives person A isk. Person B sells advertising space for RL cash on the article. Person B just traded ISK for cash. |
Ethan Snow
Eve Flash
Executive Apotheosis
9
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Posted - 2013.10.17 03:18:00 -
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Argus Sorn wrote: Trading items, webspace, articles, etc. for isk is not the same thing.
If I pay cash for webspace then charge ISK for that webspace, how have I not converted cash into ISK?
If I pay ISK for people to draw advertising views, then accept cash for those advertisements, how have I not converted ISK to cash? |
Ethan Snow
Eve Flash
Executive Apotheosis
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Posted - 2013.10.17 03:22:00 -
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The only difference I see in what you're protesting and what you're white-knighting is that the white-knighting version is done by the person who told you to be upset about the protesting version. |
Ethan Snow
Eve Flash
Executive Apotheosis
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Posted - 2013.10.17 03:27:00 -
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Both scenarios are using ISK to create content on a website that has monitization features to offset server costs. In both scenarios, without the ISK-generated content, the monitization feature wouldn't be used.
That you like one type of content or dislike a different type is irrelevant to whether it's sanctioned behavior or not.
But by all means - carry on with your crusade. I'm reminded why it's better to play the game than the play the forums once again. |
Ethan Snow
Eve Flash
Executive Apotheosis
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Posted - 2013.10.17 03:41:00 -
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I didn't miss it. It's irrelevant.
To repeat: That you dislike one type of content has no baring on whether or not it's sanctioned behavior.
Now if you want to argue that the types of content that you personally don't enjoy shouldn't be allowed to offset server costs, but content that you personally do enjoy should be allowed to - by all means, you can do that. |
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