Ah, so somer are allowed to RMT in this fashion, but no one else is.

This game is in bloody tatters at this point

CCP sent a letter to the resellers(shattered crystal, markeedragon) .The letter said to stop the bonuses and if they are still doing it after 10 days they are in breech of the reseller agreement.

ETC + bonus items may not be direclty or indirectly traded by the buyer for isk.

Would seem to very much include Somer.

This will interesting to see what happens, if Somer does not shut off the bonus isk the player rage will make the last 3 weeks look like a warm up exercise.

its up to markeedragon to stop somer using his affilate program

What irritates me is if it is Deemed RMT Why is CCP going after the GTC Dealers and NOT The RMT'rs Like Somer accounts etc. Maybe then they should Destroy GTC Resellers and Eliminate Any possible means for RMTing. Instead of having to deal with Infractions here or There. Eliminate any cause possible. If Nox/mahm or any other RMT like Miners are getting off Free and the GTC dealers are being blamed itself, Why punish RMT players and just elliminate all the GTC Resellers.

Because if they do that they end up publicly eating ****. To officially endorse them, make grand claims about how trustworthy they are, to give them unique items to use as part of their business, to personally and directly reward the people who run it... and then to have to turn around and admit "oh actually they were RMTers and blatantly breaking the EULA"

hahaha could you imagine a company admitting that openly?

Nah, they'll try and pressure the sellers and quietly settle this, so as not to draw attention to their own incredible incompetence

Dont want to annoy GM's anymore and after 10 days its a breach of reseller agreement. So i will shut it down now i made my point.

Thank god Sommer also did the good thing and stopped theirs rather than increasing the payout by 5X.

Why the all somer hate?

Somer have an offer on to try and squeeze some extra cash out of the 10 day grace period.

I'm slightly confused by all the Somer Blink hate here.
I think the only people who have done anything wrong is CCP when they favoured Somer by giving them very valuable free stuff. - and that issue has been dealt with.

Why the all somer hate? Somer appear to be preparing to abide by the new rules just like everyone else. Somer have an offer on to try and squeeze some extra cash out of the 10 day grace period. I've actually taken the offer, but thats a personal choice thing.
Somer look like they are going to abide by the new rules and hopefully won't get any more special treatment by CCP.
That's all good.
Why the hate?

for me that a non sequitur - I don't understand why that's bad
mind you I wasn't as pissed off as everyone else about the D3 AHes, maybe it's just me

For me CCP showing favouritism would be very bad if it happened, but it looks like everyone is getting treated the same.
When you think about somer only has 10 days to come up with and implement a new business model to pay server costs. That's not long at all. I think what they are doing right now is using the 10 days grace to build a cash buffer to take the time squeeze off. I don't think they can pay server expenses with ISK, but they are arse deep in ISK so trying to convert some to real cash - at a very poor rate for them.

I know if I make any positive comment on the current offer I'll be accused of shilling/fanboyism etc.... But the offer atm is so good I I actually got more value in incentives than the value of the items I purchased. Right now the effective price of PLEXmonthly sub to me is half what it usually is and I have stocked up a little to pay my subs for a decent period to come - at the expense of you know who.

I'm profiting from their misfortune. Is that good or bad?

I'm slightly confused by all the Somer Blink hate here.
I think the only people who have done anything wrong is CCP when they favoured Somer by giving them very valuable free stuff. - and that issue has been dealt with.

Why the all somer hate? Somer appear to be preparing to abide by the new rules just like everyone else. Somer have an offer on to try and squeeze some extra cash out of the 10 day grace period. I've actually taken the offer, but thats a personal choice thing.
Somer look like they are going to abide by the new rules and hopefully won't get any more special treatment by CCP.
That's all good.
Why the hate?

I agree there's cash in tham thar hills for Somer
But why should we all be down on someone trying to run a business connected to Eve? I've played a lot of MMO ( started with Asheron's Call ) over a long time and one of the things I love about Eve so much is the meta outside the mechanics of the game client. I love that scamming is allowed, spying is allowed, I love reading about the famous poniz schemes and fake banks. It's all part of Eve's history and what makes it so amazing.
Surely someone running a business off Eve is no different? Despite my Somer account being loaded right now I'd love it if one day they just stuck on their website "F**k you. We've run off with all the money" That would be soo funny :) It would also make CCP look a little silly - but they don't need help with that they manage fine all by themselves.
For me it's all part of the meta, and it's the variety and scale of the meta that makes Eve soo good.

So what if someone did some hard work and earned some cash from it? Who knows what the next bunch might come up with?
Isn't capitaism and greed is good as Gordon Gecko said?

The only get upset when people get treated differently - everyone should be treated equally. Also the rules should be clear.
I do admire the thread starter for tackling an unclear rule, and forcing CCP to pull their head out of the sand on this.

Accounts may not be used for business purposes. Access to the System and playing EVE is intended for your personal entertainment, enjoyment and recreation, and not for corporate, business, commercial or income-seeking activities. Business entities and anyone who is acting for or on behalf of a business or for business purposes may not establish an Account, access the System or play EVE. Accessing the System or using the Game for commercial, business or income-seeking purposes is strictly prohibited.

Well I have certainly been enjoying the site all year and more-so now. I've deposited under 400mill throughout the whole year, but got a return of over 5billion isk and PLEX that paid my subs some months. And without ever using the affiliate thing honestly, rather just pay normal sub, it's cheaper. But with the increased incentive, I may actually get a 60d GTC for once and further increase my own rate of returns.