I'm honestly unfamiliar with Somer Blink mechanics:

. Don't you need ISK to buy these credits?

. Can't you convert the credits back to ISK? If not, how do you 'win' ISK?

I gave the thread and its sensationalist posters the acknowledgement they deserved. I don't need to explain myself to you though. Who are you that I do?

no, you can't convert credit to isk, you need to win a lottery using the credit

Thanks, Benny. I need to correct my post then:

With all due respect, just don't play blink? Problem solved.

With all due respect, just don't play blink? Problem solved.

Since the problem is with CCP and their preferential treatment, no, that doesn't really solve anything.

Ok, sure, if everyone did it and Somer went out of business so CCP couldn't do it any more, then yes, it would make the problem go away. It's still not really solved, though.

Why are CCP showing preferential treatment towards Somer?

Where has it been said that nobody else can do what they are doing?

Well, setting the history of the matter aside, we have this interesting deal where somer is being allowed to receive cash in exchange for handing out ISK, something that is generally forbidden.

Where has it been said that nobody else can do what they are doing?

The problem is partly down to CCP thinking that Somer doesn't have ulterior motives, where as they see everyone else as RMT insta bans.

One rule for Somer one for the rest of us.

One ring to rule them all..

No, you had it right the first time. He's describing the actual lottery and the effects of the buy-out margins, not the PLEX buy-back scheme.

Yes, the lottery is a scam. All lotteries are GÇö that's how they make money.
That's something quite separate from the affiliateGåÆcreditGåÆbuybackGåÆISK cycle though.

i'd thought somer's 'plex credit' was used to swap the PLEX for somer isk credit to the value of jita PLEX price plus thirty million. it's actually swapped for actual isk. gosh.

i'd thought somer's 'plex credit' was used to swap the PLEX for somer isk credit to the value of jita PLEX price plus thirty million. it's actually swapped for actual isk. gosh.

Tippia, James, I still fail to see the RMT part.

If I want to spend, say, 200$ to get in-game assets:

. CCP gives me 10 PLEX, that I can currently sell in Jita for 7,800 M ISK or so - in-game CASH
. Somer gives me lottery credits worth 8,250 M or so, that I can then expect to convert to in-game CASH at a 80% rate: 6,600 M ISK

Sounds like a lousy deal to me.

If you're saying that Somer is allowed to give in-game incentives to buy PLEX from them while other websites aren't, then I do agree with the 'preferential treatment' part.

No, that is your interpretation of what is happening.

Where does it suggest on their website that only they are allowed to do this?

It's not so much an interpretation as a matter of fact. It's how the PLEX repurchase system works. If it works otherwise, then Somer (and everyone who has tried it) is lying about how the program works.

The fact that CCP has supposedly given this a green light is the preferential treatment since it would be flagged as blatant RMT otherwise.



The part where they say that this has been vetted and cleared by CCP. CCP has been very clear that anyone and everyone caught RMTing will get slapped hard. The Somer statement, if true, means they're not being treated like everyone else.

The only proper resolution of this should be to ban all of Somerset Mahm's accounts permanently.

This crap will continue otherwise.

Or just set up something and do exactly what he is doing.