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CCP Prism X
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Posted - 2007.08.27 10:42:00 -
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Generic Noob buys 1 Trillion ISK.
Example 1:
Because Generic Noob has no idea about the real value of ISK he buys one of your BSs for half a trillion ISK.
You get half a trillion ISK.
GMs are alerted to Generic Noobs bad habits.
One trillion ISK are removed from Generic Noobs wallet.
Net result:
You sold one BS and gained half a trillion ISK.
Generic Noob now has a wallet balance of -half a trillion ISK and needs to work up his half a trillion ISK before he can do anything as there is almost always some fee involved in EvE. He also has a BS which he bought on credit.
Example 2:
You sell 5 years worth of GTC to generic noob for a trillion ISK (because he's got no clue).
Generic Noob commits to 5 years of playing EvE.
GMs remove 1 trillion ISK from his wallet.
Generic Noob spends 1 year of those five getting back up to 0 balance.
Now I've never been a GM so I dont know the full details. But in general this is how ISK buyers are dealth with. The sellers are of course banned as well but we all know that's rather futile. The real problem isn't the supply of ISK but the demand for buying virtual currency with hard cash.. AKA sloth mixed with ignorance.
~ Prism X
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CCP Prism X
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Posted - 2007.08.27 12:06:00 -
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Hot dang, I love my Goons.
Post reserved for a counter-argument once argument is proposed to link my quote to posted link.
~ Prism X
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GM Nova
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Posted - 2007.08.27 13:16:00 -
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 Originally by: Aramendel
Originally by: CCP Prism X
Generic Noob buys 1 Trillion ISK.
Example 1:
Because Generic Noob has no idea about the real value of ISK he buys one of your BSs for half a trillion ISK.
You get half a trillion ISK.
GMs are alerted to Generic Noobs bad habits.
One trillion ISK are removed from Generic Noobs wallet.
Net result:
You sold one BS and gained half a trillion ISK.
Generic Noob now has a wallet balance of -half a trillion ISK and needs to work up his half a trillion ISK before he can do anything as there is almost always some fee involved in EvE. He also has a BS which he bought on credit.
Example 2:
You sell 5 years worth of GTC to generic noob for a trillion ISK (because he's got no clue).
Generic Noob commits to 5 years of playing EvE.
GMs remove 1 trillion ISK from his wallet.
Generic Noob spends 1 year of those five getting back up to 0 balance.
Now I've never been a GM so I dont know the full details. But in general this is how ISK buyers are dealth with. The sellers are of course banned as well but we all know that's rather futile. The real problem isn't the supply of ISK but the demand for buying virtual currency with hard cash.. AKA sloth mixed with ignorance.
Exept that in both cases randomnoob will simply delete or not use the char with the 1 trillion debt. Restarting is in those cases a better and far easier option, especially if random noob is in fact a noob and as result not very old.
So realistically the 1 trillion does not get removed from the economy because the debt will in most cases never be paid off.
That is not entirely accurate because the random noob will never hold on to the ISK. The owner will try to get the trillion to his main character and that is the character which will suffer. Also, how plausible is it that anyone would sell a battleship for half a trillion?
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CCP Prism X
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Posted - 2007.08.27 13:27:00 -
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Ofcourse 'Generic Noob' is a term for 'some idiot' rather than a new player and the trillion is just some imagined number to show an extreme example. 
But you're right, I need to refrain from generic terms and be specific.. otherwise I'm misunderstood. 
~ Prism X
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CCP Prism X
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Posted - 2007.08.27 15:53:00 -
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Oh come on, I already stated that 'Generic Noob' did not reference a 'Generic New Player' but a 'Generic Idiot'.
The times when newbie/noob/nubhat/pony/nublet/newb/n00b only meant a new, inexperience, player of a game have long passed. Get with the program already.
~ Prism X
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