Originally by: Lindsay Fox

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I just find all this anti-gtc stuff really weird.

- There are a ton of people who have plenty of RL cash but very little time to devote to Eve. Without GTC they would not be playing for long, as they could not be bothered taking two weeks of occasional play to replace a battle ship, or six months to replace a carrier, or whatever. If they couldn't use RL cash to fund the game they would quit.

- There are a ton of people who have plenty of time but not much RL cash. Without GTC they would not be playing at all.

These two groups of people are pretty much excluded from other MMO's, except for the use of ebay. The fact that CCP has found a scheme that enables these people to still play while ensuring that CCP gets all the real money is, in my mind, just about the most brilliant idea CCP has ever had.

I thank them for it. I think all they need to do now is halve the price of GTCs and the ISK sellers would have to go elsewhere, it would no longer be worth it. This may cause the economy to freak out for a while, but it would settle down and be a better game eventually.

I am lucky, I have worked hard for the last 20 years, I am self-employed now and have plenty of spare time, so I can afford the time to build up my eve wealth in-game. I know that one hour of RL work for me would buy me a couple of billion ISK, but that would pretty much ruin my enjoyment of the game. But for others it is the only way that they *can* enjoy them game, so more power to them.

Anyway, spending $500 of real money on a hobby that occupies so much of my time would be nothing. I used to race remote-control cars competitively and that cost me around $1000 per month, including hotels and crap. Eve is practically free in comparison.

I just can't believe how so many people think *their* view of the value of money and the value of time, can be the only valid one.

And finally, if CCP wasn't selling GTCs then the ebay market would be much worse anyway, it's not like it would stop.

/rant

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