Klyith
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2014.08.20 05:17:00 -
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HotAngel wrote:[quote=Klyith]
giving out ISK rewards....
Well, lets take a look at that... 45m per GTC purchased, through the buyback, not that much of a reward to start out with, moreso a perk for being a loyal customer.
It's not that big, but it's the principle. If Somer is allowed to do RMT-like loyalty programs, everyone else in the game would need to be allowed to do it too. And as we found the last time around, that escalates really quickly. Can I sell someone one ETC with the promise to buy a plex back for 5 billion isk? It becomes straight RMT at that point.
Plus Somer's email with the CCP Sales staff was plain BS designed to cover his purpose. That's what I'm most annoyed by and feel should be punished. The first time around was a firm clarification of the rules: no RMT through referral programs. He knew better.
Quote:Would you also want to cut down any reseller who provides discounts in RL money or prizes? They are called loyalty programs.
That's fine, they can give RL discounts on their RL sales. That costs the reseller RL money. One time Amazon had a pricing error and sold plexes for like $1.50 each. I didn't get any, but the few people who lucked into seeing it at the right time got hundreds. Amazon took a bath and lost a bunch of money.
When someone is giving away real money it's a self-limiting problem. Isk on the other hand is virtually infinite.
Quote:Somer could have provided an out of game draw giving away RL items as prizes, would that also have been a problem? Or would you have objected because those RL items could be traded for RL money and then converted to GTC?
I'd be ok with Somer doing a RL raffle / lottery, even one that he organized as a donation drive to keep his site running if the rules and cut were well defined. Provided he followed all the RL laws for such a thing, which is not easy when running an international lottery. Everyone can then do whatever they want with their RL prizes.
I'd shake my head at people who gave real money to someone just to continue to operate a gambling web site, but it's an addiction I guess. |