A Word of Warning to the New (and Naive)

[nilbog]

Account buying, selling, or trading has always been frowned upon. Safest bet is to always play your own character.

[letsallkillandy]

Originally Posted by nilbog [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Account buying, selling, or trading has always been frowned upon. Safest bet is to always play your own character.

Frowned upon is such an ambiguous term. Why do the staff dance around this subject? This isnt meant as a jab on the staff, I'm merely curious.

[Samoht]

Originally Posted by letsallkillandy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Frowned upon is such an ambiguous term. Why do the staff dance around this subject? This isnt meant as a jab on the staff, I'm merely curious.

you give them a relatively safe place to do it, and you can prevent it from transforming into RMT

[Lyra]

Originally Posted by letsallkillandy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Frowned upon is such an ambiguous term. Why do the staff dance around this subject? This isnt meant as a jab on the staff, I'm merely curious.

Because they have no way to stop it.

If you have suggestions, I'm sure they would love to hear them. Some ideas have already been researched, but a workable solution has not been found.

[nilbog]

Originally Posted by letsallkillandy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Frowned upon is such an ambiguous term. Why do the staff dance around this subject? This isnt meant as a jab on the staff, I'm merely curious.

'Frowned upon' was the classic term for cases like this, if I remember correctly.

I'm not dancing.

Originally Posted by nilbog [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have always been opposed to characters being sold or traded. Alas, opposed is not the equivalent of condemned; at least not yet. My official stance to date has been these instances are 'frowned upon'.

When I initially launched the server, there were far more pressing matters on which to attend than policing trades. However, cases of players petitioning they were cheated on deals involving shared or traded accounts, I have declined to offer my assistance. Character sales or trades currently fall under 'at your own risk' situations.

That being said, there will come a time where this is against server rules. I hope that time is sooner than later, but heed this warning. Do not have your account in escrow, trade, or consignment for extended periods of time.

You might ask, how can we stop this? Whether it be through linked forum accounts, access codes, etc, I would prefer to prevent these situations than to seemingly condone them.