P99 Staff Doing God's Work (400 accounts Banned)

[myriverse]

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

People new to the server within the last 3 months wouldn't have seen the initial warning message from the admins

It was by no means an "initial warning." It was just the most recent big one.

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

"silently tracking" the accounts seems like a bad strategy. Why not just stop it immediately so new players could see how passionate the team feels about it?

Seems like it's a great strategy, and I really can't see how someone could think the team wasn't passionate about this before they even started.

But anyway... buh bye.

[Vilot]

I am aslo but I did not buy plat

[Nineran]

This server is about the "whole" EQ experience. Not just the end-game EQ experience. I realize is takes TONS of time to get to the end-game experience, and many of us no longer have that time in our lives, but there is still a fantastic experience to be had at the early stages of the game. I had so much fun coming up through Crushbone, Unrest, Upper Guk.

I know its hard to wait through all of that, especially when you are back to good old EQ in which leveling is so much harder then the average game today. But it is part of the game, there is not an option to just skip that part via purchasing in game items to speed you through that stage.

I do support the GMs decision.

I always hate to see the server lose people though. I realize many of the RMTers were just toxic, and thank god they are gone. I do feel bad for the people though that showed up on the server. Realized how far behind they were, and how inflated all the prices are due to how long the server has been running, and paniced, and made a bad decision.

I wish there was a way we could Just wipe everything off a character, and let them keep their exp, but be naked and penniless. But we would have to know which ones were not toxic, and realize how much it harms the P99 economy.

There is no way to know. The GMs made the right decision to just take a hard stance on it and say it is not tolerated at all.

[Nineran]

Just after a posted a noticed a perfect example of who needs to be banned. Neem, trying to stir up drama on his way out.

I am sure they missed tons of people in the first waves because there is plenty of tracking to do to determine who is truly RMTing, and who just got some generous donations or loans. Its not as simple as just seeing a high value item go in a trade window without compensation. Its looking for a trend over time.

[neem]

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

Just after a posted a noticed a perfect example of who needs to be banned. Neem, trying to stir up drama on his way out.

lol i'm not stirring anything, just wait till more people post...

[Nineran]

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

lol i'm not stirring anything, just wait till more people post...

We await in anticipation of this conspiracy theory to come to fruition... I am sure the GMs are terribly concerned about it.

[Champion_Standing]

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

Just after a posted a noticed a perfect example of who needs to be banned. Neem, trying to stir up drama on his way out.

I am sure they missed tons of people in the first waves because there is plenty of tracking to do to determine who is truly RMTing, and who just got some generous donations or loans. Its not as simple as just seeing a high value item go in a trade window without compensation. Its looking for a trend over time.

lol no it isn't, its about finding the sellers characters, then letting him sell for 6 months and banning everyone that bought plat from him. And in a week when a dozen more accounts pop up from the seller full the brim with duped items and plat they will watch who they sell to for another 3-6 months then ban all the buyers again.

[Babayaaga]

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

well I for one did nothing wrong yet I was band this happened
I sel proxys spots on my wiz in chardoc and folks will pay me on my mule in ec on there mule how was I to know they would accuse me of a violation I did nothing wrong yet I was band

The only thing I can think of in this case is that there may have been logs that demonstrate that you knowingly sold a proxy to someone who in some way indicated where their plat was coming from (RMT). This would be guilty by association. Perhaps you don't remember it, or didn't comprehend what someone was admitting to you at the time, but the result is the same.

That said, sellers of anything need to be careful when conducting transactions. If your gut calls into question the source of a buyer's money... perhaps it's better to hang on to your goods until a more trustworthy consumer comes along.

[Faerie]

It would be good to know wtf is going on with red. We've remained downgraded to "preferred" status and the major changes (such as xp rate) are never included in the patch notes.

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

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

The only thing I can think of in this case is that there may have been logs that demonstrate that you knowingly sold a proxy to someone who in some way indicated where their plat was coming from (RMT). This would be guilty by association. Perhaps you don't remember it, or didn't comprehend what someone was admitting to you at the time, but the result is the same.

That said, sellers of anything need to be careful when conducting transactions. If your gut calls into question the source of a buyer's money... perhaps it's better to hang on to your goods until a more trustworthy consumer comes along.

I would think there is a more compelling reason for banning than "he accepted money from someone who RMT'd". With that said, who couldn't see the Chardok scene turning into an RMT/boxing paradise from a mile away?