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I sold my Warhammer account this weekend. I got about $250.00 dollars for it. According to fellow War players, I could have held out for twice that, but I just wanted it out of temptations range. The tainted money is going towards our tattoos (see earlier thread).

I used Player Auctions. It was quite easy. It all felt legit and relatively safe.

I scoured some of the other auctions. There was an EQ duel-boxing account set-up (2 accounts) that the seller was asking 5 grand for. It had 5 maxed out characters (the cap for EQ is now 85 btw). I can't imagine anyone paying that kind of money, but who knows.

Currency selling is advertised and done in-game these days with little consequence to the buyer or seller if the transgression is reported.

The game companies, unable to staunch the bleed of gaming money going out to third-party farming companies, responded by selling the stuff themselves.

So, have attitudes changed around here? Despite selling a gaming account, I'm still all for upholding the EULA's that most games come with (selling my account is not technically against War's EULA according to the game dev I talked to). Zam is kind of owned now by a company that kind of made it's mark on the gaming world by illicitly selling gaming stuff.

I hate to think peeps are messing up the enjoyability of their own game by supporting sales of gold and items but maybe their enjoyment really is enhanced by spending an extra fifteen bucks for 100 gold pieces.

Anyways, virtual sales are now their own economy. Virtual worlds like Gaia and Second Life have e-malls where you can spend real money. Famous personalities are not only putting their names on t-shirts and tennis shoes, but on virtual goods as well. You might not be able to afford that 46" High Def tv in real life, but maybe you can afford the top-of-line Golden Winged Pegasus that your virtual self can ride on in your virtual world. Is the e-horse less satisfying than the real TV?

Make-believe worlds are getting pretty crazy. I'm retreating back to the real one.

As long as the action isn't against the EULA, I have no real problem with it. That being said, as far as MMO gaming goes, the journey{leveling to cap} to me, is far more important than the destination{reaching the cap}. I will never buy gold, items, or accounts.

The problem with RMT is that once the copper in your gnome's vault is worth dollars people have far more incentive to steal it. I don't give a fUck about the impact it has on some virtual economy, I just don't want the security of my video game box compromised.

Just as a note, we're no longer owned by said company. We are an independent entity. :)

Thanks for unlocking the thread. It was a principle thing.

For all you kids out there...don't buy gold, it's a gateway activity that can lead to...um, even worse stuff.

Oh, don't do drugs either.

We miss you Nobby.

My Sorc was hot. She was worth a cool mill.

I was dumbfounded by the pair of EQ accounts for 5k.

Really the game is iffy right now, but does fill a niche that no one else offers up. I had lots of interest in my account. Two other buyers lined up if the one should have fell through. But maybe I'm talking too much.

How much could I get for my account with a level 52 EQ2 Necro? I think there's also an 80 *** and something else from my brother-in-law on another server I never played...

Mine hasn't. I'm not going to pretend you're some super terrible person, but you have contributed to breaking the game. The entire point of a game is that you have play independent of any outside factors. Monopoly where you can use real cash isn't a game worth playing. It's not any better or worse than hacking or scamming the equivalent.

Edited, Sep 20th 2010 10:05pm by Allegory

When I quit FFXI, I just let my character go into stasis. I didn't give away my crap or try to sell the account. Admittedly, it wasn't that great an account, but I'd have gotten a couple hundred bucks out of it I'm sure, but the biggest thing that stopped me from selling it was that I had lived through the worst of the RMT deathgrip on FFXI.

I don't know if any of you know what I'm talking about or even care, but to expand on that, there was a good long stretch of time if the game where the RMT owned everything. It was nigh impossible to do anything NM, crafting, or farming related. In short, It sucked. Then came the Hyperinflation from all the currency they were selling because they had the market locked down so well. In short, that SUCKED. I really don't want to give any business to the RMT companies that broker the deals for accounts. Also, I'm attached to my character, which I realize is stupid, but I really don't want somebody to strip it down and use it for whatever.

I don't care what other people do with their characters though, it's a waste to get all righteous about it.

Edit: Speeling and grammaw

Edited, Sep 20th 2010 11:42pm by AldousCayo

I'm also of the persuasion of not giving half a rat's ***. Although, I've never sold an account or in-game currency; not for any ideological reason, just because I'm too lazy to bother with such a thing.

I haven't played in something like two months, and the desire to go back isn't all that strong. And I have little time, because of work and Thom.