My solution to the GW gold for RL cash problem.

bilateralrope

bilateralrope

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Zealand

Xen Of Onslaught (Xen of the Pacific division)

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Originally Posted by Necrotic
Bilateralrope: Well....the problem with your assumption is that you seem to be assuming that the plant is legal to farm and cultivate in any amount. Most countries have a limit to what they ignore or consider not worth the effort. It's also making the comparison to a physical object....no matter what you claim it to be...if it can be proven as cannabis, guess what....your still in violation. So why don't you download your gold coins and play with them a bit...outside the game. Because you can't...there is no physical, tangible property being exchanged.
Ok, that was a bad analogy.

Lets assume that the time argument holds up. Now unless they have also broken another rule (making the time argument irrelevant), this would mean that they have not broken any rules for gold selling. This would mean that they bought Guild Wars after seeing the advertising for unlimited free play, yet their playtime was restricted. But since they make a business out of this, it means that not only has the unjustified banning hurt their profits, but its also a case of false advertising on ANET's part. Because of the number of accounts they lost due to this, they would of lost quite a lot of money.

So why haven't any of them even attempted to sue ANET over this ?

Could it be that they can't find a lawyer who will take their case, assuming they believe the argument themselves ?

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Why is it that soo many people want to eliminate the farmers and gold re-sellers from the game? Do you think they adversly effect game play somehow? Or perhaps have a detrimental influence on the economy? Or are you just upset that someone is making money playing a game?
Mainly its the increased prices due to inflation from the gold entering the economy, though I'm not sure if anyone has even attempted to estimate exactly how much of an effect it has.

Surena

Surena

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

N/Me

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Originally Posted by SuperDave
The problem/reason I think is because alot of the prestige and sense of achievement is lost when you've been working your little fingers to the bone to obtain a set of obsidian armor, and it would have taken you ages.. and then little Johnny grabs his dads' credit card, buys is gwgold, map travels to the nearest Rare Material Trader, goes to ToA, and buys his prestige.
Oh, the pride, the ego...prestige. Once you pull the plug it's losing any value/meaning, if it ever had one. Only little Jonny wins because his father has a well-paid job.

Dj Tano

Dj Tano

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

i think aNet doesnt want to bother and do something against it anyways...

Diablo???

Diablo???

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Seattle

SPQR

N/R

As simple as that idea sounds, it doesn't seem like Anet is employing any means of removing these gold-sellers.