Concerned Citizens Brigade

Count me in also.

Last night I was trying to sell a tormented strength shield (completely legal btw), I posted the WTS in Spamadam and zoned to GoA - I then was PM'd by a guy offering me 100k + 20 ecto - I refused - he increased his offer - I then repeated my WTS in the new zone and noticed another dude WTB an armbrace at 100k + 35 ecto - the original guy who was tryiing to buy my shield upped his original offer to 100k +30 and I replied something like (have exact text at home at work atm - took screenies) no, someone is trying to buy armbrace for 100 + 35 - except I didn't send it to him in a pm I sent that message in trade ^^ - someone instantly pm'd me saying I will be banned - I replied lol what for - he said for selling armbraces --------I then had to explain in a long winded way to somebody with English as a second language that it was a W/C - and in fact I didn't have ANY armbraces to sell------------BTW I quickly took screenies of the whole event - which I would encourage anyone to do atm in any high end trade.

I agree that, as a community we should get off our asses a bit more to report events - I have seen racist comments that I pm'd the guy saying stuff but never reported them, I have stood in awe at the bots coming in and out of a variety of towns over the last couple of years and (except on on occasion) never reported them - and I was scammed my self way back in a trade switch (Which still burns).

What I dont want is some in-game Big Brother that impacts on players humour and freedom and creates a distrustful "paranoid" 1984 style community - lets get those botters banned, and the trade scammers banned and if someone shows you a shit load of high end items in a trade window then report them and if they have done wrong I more or less trust anet to get them banned.

I dont want this game destroyed by dupers/scammers or by over zealous PI's - - I apologise for the rant and any rong spelings - like I say I am at work therefore using a mere 10% of my brain capacity!!!!!!!!! glhf

So I suppose people just buying these duped armbraces doesn't qualify for "report-worthy"? I'm not sure, but if I see people still who bought these things
in bulk but didn't dupe them, are they just off the hook?

First of all, I'd like to say "great job" to all of you who exposed the duping exploit. Your efforts have gone a long way to restoring some of the integrity that was lost to this game. However, make no mistake, you're treading on very thin ice here. Nietzsche puts it very nicely:

"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster........When you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."

Good luck to you but don't let your newfound success consume you. It IS, after all, only a game.

Sounds like a good idea now that it is explained, but the name needs a rework, maybe something like:
Concerned Citizens Community Protection.

Has a more welcoming tone.

Priceless!

LMAO this thread gets funnier and funnier every hour. People babbling on about anti-trust laws and being paranoid that they will be reported for having 5 ectos.

Max, you should probably just scrap this thread and network this through PMs and in-game.

Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Personally I don't feel that they should get banned, but maybe delete the armbraces and force them to deal with the "loss" of the gold they paid for them.

An easy way to prevent this so-called witch hunt is to look past the surface of a situation. The truth lies within the gaps. Finger pointing, making accusations, is no way to get to the bottom of this. I should know...

Don't try to be all sneaky undercover cop about it.
Concerned Citizens Brigade seems like it should be more like a helpful neighborhood watch if you know what I mean, hehe.
Not Hot Fuzz style, of course.

Let them know that you are here to help the community, not "Bust evil dooers" or whatever the crap...
That isn't good attention for your cause

plz close this thread... objective was completed.... or so i am told....

love the comments, from those who had no idea what was going on.....

no easier place to get ahold of ppl who had involvement, but didnt know what / who to believe.

Other things will follow... just not within this thread...

LoL

it's funny, it really is.

nothing will follow..your breed is in the open. ;-P

"They were all dead. The final gunshot was an exclamation mark to everything that had led up to this point. Max released his finger from the trigger. And then it was all over. The storm seemed to lose it's frenzy. The ragged clouds gave way to the stars above.

A bit closer to Heaven."

Max will return in, Max Gladius 2: The fall of Max Gladius. A Guild Wars Noir love story.