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General: MMOMarket.net Offers User Ratings
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MMOMarket.net offers players the chance to rate buyers and sellers of items. Think of Ebay ratings, only you are selling virtual goods. This is certainly an interesting addition to the ever growing secondary market.
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Wow... I can't believe they would advertise for a site that violates most MMORPG's EULA's. Unbelievable. I wonder how much money MMORPG.com received for that? One of those "too good to refuse" kind of deals?
I remember when MMO's and their communities were all about the game. It seems that as time moves forward, more and more sleeze balls get mixed in the pot and we're left with this kind of rediculousness.
Want to save the farmers? Get a car that runs on bio-diesel. Don't support the bloodsuckers that ruin MMO's.
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As a side note, i find it bad manners to start questioning the integrity and morals of your host in his own home (ie. MMORPG.com), especially accusations of 'bribery'...
ps. I am not a 'farmer', i'm not affiliated with this site (or the one mentioned in the news article), nor do i buy 'farmed' articles...
This is not news, this is an advertisement in the guise of news.
Who gives a pig's fart if a plat-farm stand is open for business or not except a plat-farmer, the plat-farm stand, and the lazy plat buyer? And if plat farming is a violation of the EULA for most of the games on MMORPG.com's game list, not to mention a severe frustraion for MANY players, why in the name of all that is the color purple would they post "news" about it?? The whole article reads like an advertisement anyway, so even if they were attempting to post "news", it sure smells like something else.
I would much rather read about game publishers going after plat farm-stands and the farmers that sell them their currency/items/accounts. It would be grand if they would go after the players who buy from them too. THAT would be newsworthy.
[ edit ] - Companies use press releases as advertising all the time. The company I work for does it rather often, and you don't see them getting posted anywhere but on our website... or where we pay it to end up. It's a marketing scheme.
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How many pieces of silver (virtual or otherwise) did this 'news item' bring in? What price your soul mmorpg.com? WHAT PRICE YOUR SOUL!?
Ah nothing better than flaming this site, I love it really
The thing of it is, when a site like MMORPG.com starts posting "press releases" for companies that do more harm then good for the industry... and the players... one must begin to wonder if said site is reputable. It would seem to me, that for MMORPG.com to post a press release for a company whose business model violates the EULA of most of the games showcased on MMORPG.com seems to me as a conflict of interest... ethically if not legally. Ever growing secondary market my arse... more like ever growing organized crime. (over the top, I know, I know... )
MAN do I wish gaming was about gaming again.
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"It's no good coming to our game if you are trying to grow weed, It's no good coming to our game if you want to make pants. It's only worth coming to our game if you want to burn things to the ground."
-Paul Barnett, WAR is coming
IGE and sites like it are nothing more than shopping outlets for people who are too lazy or stupid to do the work themselves, and fences for people who ruin good games with farming. There is no benefit to such a "secondary market" except to those who are too selfish to see how such behavior damages the quality of experience for everyone else.
It's against the EULA in so many games for a damned good reason, and it is both disgusting and pathetic to see a site such as MMORPG.com posting anything that promotes it.
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This site is not 100% dedicated to just that, so please look beyond that usage. The site is open and allows for recruiting, personal ads and pretty much anything else your heart desires, heck you could post an ad urging users to not buy/sell virtual items if you wanted.
I understand it happens. But I would rather state my opposition for it when the subject comes up. Especially when a site like this takes liberties with their ethics.
It might not seem like a big deal to some... but sites who broker the deals between farmers and the losers that buy from them cause a rather large ripple in the pond. It's unfortunate.
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Secondly the site does not broker any sort of deals, only offers an open marketplace, what gamers do with it is quite frankly up to them. Please at least look over the site and what it has to offer before attacking it.
In fact out of all current ads only a few are for any sort of virtual items. The rest are for games, websites, news etc....
You want to say it ruins the economy because of farmers inflating the market then use that. It's really the only one with merit. Even then, two sides can back and forth on it. But regardless of the opinions on both sides, secondary markets behind MMOs are part of the MMO community. We shouldn't just cut out news based on it's popularity. We occasionally even see news for DnL and Mourning and I consider those far worse atrocities!
"Last year a website was launched that changed the way gamers bought sold and traded their MMORPG items and accounts. The website, MMO Market, was heralded by some as the next step for an embattled market."
So whether or not the site was intended to be used for buying and selling virtual items... that's how it has been advertised. Whether or not the site facilitates or provides a venue for farm-stand transactions is immaterial to me, as there is little difference. It is my firm belief, that such behavior damages the quality of a game and can seriously impact playability for others. To allow such transactions to be advertised on a site is no different than processing the transaction in my book.
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As for the secondary market being part of the community... I disagree. They are taking advantage of the community, and anyone who is willing to give their money to a farm-stand, is no better than the farmer themselves. Hell... they might even be worse.
I wish... since MMO publishers hold the rights for all their content... that some of them would go after plat-stands and get them shut down. It would give me immense pleasure to play a game without ever seeing a farmer... or a high level character being played by someone who purchased it on a website.
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You have your opinion, ideas and feelings and you are entitled to them. On the other hand there will be users who find it easy to post an ad for a new recruit and those who will use the site to find a mate.
You may not always agree with what they do, but it is there for use. As of this point it seems that our users are mostly independent website and game owners and I am happy they are making use of the classifieds.
I hope that you may find it useful, for whatever your needs are.
And for the record.... i hate farmers too.
This shouldn't even be news and should be ignored completely by everyone that plays mmo's. If you want to make money, sell your game on e-bay, not a sword in this crap.
Please delete this "news" item mmorpg. This shouldn't be your cup of tea.
The fact that the "Read more here" link takes you directly to the auction listing, not an article on auction listings, makes it entirely logical to call it advertising, not news.
From the RoC: In-Game Item Transfers
MMORPG.com cannot - for legal reasons - play host to transfers on in-game items, currency or any other transfers. This includes swaps for money or equivalent items.
By posting a direct link to a game character/item auction site, does that not have mmorpg.com playing host, even if indirectly?
Dear Readers,
The posting of this article yesterday was a mistake. As you all know, we here at MMORPG.com do not support the secondary market sale of items. Sadly the link sent players to an auction, not a news item. I simply viewed this press release as a piece of news and not as a way to promote anything. Because it has been taken in that context, the item has been removed from our site. I apologize for running a news item that was questionable and concerns a topic that we all feel is a black mark on the MMO industry.
Feel free to continue the thread and discuss this issue; however the news story itself has been removed from MMORPG.com for good.
Regards,
Garrett Fuller
News Editor