Ok to Pay?

[linkzone]

I was reading an article in Stars and Stripes about how on some MMOs, you can pay real cash for game money. and they say its perfectly legal cause you can exchange the virtual gold or money for items for your guy to use. but it raises the question of is it fair cause you can also use that to have someone autolevel your guy. which to some isnt right. i wanted to know ya'lls view of using real money to level up or buy super strong weapons early.

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[DraginHikari]

First of all if you're already paying a fee to play a game... why would you pay more just for a boost? Sounds like a waste of money to pay for a 'fake' currenacy for a video game. Whether you want to call that legit or not... but doesn't buying the game currenacy kind of take away from the whole purpose of playing the game itself?

[ANIMEniac]

hey, people do it all the time. peronaly i dont think it should be done cause then u have ppl that are head in the game and looked up to, but not because of skill but bc they shelled out 20 buck for 20,000 meseta. ill admit that if i felt stuck in terms of currency that i would take some extra cash to aid me in the game, but then when i think of it, i think, thats what makes the game a place to "exist" and a growng experience. but some will also say its just like exchanging currency from one country to another. what makes it unfair is that not everyi has the opritunity, and if every1 did then they might as well just throw away game currency and just ask for things to be charged to the credit card. all and all, i say nay.

Edit: and on the case about leveling, well thats just dumb, the day you can pay some1 $50,000 to have you learn 2 years of college in 5 days w/o you doing anything is the day ill agree with it. it confuses me that ppl will buy runescape accounts for hundreds of dollars, because it removes the point of it being an RPG. all this to say that after all of this ranting, it will still be done, and i just deal with it. like i had to deal with the fact that ppl hack on pso. it realy doesnt even phase me anymore lol.

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[KodiaX987]

Someone in my EVE corp spends his free time making WoW characters, levels them up and then sells them on eBay for a pretty penny.

Waddya want, some people are just impatient. With the exception of Gunbound, where buying a plain shirt would require months of continuous expert playing.

[Jive18]

On 2006-05-29 06:24, KodiaX987 wrote:
Someone in my EVE corp spends his free time making WoW characters, levels them up and then sells them on eBay for a pretty penny.



If I had a better pc and the time, I would be power leveling/selling as well. I remember Everquest characters (the original Everquest) being near $1,000 on Ebay when I was younger.

Would that I could...

[Eihwaz]

On 2006-05-29 06:24, KodiaX987 wrote:
Waddya want, some people are just impatient. With the exception of Gunbound, where buying a plain shirt would require months of continuous expert playing.


One of the reasons I didn't like GunBound that much. >_>;

Now, GunZ, on the other hand...you can get all the gear you want for free. Except hats. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[ABDUR101]

It doesn't really matter to me. Hell, if I had $20 extra laying around, I would'nt mind spending it for in-game cash.

Though, the $20 for 20k meseta doesn't add up, because meseta drops like nobodies business eventually, and if you actually play the game correctly and don't buy everything in the shop, you can stockpile easily.

[Saiffy]

Doesn't affect me, I've thought about doing it in MMORPGs I used to play, but just never got around to it.

I guess if theres more money going around though, the price of stuff slowly will go up, so casual players probably are affected, in that aspect.

[Charmander02]

Wait what about hunting and actually working for your stuff?

For all we know you could be a millionair and just but all the items etc. you want.

[darthsaber9x9]

What's the problem with it? If you can afford it, then go buy it, the same as any other service or product. If you can't, then there's plenty of other games where this option isn't available. Nothing unfair about it.

[Charmander02]

Yeah, but then you'll get like n00bs who are rich pwning people, just because of the fact that they're rich.

Hard Work > Just using daddy's credit card.

[Saraphim]

On 2006-05-29 06:24, KodiaX987 wrote:
Someone in my EVE corp spends his free time making WoW characters, levels them up and then sells them on eBay for a pretty penny.

Waddya want, some people are just impatient. With the exception of Gunbound, where buying a plain shirt would require months of continuous expert playing.



Yeah, ppl sell ISK (money on EVE) for real cash all the time. Hell, I even get spam mailed IN GAME by ppl wanting to sell me ISK. How stupid, the offer was 100Mil for 20 bucks I think...

[ABDUR101]

On 2006-05-29 13:19, Charmander02 wrote:
Yeah, but then you'll get like n00bs who are rich pwning people, just because of the fact that they're rich.

Hard Work > Just using daddy's credit card.


I work for my money, who is anyone else to tell me I should'nt spend it on a stripper, a poker game, fishing equipment, gaming hardware or something in-game?

If the game-makers are fine with it happening, who cares, deal with it. Besides, in games like EVE, you can lose even the best equipment in a blink of an eye if you're not careful.

You certainly don't have to be rich to put abit of money into gaming 'extras'. It's close to whining about someone who spent the money on a T1 connection rather than using a modem, as well as the latest and greatest hardware. Odds are since they aren't lagging, they're going to kick your ass, but oh no their daddy's must've bought it for them, rich little brats always asking daddy..!

Play the game on your own and have fun, don't worry about what other people spend their money on. And guess what, if people spending money for ingame cash fucks up the in-game economy, you'll have to deal with that too. Welcome to life where not everyone plays by the rules, where shit happens.

oh yeah, and it's just a game anyway, no matter if you're a hardcore gamer, weekend warrior or just a hobby-player. =]

[darthsaber9x9]

Well put Abdur, my sentiments exactly.

[Saraphim]

I believe that most game companies frown on it, as it messes up the game economy. As Abdur pointed out, you can easyly lose 50m plus on EVE when you lose your ship, depending on what ship/mods you have. Then if you are pod killed you lose your implants too http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif However you don't lose your skills (unless your a dumbass and didn't ugrade your clone) which are timebased. If you have the money to spend on ingame stuff, more power too you, just don't expect anyone to care when you lose it all and start whining.

[Alielle]

Buying in-game currency promotes and supports gold farming, which is an absolute economy killer. I despise the practice.

[linkzone]

Im glad to see people who hate those jacka$$e$ who in my opinion are dirty cheaters.

[Fullmetal16]

I dont care if people spend thier money on in game stuff as long as it doesnt ruin the game

[GrumblyStuff]

On 2006-05-29 07:41, Eihwaz wrote:

On 2006-05-29 06:24, KodiaX987 wrote:
With the exception of Gunbound, where buying a plain shirt would require months of continuous expert playing.
One of the reasons I didn't like GunBound that much.
Y'all looking at this game wrong. GB is just god damn retarded with the cash and gold system; namely, that cash users can get much, much better heads/clothes/glasses/flags which usually means they get easy wins when playing on servers that recognize stats of said suits. This is quite true.

But I find it much more fun if I'm not playing to grind but more of talking smack (http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/2808/gunbound00000132ma.png) (um, interesting interestingly "adult" language in image), pissing off cash users (http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/121/clipboard027np.png), getting hella lucky (http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/6845/gunbound00000274po.jpg), getting not so lucky (http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1434/gunbound00000315gg.jpg), and kicking ass with friends (http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/1590/gunbound00000257jk.jpg). Oh, and possibly playing drunk (http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7774/gunbound00000176lr.png). And just in general, having fun (http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5589/gunbound00000083gm.png). Mind you, the dragon and horse are "rare" in that you can only get them (for that match) by choosing the random bot so getting one is awesome, two generally cinches the win, and three makes my week. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[darthsaber9x9]

On 2006-06-03 11:34, linkzone wrote:
Im glad to see people who hate those jacka$$e$ who in my opinion are dirty cheaters.



Jesus christ, you're so dumb!!

How is it cheating if the developer has made it part of the game?

I can't understand how you can say it's cheating...

[washuguy]

Do whatever the hell you want...