Repudiating RMT Opprobrium

[Maddox]

Everyone that posts in RnF would RMT if the following conditions were true:

They had money
They didn't pee their pants in fear of being caught


Stop pretending you wouldn't just because RMT vendors don't take food stamps. Spending 1,000 hours on your computer getting fatter while you continually repeat the same monotonous tasks is not noble. If people are still playing EQ circa 1999 they have (hopefully) mastered their class by now. For normal people that played EQ 15 years ago and now have jobs / families / lives, it's an economics and cost/benefit decision.

For the record... I was not banned for RMT, you all just need to get over it.

[runlvlzero]

Everyone that posts in RnF would RMT if the following conditions were true:

They had money
They didn't pee their pants in fear of being caught


Stop pretending you wouldn't just because RMT vendors don't take food stamps. Spending 1,000 hours on your computer getting fatter while you continually repeat the same monotonous tasks is not noble. If people are still playing EQ circa 1999 they have (hopefully) mastered their class by now. For normal people that played EQ 15 years ago and now have jobs / families / lives, it's an economics and cost/benefit decision.

For the record... I was not banned for RMT, you all just need to get over it.

Yarrrrrr... p much

But it's fun to accuse people of RMT, being RMT kingpins, blame it on everyone/our own failure etc...

It's like a meme.

[runlvlzero]

Well I don't think I would RMT here unless it was for plvlz, would not want to trade accounts ever on an emu server.

And game is boring at max level so.... yeah, not everyone is motivated to RMT. But ya'll would if it wouldn't eve be noticed in ya'lls pocket books, ya'll were assured it was 100% safe.

[Ahldagor]

why would i spend money on a free game?

[runlvlzero]

why would i spend money on a free game?

Time is money.

If your time is worth something like 20$ an hr.

Why waste that time playing a free game for nothing when for 8 or so hours. You can accomplish what it takes people a few months to accomplish?

[Skittlez]

why would i spend money on a free game?

Why wouldn't you, is the real question here.

[runlvlzero]

Also the real money is probably in things like manastones and items like fungies, or general plat to get those things.

I bet most RMTs are for plat to buy those things, or those things directly, so people can tool around on twinks without the burden of EQ from clothe and rawhide.

[Barkingturtle]

Why waste that time playing a free game for nothing when for 8 or so hours. You can accomplish what it takes people a few months to accomplish?

You need to quit seeking accomplishments in video games.

[runlvlzero]

You need to quit seeking accomplishments in video games.

Breaking news, I am not seeking accomplishment anywhere in my life. I am working hard to be a cog in the great wonderful system so that we can all be oppressed and have our individuality and freedom stripped from us for our own good.

J/k

But I ain't wasting time on that shit. I'm speaking metaphorically. For the un-innitiated.

[Ahldagor]

You need to quit seeking accomplishments in video games.

danke, good sir.

[Sirken]

RMT sting happens, players get mad.

sounds legit

[Ahldagor]

Breaking news, I am not seeking accomplishment anywhere in my life. I am working hard to be a cog in the great wonderful system so that we can all be oppressed and have our individuality and freedom stripped from us for our own good.

J/k

But I ain't wasting time on that shit. I'm speaking metaphorically. For the un-innitiated.

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/3175540736/h2EFDF734/

[runlvlzero]

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/3175540736/h2EFDF734/

I know thats warrio, but I loved super mario and that one that came out on the N64

[runlvlzero]

RMT sting happens, players get mad.

sounds legit

I don't think OP is mad. TBH Sirk. I think this war is cute from an observer perspective.

[Ahldagor]

tight game
http://www.joystickdivision.com/m64pic4.png

[runlvlzero]

tight game
http://www.joystickdivision.com/m64pic4.png

:p

[Tiggles]

Also the real money is probably in things like manastones and items like fungies, or general plat to get those things.

I bet most RMTs are for plat to buy those things, or those things directly, so people can tool around on twinks without the burden of EQ from clothe and rawhide.

Pretty sure a lot of RMT transactions are relatively small amount of platinum sold to the your more casual members of the server.

I bet more people RMT to get enough plat for a FBSS and some armor to twink an alt then people who spend hundreds of bucks on manastones and shit.

[runlvlzero]

You may be right Tiggles, I certainly don't know what the black market looks like.

When I RMT'd (ONE TIME ON LIVE years ago, plz don't crucify me) it was for 1 big ticket item + some plat and a PoP weapon. On a shitty server (SZ) the delivery was really fast and the guy was super courteous.

[runlvlzero]

TBH I enjoyed my purchase for a few months b4 I got bored with it, wasn't as cost effective as going to disneyland or seeing a bunch of movies though.

[Tiggles]

You may be right Tiggles, I certainly don't know what the black market looks like.

When I RMT'd (ONE TIME ON LIVE years ago, plz don't crucify me) it was for 1 big ticket item + some plat and a PoP weapon. On a shitty server (SZ) the delivery was really fast and the guy was super courteous.

I rmt'd once on SZ so my gear wasn't terrible and I could apply to the top guild at the time.

I was a kid with zero responsibility if I didn't spend it on EQ i would of spent it on something else stupid.

[runlvlzero]

I rmt'd once on SZ so my gear wasn't terrible and I could apply to the top guild at the time.

I was a kid with zero responsibility if I didn't spend it on EQ i would of spent it on something else stupid.

Yeah I think thats the people RMTers are looking for, people with money to spend and nothing good to spend it on. Plenty of grown ass people here doing the same still I'm sure.

[Skittlez]

Something tells me 30-40% of the people on this server have made a purchase from PlatLord at one time or another. An EMU server won't stop people from buying currency. Players are just as committed on EMU servers like they are on Live.

[runlvlzero]

Those numbers just feel a bit high... i'de cut em in half. But thats really based on my very uninformed opinion about it in this specific environment.

[runlvlzero]

I bet Sirken could give a good best guess lol....

[TWDL_Prexus]

I have spent plenty of money, on plenty of games. I've been playing one game since 09 and have spent a couple thousand on it in total. But never once did the thought of buying an item on p1999 ever cross my mind. Not the first character I leveled up with nothing but leather armor. Not for my newer character who still needs upgrades. Time may equal money, but losing the time spent on an account isn't worth a few pixels.

[Skittlez]

Those numbers just feel a bit high... i'de cut em in half. But thats really based on my very uninformed opinion about it in this specific environment.

Yeah after thinking about it I figured it would be better to say 15-30%. Still a lot, but, if any of the people that play P99 are like my friends, they more than likely bought some plat. Any and every friend I know how bought in-game currency in MMO's. Shit just happens.

[Hailto]

Everyone that posts in RnF would RMT if the following conditions were true:

They had money
They didn't pee their pants in fear of being caught


Stop pretending you wouldn't just because RMT vendors don't take food stamps. Spending 1,000 hours on your computer getting fatter while you continually repeat the same monotonous tasks is not noble. If people are still playing EQ circa 1999 they have (hopefully) mastered their class by now. For normal people that played EQ 15 years ago and now have jobs / families / lives, it's an economics and cost/benefit decision.

For the record... I was not banned for RMT, you all just need to get over it.

Or some people, you know, derive enjoyment from the game via earning the loot themselves. It's not fun to put in your credit card number and recieve everything in the game. EQ is about the journey not the destination. 2/10 on the troll post though.

[Pico]

if i had any money id have a women touch my dink i wouldnt be using it to buy an internet robe

[justin2090]

RMT here is like entering a cheat code on a normal video game or lowering the difficulty to easy. The P99 cheat code: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX (<---your debit card number).

[myriverse]

why would i spend money on a free game?
This

You need to quit seeking accomplishments in video games.
And especially this.

Why wouldn't you, is the real question here.
1. Because it is anti-fun?
2. Because there are better things on which to spend real money?
3. Because there is nothing in the game that is worth spending real money?
4. Because I don't care?
5. Because I don't trust those who RMT?
6. Because my identity is me?
7. Because it hurts the game?
8. Because there are no true accomplishments in a video game?
9. Because buying something is not an accomplishment?
10. Because it's stupid?

[Korrupt]

if i had any money id have a women touch my dink i wouldnt be using it to buy an internet robe

Truth