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Originally Posted by zforrestal
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Yet devaluing currency is the ONLY way to stop RMT's... you have to take the real money value OUT... as I said the ban on Casinos isn't going to stop RMT's or decrease how often they happen.. It apparently only helps be able to track down people who RMT, the casino ban did nothing more but make work "easier" for GM's instead of them actually attacking the issue, which is monetary value on pixels.
(Also can someone tell me what the big issue with RMT? Is it a legality issue, fear the server might get shut down, because people are making money, or is it just a GM rule that strongly enforce? I'm guessing it's fear that SOE will come shut down the server.)
Also I heard something about a Petition going around? If this was a GM ruling only then why were players asked to weigh in their opinions?
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Lowering or raising the real world monetary value of platinum does nothing to curb RMT. The only way to effectively reduce RMT is to attack the buyers and the sellers in every way possible in order to affect both supply and demand. This means both the "retail" re-sellers with their own websites and "brand names", as well as the people who sell to the re-sellers. Whether or not casinos play a part in this enterprise isn't something I'm going to get into here, but it's hard to fully grasp without being able to see what I see. Regardless, combating RMT effectively on Project 1999 is an ever evolving process.
Banning buyers lowers demand. When buyers get banned and spread the word that your $300 investment in platinum is going to go down the drain, buyers are much more cautious and in many cases skip purchasing entirely. When re-sellers get hit, the impact on their stock can potentially mean $1000's of dollars in lost revenue - revenue they have to make up by buying from their sources. Banning the sources removes the resellers way to re-stock after a ban. The problem being that there will always be people who are ready to sell out at some point or another. Basically, we can slow RMT down to a crawl - there may even be months long "dry spells" where there simply is no platinum except from the little independent sellers - but eliminating it entirely is difficult.
One thing I can say with certainty is that the buyer always loses when participating in RMT. The sellers don't care if you get banned, they've already made their money. Their only concern will be in protecting you as a repeat customer, but in the end they won't lose any sleep over your $500 investment in platinum getting banned. The only time they care is when we hit them where it counts - their real life pocket books.
Back onto the topic of casinos, I'm not sure what you're referring to with the petition thing? I don't think we ever asked for anyone's opinion. Maybe I asked offhand about it on Monday Night stream or something. Either way, the Casino ban is here to stay.