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Originally Posted by bman8810
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I can acquire items/accounts on other games using $. If it is okay to trade for these then you have $ = P1999 items/plat/accounts.
Make sense?
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I understand that trading a SWTOR account would inherently have a U.S. dollar value of ~$60.00 (the cost of the game), plus a less quantifiable value based on the time invested into the character, the character's level, skills, items, and "credits" (currency of SWTOR). Making it illegal to trade an account makes sense under your logic. However, trading currency or items from other games, which cannot be acquired using real life money, for EQ platinum seems to me about the same as trading plat/items across blue-red.
If you were to say that there is a real life cost to acquire these items that can’t be ‘bought’ directly with cash, for instance that you pay indirectly via monthly subscription fees, and there isn’t such a 'cost' in P1999. I would counter there is a ‘cost’, that could be equated to a U.S. dollar amount, to play any game. Playing P1999 includes the overhead costs of owning and maintaining a computer, the cost of internet access, and the opportunity costs of choosing to play versus working.
Regardless, I am not looking to discuss the merits or justifications of the policy. I was merely looking for a clarification of the rule. I am proud to be a part of the P1999 community. I am thankful for the time and energy the P1999 staff devotes to the server and I fully intend to comply with all P1999 policies and regulations.