I don't really understand the purpose of the non-disclosure, either. It's the type of policy that sounds good, but doesn't accomplish any goal. If people are being banned for RMT, boxing, ShowEQ/MQ, etc, you should let the server know about it so as to discourage others from following suit. As things stand, just about everyone knows a few players who cheat or a few accounts that were RMT'd, but nobody really hears about anyone ever being banned. That creates the impression that cheating is widespread and punishment is non-existent.
And I don't really understand the calls for legitimate reports, either. Just as an example, Richgirl is clearly Plat Lord. Uthgaard has confirmed this, and while I realize Uthgaard's word isn't being taken at face value around these parts anymore, he's hardly the only person that knows. And yet, Richgirl's p99 forum account is still in use. In fact, it just sold a Pre-nerf Fungi Staff for 800k. That's not a transaction that should be difficult to track; that platinum shouldn't be difficult to remove. And if there was no such transaction, it shouldn't be hard to find a list of pre-nerf Fungi Staffs that were traded in the past two weeks. If you want to throw me access to the logs, I'll find it for you. If RMT were a priority of server staff, cutting the head off the snake (Plat Lord) would be a really good way to get started. Instead, these deals are going down on p99's very own forums.
It's not so much that RMT happens that is fueling this new anti-RMT sentiment. It's that it's happening in plain sight. EVERYONE knows that IB's guildbank was RMT'd, and that many of their core members are cutting their loot/chars and RMT'ing them. Hell, this is the kind of thing that former IB members will confirm for you. We're not talking about a set of fine steel weapons and 400 platinum changing hands. We're talking about transfers of rare god/dragon loot and hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of platinum at a time.
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