Live EC tunnel feed

[Byrjun]

Originally Posted by Thulack [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It looks like a service ON the server to me. Your paying for the service of having a toon in EC tunnel feeding you logs. You just have to access the logs through a 3rd party. But your still paying Ingame for Ingame service/information.

By "services" on the server I mean something like a power level or an escrow. A log file is something that exists as computer data outside of the server (your hard drive). It would be illegal for me to give you platinum to exchange for a movie or a music album, which can also exist as a computer data. There's really no difference between these things.

But it doesn't end there, you're not paying platinum for the log file alone. You're paying platinum for an account on a website that exists outside the Project 1999 server, where the log file is then parsed by code on said web server to display certain channels for your convenience.

Considering people have gotten in trouble for offering platinum for graphic/web design services, I'm again going to have to say no to this one.

I'm not doing this to be contrarian, like I said before I'd pay for this if I felt it was within the server rules. However I'm continuing to post here as a warning for anyone who would consider paying for this service. If a GM comes in and says this is okay and legal, then yeah I'll probably pay this guy platinum for the service. But as it stands now, it doesn't seem kosher to me and I'm not going to risk my ability to log in to the server on something that seems quite against the server rules to my eyes. Which sucks, cause I used it frequently before when it was a free service.

If the guy wants to some sort of compensation for his work, I don't understand why he doesn't just put ads up the site and call it a day. Considering how many people who would use this (uh, everyone?) I'm sure he could make some cash from it.