Supposed friend steals everything from me

[Darwoth]

in the real world retardation has consequences that are not generally relieved by some benevolent entity.

was probably also fun for the guy stealing the other guys stuff, why should we eliminate one guys fun in lieu of anothers?

[loopholbrook]

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

in the real world retardation has consequences that are not generally relieved by some benevolent entity.

was probably also fun for the guy stealing the other guys stuff, why should we eliminate one guys fun in lieu of anothers?

So somebody can rob your house and they shouldn't have punishment because it was for them? That makes sense. Ever heard of scam or fraud, though this is almost insignificant, it is still scam. What happens when people steal? Jail, so your logic doesn't really make sense whatsoever. Whatever though. Hope you have fun in your obviously secluded world.

[Darwoth]

scamming is a legitimate playstyle just as much as mindlessly killing 20 million mobs, pretty sure genocide and murder are both illegal in the real world as well.

if someone hands over shit to someone else and/or "shares" accounts/items with someone else and that someone else ends up helping themselves it is nobodys fault but the person who allowed for it to happen.

policing it just leads to more issues when soandso decides to make up a story about a previously agreed to arrangement, even verant did not get involved in such matters.

[Amelinda]

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

policing it just leads to more issues when soandso decides to make up a story about a previously agreed to arrangement, even verant did not get involved in such matters.

No. policing it requires proof.

The staff of p99 has always asked that people who play here behave as decent human beings. unfortunately there are many folks out there who don't bother to try to do that in real life. much less in a game.

if you decide to scam someone...hope and pray that person doesn't know how to access screenshots and logs.

[MrSparkle001]

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

in the real world retardation has consequences that are not generally relieved by some benevolent entity.

was probably also fun for the guy stealing the other guys stuff, why should we eliminate one guys fun in lieu of anothers?

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

scamming is a legitimate playstyle just as much as mindlessly killing 20 million mobs, pretty sure genocide and murder are both illegal in the real world as well.

if someone hands over shit to someone else and/or "shares" accounts/items with someone else and that someone else ends up helping themselves it is nobodys fault but the person who allowed for it to happen.

policing it just leads to more issues when soandso decides to make up a story about a previously agreed to arrangement, even verant did not get involved in such matters.

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Kudos to the GMs for "intervening" here.

[Leeyuuduu]

When I was on classic I died like 20 times trying to get a corpse on my gnome..then petitioned because I was pretty distressed (this was 1999 and I was a 13 year old boy - it was serious business). A GM came and gave me a backpack with a full set of armor and food/drink.
Compassion is classic

And EQ did in fact take action against and ban scammers, at least in the early days. The thought that the same people who invented "Play Nice" policies would sit around and turn a blind eye at people getting scammed is kind of a step back in terms of logic.

[WizardEQ]

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

The staff of p99 has always asked that people who play here behave as decent human beings.

Thank you for stating this and upholding "decency" rules as just opposed to "written" rules. The rules are written for those who tend to break them or cause malice and chaos. If everyone adhered to your simple statement, there would be no need for rules. Disputes will always occur, but if mediated quickly usually lead to resolve.

I do remember a scam from early EQ of people invising and standing in between parties making transactions in EC. Back then most of us didn't necessarily look at the person you were trading with, we just made sure the pp and items were what was agreed upon. After hitting TRADE and then not getting said item or pp, it took a while before we figured out what was happening. I know it seems childlike now, but that was a huge scam and IIRC the GMs did nothing about it, even though it was 100% fraud!

Giving your items to a stranger on-line seems like a crapshoot. They could be untrustworthy or simply never sign on again. I'm reluctant to trade with anyone that's not a friend or established in a guild I know, even though I believe most people are trustworthy. This person is extremely lucky to have understanding GMs here!

[Pringles]

Yay Amelinda!

[Atmas]

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

scamming is a legitimate playstyle

When you make a server you have the option to make that true.

[Slathar]

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

in the real world retardation has consequences that are not generally relieved by some benevolent entity.

was probably also fun for the guy stealing the other guys stuff, why should we eliminate one guys fun in lieu of anothers?

this guy is like 40 years old and a white-power nationalist. look at how much he cares about eq.