P99 Staff Doing God's Work (400 accounts Banned)

[Glenzig]

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

Whom do we contact about an account being wrongfully banned? I have only gotten plat from one person on P99 (a real life friend that wanted me to play) and I never payed him anything. He just gave me plat and said have fun or lvl up and be ready for velious. I think some of these bans if they are like mine are out of hand. Banned for what a bro giving u some plat to keep going or to motivate you to stay here. I mean seriously if u want I can send pics of him in front of his char logged in and myself. A little pissed off isn't the word to explain stuff like this guilty until proven innocent? the only thing I have ever bought this RL friend is a few beers and I don't think they had any bearing on him giving me 5-10k plat, ya I threaten to quit and he would give me plat its a vicious circle.
Anyway whom do I contact to get this lifted or whatever

So you know this RL friend well enough to have a picture of him playing P99 with you, but you didn't know where he was getting all his plat from??? Sounds legit to me.

[thefloydian]

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

When you buy a fungi or plat for a fungi, you're allowing some loser and his friends to quit their jobs at Taco Bell, sit at home playing EQ 24-7 monopolizing content, and still be able to maintain their steady diet of taco bell. You're contributing to part of the reason you can't get that fungi, trak BP, or epic drop to begin with.

Also, you're spitting in the face of the staff who donate countless hours... You're paying someone money and allowing them to make money off staff's donated time. A considerable amount of time.

When you're donating money to Pantheon in exchange for no-drop items, you're not doing either of those. And it's not like staff-sponsored events like the Pantheon pledge drive are regularly happening over the last 5 years.

No one is making a living farming in P1999. Maybe if they had some dupe exploit or a big time buying/selling operation going, but just camping items isn't gonna pay the bills.

[webrunner5]

Well it looks like the RMT money worked out for these guys. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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[Kayso]

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

No one is making a living farming in P1999. Maybe if they had some dupe exploit or a big time buying/selling operation going, but just camping items isn't gonna pay the bills.

The people who play 20 hours a day and are on call the other four aren't doing anything to make a living. Yet, they're alive.

RMT is another incentive for a small group to monopolize more game resources than they might otherwise do. It's certainly not the only incentive, but it's an incentive.

The rest was hyperbole.

[Faywind]

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

Probably not coded at all just someone logging in one day and saying "I should clean this up so the server title actually means something."

Shouldn't be any tears shed over it anyways

The population is too low for tears...

[drktmplr12]

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

I just wanted to take a minute and comment on the banning of the RMT accounts. I was one of the people who purchased plat to buy items for my first character on P99.

I wanted to explain why someone new to P99 might purchase platinum at this point in the server's history.

• Have the ability for a new player to level quickly enough to reach the level range of the bulk of players in time for Velious
• To help veteran players of classic EQ entice newbie friends to the Everquest world by making the transition a bit more friendly in the beginning through a few fun upgrades
• People new to the server within the last 3 months wouldn't have seen the initial warning message from the admins

I am aware that a lot of players despise platinum sales and believe it ruins the economy, but I played the original Everquest for many years (99-2007) and when I returned to Everquest in 2013 the economy was still going strong. People don't tend to buy platinum very many times. If you want a larger player base so that the game can be enjoyed more thoroughly by everyone, I think sending those 400 accounts a one-time warning would have served the community in a better capacity.

I honestly didn't think buying some plat to start out was such a huge deal, now I know, but it is too late as I don't have the same time to invest in EQ as I once did before I had the responsibilities of an adult.

I know the people who pay for the server and spend their time maintaining it were insulted by the plat seller saying they have never had anyone banned before, I can understand that being insulting, but "silently tracking" the accounts seems like a bad strategy. Why not just stop it immediately so new players could see how passionate the team feels about it?

Thanks for the short time in the somewhat classic EQ. I look forward to the flames tickling my ass cheeks on my way out.

-Prindan

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[Mirana]

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

"silently tracking" the accounts seems like a bad strategy. Why not just stop it immediately.
-Prindan

Hilarious hearing all the people that got banned repeating this. Like they were "deceived" by the Devs while they broke the server rules. "It's entrapment!!!111"

If you are a detective wanting to get scum off the streets, are you going to bust a corrupt drug dealer the instant you find out about him, or are you going to watch him for months to discover all of his affiliates?

(It's the second one)

[tizznyres]

Let the sinners be purged! Amen brothers.

[baalzy]

Entrapment is when an officer coerces a person into doing something that they would not normally do and is actually really difficult to prove in court.

If an officer held a gun to a kitten and said they'd pull the trigger if you didn't go buy some cocaine, that would be entrapment (for most people).

If an officer says 'I'm not a police officer, want to buy some cocaine?" and you then bought cocaine from the officer, that is not entrapment.

Purposely letting an illegal activity continue in order to catch more perpetrators/get evidence to take down the people at the top is also not entrapment.

[Sarajo]

So much rationalization-of-the-banned in these threads. So let me rationalize, for a moment, how toxic RMT is in any MMO:
MMOs take place in another world. The point of them (and the draw of them) is to progress, somehow. For some people that means grinding XP/gold and getting best-in-slot items along the way. For some people, that means hunting rats and fishing to buy more beer, then logging out. For others, it means playing the market, buying shit for 10g and selling it for 11g until you've gotten your first 1000 platinum. For some people, it's about dominating all of the raiding scene, not letting anyone else get their hands on stuff.
But the thing all of those have in common is equality = both a level playing field and equal opportunity. You choose your class, your starting stats, your race, and your playstyle. It's not something you're born with.
So when you runts decide to RMT, you're saying "WELL IM RICH IN REAL LIFE I AM BASICALLY BETTER THAN EVERYONE AND DESERVE TO BE PRIVILEGED IN GAME HA HA HAHAHA", and that means you're getting an unfair advantage of some kind over others who play a game in which we compete for limited resources. Bought 15k for $349.00 and now you've got a fungi? Now you can fight without breaks for the first 30 levels or so, and you're going to level up faster and acquire loot faster. You might even be able to get to more named than anyone else because you can just kill with no breaks. Bought 30k for $849.00? Now you can pay some asshole in Chardok(who will probably turn around and sell the plat you gave them again) to powerlevel you through the "hell levels", again letting you race to higher-level loot and enemies and abilities.
Don't ever say RMT is not harming anyone. Don't ever think that it only affects you and the seller.
And finally, don't ever do it again.