Petition for permanent IP ban punishment option

[Lyra]

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

I think people are REALLY overstating the RMT problem on the server.

I think a lot of buyers have convinced themselves buying plat doesn't hurt anything.

[skipdog]

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

I think a lot of buyers have convinced themselves buying plat doesn't hurt anything.

Don't get me wrong, I TOTALLY agree with you.

I totally am down with enforcing the total deletion of anybody associated with any sort of RMTing in any way.

I never attempted to make any points about the drawbacks of RMT to the server.

The primary point I wanted to make, was that RMT has absolutely nothing to do with rising prices in p1999's economy, and many people were implying that.

[Lyra]

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

RMT has absolutely nothing to do with rising prices in p1999's economy, and many people were implying that.

I disagree.

New players wouldn't be able to buy the gear because they wouldn't have the plat, removing a large portion of the demand.

I'm playing this game....on this server... a lot.

[Loftus]

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

The primary point I wanted to make, was that RMT has absolutely nothing to do with rising prices in p1999's economy, and many people were implying that.

To make a statement like this only shows how naive you are about the intricacies of any economy, including virtual ones like that on P1999. An imbalance, and it looks like a severe one at that, is introduced when you let real-world economy intrude on the P1999 economy. One can easily foresee the end state: a monopoly by those with enough spare real-world cash to buy all the virtual P1999 platinum. This would force a condition of "no RMT, no way to afford anything in the p1999 economy" - a trend we are starting to see.

If P1999 platinum had no real-world cash value, the motivation to farm platinum for the sole purpose of exchanging it for real-world cash would not exist. With this lack of motivation comes a lack of platinum-flooding.

There's alot of things people would do in a virtual world if the virtual success can be converted into real-world success that they would never otherwise consider.

[OMGWTF420]

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

First of all I wasn't caught RMT'n. There is no evidence whatsoever that I ever RMT'd, only that I propositioned a couple people.

admits to propositioning people for rmt, yet we are supposed to believe he has never done it, the intent was there i say ban this fucker for good measure

[Kagatob]

I don't need to read the thread to know that it would be a bad/useless idea. There have been workarounds for IP bans for as long as IP bans have existed. You have to be a bonified hillibilly retard to not know how to get around one in the year 2013.

[webrunner5]

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

You have to be a bonified hillibilly retard to not know how to get around one in the year 2013.

LMFAO