A Word of Warning to the New (and Naive)

[Systolic]

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

I see 0 point to this tbh. Just because you got an account and geared it doesn't mean you wouldn't fire up MQ if that was something you did. Like I said, you both are blowin the clean whistle, but the only proof here is that the account at one point was used for MQ, so unless this was a ping-pong account before Cthulu sold it to you, then it greatly narrows down the guilty party

But I have other accounts as well that are not banned. If I used MQ2 with that account, wouldn't it stand to reason that I would have with my other accounts as well?

Why would I wait to risk getting banned until I dumped all of the money that I had into one account?

Yes I know that it doesn't clear my name from using MQ2, but I think that it at least makes it appear less likely.

[hatelore]

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

Well if you're implying that I am potentially the one who used MQ2, you should probably look at the story as a whole. Why on earth would I buy an account, twink it out, and then hack with a program that is totally detectable by the GMs... and even then within 3 or 4 days of owning the account. It just makes no sense.

You obviously didn't know the rules on account trading or what could transpire. So who's to say you knew you couldn't use mq on this server too?

[Systolic]

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

You obviously didn't know the rules on account trading or what could transpire. So who's to say you knew you couldn't use mq on this server too?

I knew that account sales were frowned upon.

Frowned upon =! against the rules.

I know that MQ2 is against the rules. I didn't even know what MQ2 was until I saw people on this forum talking about it.

[Lyra]

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

I'll refund as soon as i get to the bottom of this debacle because I know for I fact i've never used a third party program. I honestly don't even know what MQ is.

Let us help you.

Give us the facts of how you obtained this account.

[Danth]

Thanks for the clarification Ephi; my information was well out of date. Of course, the way you do it now moves false positives from "unlikely" to "virtually impossible."

Danth

[chtulu]

Originally Posted by Harrison 1 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Doesn't know what MQ is. Something everyone talks about on these forums for years.

Join Date: Jun 2010

That is 100% believable.

let me clarify. I don't know what it does exactly. I'm not aware of it's functions.

[chtulu]

Wait a few months and ask for a review; they've unbanned many of TMO and FE accounts after awhile

[Emphase]

Why would you leave? you got free stuff when your friend left and decided to buy an account with it and its banned? just pretend your friend never gave you anything and continue playing and build your own wealth

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Ah yes, I remember this market in accounts, ah yes I do. This whole kind of mess, top to bottom, yeah. Ebays, they were then called, aye, because really, it was shenanigans up and down the county line and no one had time for that.

But then again

I sometimes wonder...



Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time re-written every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we? could we?


Memories may be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget
So yes, Norrath, it's the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember...
The way we were...
The way we were...

[gmuk]

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

I am a relatively unknown player, and have not been playing here very long. I have a friend who played on this server a great deal and acquired a healthy chunk of gear and cash. He decided to quit playing due to job circumstances in his life. He turned his account over to me and told me I could do what I wanted to with it, including selling his stuff, twinking my own characters, whatever.

I then decided that the classes I had been playing thus far weren't for me, so I took my assets I had acquired and purchased an account for 45k + Most of a Tier'Dal set. The account was being sold by a person on these forums named "Chtulu". I now know the error in my ways. The account had already been flagged for RMT prior to my purchase of the account, and needless to say within one week of buying the account, it was banned.

Upon research I found that Chtulu was not a very liked person on these forums, and had I known the depth of how far his bad reputation went I wouldn't have purchased the account. Now I am having to start over entirely, and I am strongly considering quitting because I just don't think I have the will to do everything over again.

So morals of the story here are these:

1) Don't buy accounts until you have thoroughly explored the seller's reputation.
2) Understand that because of the recent RMT banwave, there will be many people trying to dump off accounts for whatever quick buck they can acquire, leaving the buyer completely screwed.

This is not supposed to be a pity party. I know what I did wrong in this mess, and I know now what to do and what not to do. I just made this post so that maybe someone else out there will avoid my fate. Take care, everyone.

Ahh! That shmuks account is still ping-ponging around. My condolences.