Casinos

[JayN]

down with illicit norrathian patronage; just say no to gambling casinos

[teija]

I ran a legit casino on live on Tallon Zek and then on to Zek from 2000 till ~2005? Never had any problem with GMs/staff on live. not sure why staff would think prohibiting gambling would be "classic".

just my 2 cents.

[JayN]

dudes lets get npcs that do everything for us for pp!

theyll be called buff bots no better yet mercs; this is genius !

[Clyve]

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

dudes lets get npcs that do everything for us for pp!

theyll be called buff bots no better yet mercs; this is genius !

An NPC with a gambling minigame and a shitty merc that wins the game for you are very different things.

[Tpar]

I don't see what the problem is. Apparently, from the evidence presented, on some servers in the classic period it was permitted, and in some servers, it was not. SO?

The server staff here has determined that its not permitted. They operate a free service. You don't have to pay ANYTHING to play. Donations are nice, but as I understand it, they are not required, nor could they require them even if they wanted to.

They set the rules. They can also change those rules. I never participated in the casinos. I routinely added them to my ignore list, so I didn't have to deal with the spam. (I have no problem with gambling, just with the spam)

If/when they (the GM's) choose to permit NPC gambling, you can get your fix.

[Olscratch]

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

I don't see what the problem is. Apparently, from the evidence presented, on some servers in the classic period it was permitted, and in some servers, it was not. SO?

No evidence has been shown for the argument that any servers having gambling prohibition during classic.

[Ravager]

I'll bet you twenty plat I can get you gambling before the end of the day!

[skorge]

Need to ban the sell of MQing (targeting epic MQs) on the server as well...this is far from classic, all the MQs being sold...I bet if you looked into it, MQing is the #1 coin exchange on the server....get rid of MQ and items go up in value to more realistic prices (still wont help the fact there are way too many legendary items on the server due to the lack of Velious dropping on time)

ps - you know its bad when you look in the EC forums and see a guild selling MQs lol

[Priceline]

Great work staff!

Idea time:
for the casino running folk who feel discriminated against, perhaps you could later allow them to run npc casino's.. since apparently its about the fun and not the insane amount of money their "winning" from the gamblers right?

I'm sure they wouldn't mind all the money they win being instantly deleted to lower inflation, cause its about the people interaction and not their horde of plat!

[talian21]

As much as I bump heads with Derubael, I have to applaud this move; it is way overdue.

Now, when is MQ going to be gotten rid of? You are not going to even make a serious dent in RMT with MQ sales going on, the demand (and supply) will simply always be there. MQ is an exploit that bypasses the reason NODROP/NOTRADE exists, and just b/c it's a popular exploit, doesn't make it legit.