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[x-scythe]

this is just my opinion...
if someone is dumb enough to BUY with REAL money game items they are just plain stupid. wtf?! why would you waste your money on buying items in a game? if you buy that stuff you should be expecting to get scammed.

[Charmy]

Ahh the age old question, why trade billions for bytes?

And the answer? who knows, but i am guessing you have played eqlive before comming to the emu yes?? Did you not wish you could own alot of the items auctioned in the bazzar/market channel?

People are drawn to power (be it real power or power in a game) Buying platinum gives you that power (even more so on the FV server where nothing is no drop). A Person on FV named Shanana sells thousands of dollars in plat a day, now i have yet to see a single negetive response about her, but the point is he/she makes big bucks selling plat, and people will pay her outragous prices just to go right back and buy the gear she has for sale (mostly VT, Elemental, Time, and a few GoD) Since she is the only one with this kind of gear for sale she never loses the plat she sells... a scam perhaps? hmm well they are getting items in return for the plat, but still... hmm and with the prices on her items these are as was said in an earlier post, not simple small transactions, they are thousand dollar transactions...

I personally won't pay a dime for somthing that isn't material, i may spend money i don't have, but not on somthing that won't end up paying for itself in the end.

You can't do anything about the scammers out there, they exist and they have since the begging of time, everything from hawkers, to outlaws.. As it was once said...

Wherever there is water there will be mud.
~Unknown

[zarcath]

SOE does not actively persue hackers or playerauction activities.

-Z

[x-scythe]

ya, i agree with you charmy
i wont buy anything that isnt material
and yes, i did wish i was uber 1337 on eqlive :P but i still wont spend real money on buying items hehe

[Draugr]

I agree that it is ridiculous to spend real money for game items. Alas, I was sooo adicted to EQ at one time that I spent $500 on items ranging from the Lammy & Wurmy to the Fungi Tunic. I had a plan and thank God it sort of worked out. I bought the items to help me get to a certain level. Once I reached the mid 30s (36 to be exact). I got bored and began the process of leaving EQ. What I did was to sell off the items I bought from playerauctions and a few other items. In the end I made around $700 or perhaps $900 as $900 rings a bell when I think back to then. This was years ago, but it was cool that I managed to basically rent some items then get my money back and then some when I was done using them. Grant it, I still agree that this is lunacy, but then again, the adiciton to power, be it real or fantasy is a powerful force to some.

[JohnRev]

I bought a BoC on Playerauctions. Nothing wrong with it. It's a matter of opinion.

[rizzen04]

I sold all my live accounts on playerauctions and bought a laptop heh

[relorm500]

WTF is that thing lol..........image dont worry just be frightened

[stclairguy]

Lol, i personally think this whole thing is a riot . People take EQLive waaaay too seriously.

[aendaar]

anybody up for a night of trolling? :twisted:

[Magick]

Having affiliations with this community and friends on that Live server, I'm deeply disturbed that the EQEmu project has been dragged into the matter, and I would suggest that everyone try to keep their composure and stay out of matters which do not involve them.

These people who "take this game too seriously" (paraphrased) have partially provided YOU with a very nice/up-to-date item database, high-end zone spawn data, AA info, etc. They do take this game seriously at times, as do I sometimes. To ridicule them, or anyone, because of this horrible event and your "opinion" of it is unjustified. Most of these people have nearly a YEAR of played time invested. If you lost a year's worth of work, you'd be upset also. That's a lot of time, energy and money invested and ironically, they're being name-called and judged by some people who play the same game (for free) using data that many of them helped collect.

I cannot and will not point fingers. I don't know the entire story nor have I heard any explanations to some unanswered questions regarding image's involvement. It may be unfortunate that he was unknowingly taking part in this activity or he may have been completely aware. That's not this community

[rizzen04]

[quote]That's not this community

[vetoeq]

Well said Magick

Magick hit the nail right o the head.

[RexChaos]

Originally Posted by Magick

If you lost a year's worth of work, you'd be upset also. That's a lot of time, energy and money invested

If I lost a year's worth of WORK, yes. If I lost a year's worth of PLAY I'd have to really reconsider my priorities in life...

I played EQ Live a LOT. It was a huge waste of time playing it hardcore. Was it fun? Sure. Do I wish I had spent that time doing somethign else? Sure.

I just can't feel bad that cartoon gear was stolen from someone.