tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post898697525020972514..comments2023-10-25T07:19:08.019-05:00Comments on The Nosy Gamer: Game Industry Quotes On 3rd Party RMTNoizyGamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315716516032999133noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-30709227993018877372013-02-26T17:17:28.454-06:002013-02-26T17:17:28.454-06:00The reason why RMT websites ask some of their cust...The reason why RMT websites ask some of their customers for identification documents is for the sole purpose of protecting themselves from unauthorized payments. I had a customer who spent 26K dollars on Runescape items back in 2006. 9 months after I received the first payment, all 26K dollars were reversed from my PayPal account. All gone with the wind. Nothing I could do about it. Probably some kid using his grandmothers bank account. Now maybe you understand why customers need to be thoroughly verified.<br /><br />As for review sites, the vast majority of them are trying to profit from RMT. MMOBUX is the prime example. I can pay them 299.99 dollars to get a life time trusted status with them. There is no credibility what so ever.Arvidhttp://www.avatarwithin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-65820867211705814272013-02-25T08:54:27.092-06:002013-02-25T08:54:27.092-06:00So all the stories I've read on RMT review sit...So all the stories I've read on RMT review sites like MMOBUX in which RMT websites are asking for photocopies of people's passports and driver's licenses are nothing to worry about? And I've heard of people who open up websites to review the RMT sites because this practice is going on and they want to protect people using RMT sites from getting scammed, because it happens a lot.NoizyGamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315716516032999133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-10482191423247596772013-02-23T20:12:33.523-06:002013-02-23T20:12:33.523-06:00I am conducting RMT in a number of games and some ...I am conducting RMT in a number of games and some of these quotes are quite disconnected from reality. <br /><br />I don't know of any RMT website that has its own merchant account with access to customer's credit card details. Industry standard payment gateways such as PayPal, Moneybookers etc do not give the merchant access to customer's credit card details. And in any event, there is no money in scamming your customers. It's just stupid.<br /><br />Of course game companies receive chargebacks just like any other company accepting credit card payments, but that these chargebacks would largely stem from RMT accounts is a silly notion. It's kids using their parents cards to pay for subscription, microtransactions or game keys who make up the bulk of the credit card fraud. No discussion. Add to that a few third world country scammers using stolen credit cards just for the hell of it.Arvidhttp://www.avatarwithin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-57417819089582808382013-02-18T12:02:08.784-06:002013-02-18T12:02:08.784-06:00Anon 9:19... the difference is you cannot 'che...Anon 9:19... the difference is you cannot 'cheat' in RL... 'Adapting' is not 'cheating', which is why we have a <i>different word</i> for it.<br /><br />I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling. So why don't you stop typing until you actually get a clue?Turamarth Elrandirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129383421613323047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-73736941664369530272013-02-18T10:34:34.253-06:002013-02-18T10:34:34.253-06:00Cheating means breaking the rules of the game. I d...Cheating means breaking the rules of the game. I don't define them, nor do you, the games companies do.Stabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716211705647213383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-37812520170388528232013-02-18T09:40:29.178-06:002013-02-18T09:40:29.178-06:00There's a lot of subtext in those quotes that ...There's a lot of subtext in those quotes that explains why MMO developers learned to love F2P. Lessons there for niche producers: the subscription model should remain very attractive if your game isn't all that successful but god forbid you get a breakout hit.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-43410811985724463682013-02-18T09:19:59.433-06:002013-02-18T09:19:59.433-06:00What's the difference between cheating and ada...What's the difference between cheating and adapting?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-942059813481083566.post-5699860964763654432013-02-18T07:30:58.934-06:002013-02-18T07:30:58.934-06:00There's a lot of focus on the activities of th...There's a lot of focus on the activities of the gold providers as well there should be. But often in these discussions the ethical focus never points at the players who use these services to cheat.<br /><br />Cheating is wrong. We learn this when we are small. Cheating in a game diminishes the game.<br /><br />These cheats are accelerating themselves to a higher level of prestige than they deserve to be. Imagine if you were part of the tenth best raid guild in the world. Then you were told that while no one in your guild cheats all the guilds above you have some cheats. So in fairness you should have been the best but you never received the glory you deserved. <br /><br />And so on down the line to the guy who gets blown up in a cruiser fighting a guy in an illegally bought battleship.Stabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716211705647213383noreply@blogger.com