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Ask the MMOG Money Traders

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the how-much-for-that-sword-in-the-window dept.

Late yesterday, Sparter Inc. announced the Gamer2Gamer virtual currency trading platform. The goal: to provide a secure currency trading environment for players of Massively Multiplayer Online Games. Rather than purchasing currency outright, the goal of the project is to cut out the middleman and (implicitly) the gold-farming consortiums that supply larger for-pay sites. We were contacted by a representative from the company before the release went out, looking to speak with the Slashdot community about the service. In his words, the folks at Gamer2Gamer "are devoted gamers themselves and are well aware that not everyone will like the idea -- but we think plenty of folks will like a world where Real Money Transfer is workable and unintrusive." And so, you get the chance today to put the hard questions to them. One question per comment, please, and we'll pass on the best of the lot to be answered as soon as possible. Update: 06/14 17:58 GMT by Z : Howzer points out that there is an extensive FAQ on the service, that you can use as a springboard for questions.

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  1. Cheating by monxrtr · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why would anyone play a game when you can buy the end credits rolling (why bother developing any content when you can pretend cash = 1337), why would anyone play a game where some can play in relative "god mode" to other players (if they spend enough cash)? It's because of SCUM like you that I will never play another mmorpg again. How many billions of dollars in long-term losses will the multiplayer on-line gaming industry rack up because of activity like rmt when people won't pay for monthly subscriptions to "compete" against plague infested servers of cheaters (not to mention the accelarated pace at which fresh economies become stale)? Do you feel good causing game companies and all their employees lost salaries and profits? Do you feel good ruining games for "devoted gamers like yourselves?" That's more than one question, but here's one answer: FUCK YOU!

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    "From DNA to P2P, we are all Copycats now. Go Go Copycat Power! Copycat Powers activate! Form of, a Copycat." --monxrtr
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    "People will find other work; and that's a matter of historical record." So wtf are you all bitching about?

  3. Re:You're still posting as a hippie. Or a communis by MBraynard · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, what he said. Flamebait? Someone with mod points surely has sand in their vagina.