But it IS ok to buy game time codes in game and it IS ok to do whatever you want with those codes (sell them on ebay). Thus a transfer to real life cash is possible.
I would think that this is not a punishable crime except for one thing. It is possible to transfer this 700b ingame money to real life cash.
What you do is buy game time cards in EVE. CCP allows people to purchase game to buy game time cards from other players for in game money. Then you take these codes and sell them on ebay. Granted, it would take a while to sell ALL 700b worth of codes (each code costs ~300mil), but when you're done you'd have roughly $120,000 USD.
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But it IS ok to buy game time codes in game and it IS ok to do whatever you want with those codes (sell them on ebay). Thus a transfer to real life cash is possible.
I would think that this is not a punishable crime except for one thing. It is possible to transfer this 700b ingame money to real life cash. What you do is buy game time cards in EVE. CCP allows people to purchase game to buy game time cards from other players for in game money. Then you take these codes and sell them on ebay. Granted, it would take a while to sell ALL 700b worth of codes (each code costs ~300mil), but when you're done you'd have roughly $120,000 USD.