The first thing I found wrong there is that UO did/does cheat protection. In the earlier days of UO (when I actually played it), they had a method in place to determine if someone was using a skill raising program.. and subsequently punted them from the game.
Otherwise it looked to be quite right, 83% of those polled that play EQ said that they had no problem with Veriant gathering any/all information to stop cheating, etc.. (myself included) Veriant changing their mind I must agree was the 'right thing' (tm). Belive it or not Veriant does try to please their player base but don't confuse that with doing whatever you want them too.
The truth of the point is that cheating in any way shape or manner, lessens the game.. Not only for you but for all the other players that have to deal with you. I know, I've cheated in a bunch of games.. without the real cost of working at it there really is no feeling of acheivement.. And if you want to make real $$ from playing the game go play UO.
Here over on the west coast, I use the TD bank's online web access system. Things you need to use it? -A TD bank account -Internet access -A 128bit encryption browser -To sign up.
Ease of use? Damn easy, I can pay all my bills being BC Hyrdo, Rogers/AT&T, Cable (both tv and cable modem), payments to other bank's bank accounts, put extra money into my RESP (registered education savings plan [for my son]) and can place payments to over 70,000 other companies. I can check my account balance, what my minimum payment is going to be, a nice list of all my transactions within the last six months (per account). There is no charge for using TD web access, and as they are the bank that I use there is no privacy concern as they already have all the information on me they want anyway.
Did I mention it's really easy to use? With my paycheck being direct deposit, the only reason I go into a bank (and to use a machine at that) is to deposit cheques.
Why spend 20min going to a bank, when you can do everything you want in 5min at home.
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The first thing I found wrong there is that UO did/does cheat protection. In the earlier days of UO (when I actually played it), they had a method in place to determine if someone was using a skill raising program.. and subsequently punted them from the game.
Otherwise it looked to be quite right, 83% of those polled that play EQ said that they had no problem with Veriant gathering any/all information to stop cheating, etc.. (myself included)
Veriant changing their mind I must agree was the 'right thing' (tm). Belive it or not Veriant does try to please their player base but don't confuse that with doing whatever you want them too.
The truth of the point is that cheating in any way shape or manner, lessens the game.. Not only for you but for all the other players that have to deal with you. I know, I've cheated in a bunch of games.. without the real cost of working at it there really is no feeling of acheivement.. And if you want to make real $$ from playing the game go play UO.
Here over on the west coast, I use the TD bank's online web access system.
Things you need to use it?
-A TD bank account
-Internet access
-A 128bit encryption browser
-To sign up.
Ease of use? Damn easy, I can pay all my bills being BC Hyrdo, Rogers/AT&T, Cable (both tv and cable modem), payments to other bank's bank accounts, put extra money into my RESP (registered education savings plan [for my son]) and can place payments to over 70,000 other companies.
I can check my account balance, what my minimum payment is going to be, a nice list of all my transactions within the last six months (per account).
There is no charge for using TD web access, and as they are the bank that I use there is no privacy concern as they already have all the information on me they want anyway.
Did I mention it's really easy to use? With my paycheck being direct deposit, the only reason I go into a bank (and to use a machine at that) is to deposit cheques.
Why spend 20min going to a bank, when you can do everything you want in 5min at home.