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Originally Posted by Atoyota
But Brad feels it's ok if a game by design allows outside transactions, only he feels profits from those transactions belong to the game company. To me that means having it "both ways". That's how i understood his position in the debate, and I don't agree.

If the game is designed to act as such (Second Life) there really is no inherent detrimental factor to the game itself, its a free market based off RMT, however, you can still make money in the game without spending a dime (though I imagine this would be faily difficult)

In cases like Station Exchange it is a means to help curb the effect of the Secondary Market on non sanctioned sites, you create a viable economy through RMT rather than through the designed mechanics. It also provides a means of compensation and insurance if you are scammed.

The real danger is when the RMT inflates markets in an economy not designed to be influenced by RMT and obviously "mudflation" occurs at an unnatural rate and if left unchecked you might have to actually "buy" into the game in order to even do anything in the market.

We're very opposed to the secondary market, and fully support our fan sites, many of which who have taken an active stance against the secondary market (many of the sites on the list at www.vanguardsoh.com/fansite.php) unfortunately the industry is large, and on occasion we will be seen in a magazine with Secondary Market ads. It does not please us, but we can't control who they also choose to advertise with.

We appreciate the concern folks, and openly acknowledge the ill effects of the Secondary Market on MMO economies, we play these games too and it's our responsibility to protect Vanguard.


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