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Comparing scamming to roleplaying got old several leagues ago. Last edited by Johny_Snow#4778 on Feb 19, 2022, 6:31:04 PM	Posted by Johny_Snow#4778 on Feb 19, 2022, 6:30:54 PM Quote this Post
" iuiulitza wrote: You say "If this was in real life, at least people would have sympathized, or try to get the scammer" . But we are not in real life . We are in Wraeclast . A dark and brutal continent , where most of us got exiled for minor or major crimes . Those who does not open their eyes, open their purses , they say . Okay, so if in "dark and brual" Wraeclast we can get banned in chat for saying silly things, maybe we can get banned from trade too for scamming other egg-sillies, or it'll be too much "roleplaying"? Speaking of that dark and brutal thing, literally every town these days look like circus full of clowns surrounded by pink unicorns and cute puppies. So dark, so brutal. "Path of Exile's engine is currently modern, lean and fast." - Chris Wilson, September 19th, 2019	Posted by dW2005#0568 on Feb 19, 2022, 11:12:58 PM Quote this Post
agree with you. It is quite important to understand that this is indeed a cyber crime and act on it immediately. I recently read several articles on https://samplius.com/free-essay-examples/crime/ about crime, including cybercrime, which has recently become very common around the world. Last edited by EdisonWilson#5226 on Jul 24, 2022, 1:22:01 AM	Posted by EdisonWilson#5226 on Jul 13, 2022, 4:49:43 AM Quote this Post
Yes it sucks, I have been scammed online once when I was 15 years old, now, over a decade later I still remember that event till this very day and how it made me feel. Haven't been scammed since. I have three phones, Blizzard. Three f***ing phones.	Posted by MaxEXA#3557 on Jul 13, 2022, 5:47:45 AM Quote this Post
" iuiulitza wrote: You say "If this was in real life, at least people would have sympathized, or try to get the scammer" . But we are not in real life . We are in Wraeclast . A dark and brutal continent , where most of us got exiled for minor or major crimes . Those who does not open their eyes, open their purses , they say . That argument would hold more weight if OP could immediately aggro the scammer and get their EQ back. Thanks for all the fish!	Posted by Nubatron#4333 on Jul 13, 2022, 7:35:07 AM Quote this Post
sounds like maybe take care of your life before you game. your people need you. put down the mouse for 3 seconds	Posted by superbomb1967#5561 on Jul 13, 2022, 10:18:23 AM Quote this Post
But did he scam for the greater good!? Still sane exile?	Posted by Acolina87#4172 on Jul 13, 2022, 11:21:39 AM Quote this Post
" DiCasualGamer wrote: Playing POE since 2.0, I have a total 3647.5 hours on my account Got married, my son was born last year, now 11 months old, I turn 35, still trying to game, Playing while my son is sleeping in the day in 1 hour intervals or after 10 pm Let's play poe this season Let's try skele mages, seems good Try to get Dead Reckoning, did avoid lots of scams Try to get 6link flehscrafter, still there are tons of scams, 6 sockets 4+2 links everywhere, avoid it all Every trade you gotta watch like a hawk, never ever do one mistake Trade league seems like scam league, Got the luck of my 3600 hour gaming time, dropped the fiend card in heist, priced 9.1ex Placed it on sale last night, 9.1ex Today, playing the game for 1 hour, my son is waking up Got a message in game for buying, [Removed by Support] Placed 9 ex and 1 c, canceled the trade himself, Thought to myself ".1 ex is 12c, guy made a calculation error", Gotta hurry now, wife is calling Guy placed 1ex and 12c, I pay attention to 12c, accepted the trade Took me a while to realize, Feeling sad Started to look online, everywhere is filled with "poe tips to avoid scam", "poe points to consider when trading" In poe forum most threads are like "lol buyer beware", "lol you need to get smarter and trade slower", "lol didn't you put your cursor over the item, then it's on you" Very little comments about "it's wrong" or "this needs to be adressed" If this was in real life, at least people would have sympathized, or try to get the scammer And the sad part is, there is no penalty for scammers Not one post about "GGG doing something about scammers" So here I am, trying to "play" a "game" in my limited time to relax and rewind POE is about killing monsters and getting loot, this is the game's core But trading is also core part of the "trade league", it's in the name You can relax and chill and shut down half your brain and still kill monsters for hours, it's so easy that you can watch twitch or something on your second screen This part of the game, it's easy AND fun On the other hand, trading also is definitely a core part of the game, most players are in trade league But the trade part of this "game" is like real life, you can't relax, you can't turn your brain off, you gotta be alert, you can trade for hundres of times in your multiple thousand hour playtime, and each time you gotta be alert, because buyer beware Trading is not EASY And definitely it's not FUN Thank you for making me sad over a game you´ve made like 7 mistakes here: 1. Playing a meta-build, this is where most scams happen 2. Getting a 6l fleshcrafter. Better craft the helmet, the chest underperforms compared to a crafted helmet where u socket the skeletons in. 3. U cancel a trade for 11c? When there are 9ex in the window already? 9ex are 1620 chaos, this means you cancelled the trade because your buyer underpayed by 0,68%. Wow. 4. and then all the rest: u trade when stressed 5. u hovered over it and should have checked 6. u accepted 7. u dont take responsibility for your mistake No one, I repeat: NO ONE is not condemning the actions of scammers, but this game has probably one of the best scam-protections ever - all u need to do is read.whats.on.your.cursor. It´s actually ridiculous how often people still feel obligated to make posts.	Posted by Vennto#1610 on Jul 13, 2022, 11:55:25 AM Quote this Post
Who remembers Perendus headhunter scam?	Posted by real_name_hidden69#7257 on Jul 13, 2022, 12:30:35 PM Quote this Post
" ZwAWtheSleepingOne wrote: Who remembers Perendus headhunter scam? Ah yes. -Official Forum Dweller- -I started the hoho comment- -Exploit Early - Exploit Often- -(Async Trade Announcement) Enjoy the bots-	Posted by xPiranha#4678 on Jul 13, 2022, 2:01:25 PM Quote this Post