Why is GGG caving in to casuals' demands?
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scam [skæm] Slang
n a stratagem for gain; This is one meaning for the word scam. Scam is a multi-meaning word. When someone uses the word scam it can be used for a plethora of situations as there is no one legal definition of a scam. Ripped-off and Fraud are not words that pertain to multiple slight definitions in the context of casual conversation. |
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I haven't seen an OP post in awhile. I was hoping to see him respond to replies after he claimed he was game developer himself. I am disappointed.
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" Right. IGN: SplitEpimorphism
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" Are they? To be honest, I've never seen anyone imply some form of legal issue with the trading of in-game items. If they have, then, yes, they are wrong. But I seriously doubt people are implying a legal context, I suspect that is how you are reading it. I suspect people are using it in the context for which it is most commonly used in general banter situations - that they have been ripped-off. I've never read the word scammed on a trading gaming forum to mean anything other than ripped-off. If someone is performing an illegal action on a gaming forum I usually see the words RMT, hacked, stolen etc etc. |
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" For PoE, the law is the terms of use, so to speak. An "illegal" action in PoE (but not the world) is something bannable. People have posted about scams asking for bans. IGN: SplitEpimorphism
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" It would only do that to those who decided to play the game that way. One could just as easily argue that the current state of POE is that of a "Slot Machine Sim", with the way crafting is implemented. However, the alternative to that is by killing monsters, collecting what currency you can and buying items. Same could be said for your "Ecom Sim" nonsense. If you don't want to play the buy-low/sell-high game, then go kill monsters and loot them all day. I'm not sure why making things less annoying always amounts to "making things too easy" or "ruining the world for all eternity". Oh and ripped-off = "I paid 20ex for an item only worth 2chaos" -- scammed = "he advertised the item as iLevel 99 but it was really iLevel 10" Last edited by DirePenguin#3971 on Dec 19, 2013, 8:00:28 PM
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" I never read it like that on gaming forums. I read it as people simply 'raising awareness'. Whether ripped-off, scammed or defrauded, someone has been left in a situation where they feel someone has done them some form of wrong, and so have a natural urge to apportion blame and potentially revenge/punishment. It's not the job of the poster to tell them scam is the wrong word, it's the job of the poster to confirm whether that particular scam is legal or not. |
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" This is the most idiotic thing I've ever read on the PoE forums, with the exception of the guy who thought the orb angels were sex demons. 1.) I've seen plenty of people die in parties, even with geared players. 1a) name any other online game where this never happens? THATS RIGHT. THERE ISNT ONE. 2.)oh, okay. well you can go back to the RPGS you play where there is absolutely 0 trading. oh right. the good ones all have it. next point. 3.)hahahahaha, okay that's so funny. I didnt realize that EVERYONE who plays PoE is the same as 3 streamers you watch daily. Seriously, this is as hardcore a troll post as you can get. VI |
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" Path of Exile: where even the troll posts are hardcore. IGN: SplitEpimorphism
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" I heard reply was alt-f4'd before it actually saved... so not quite as hardcore as you'd be scammed into thinking. |
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