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<LI><em>From</em>: Wes Connell <<A HREF="mailto:wconnell#skotos,net">wconnell#skotos,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:49:19 +0000 (GMT)</LI>
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 maddog#best,com wrote:
> item farming is not a profitable business. Neither is account selling.
> A level 50 account can go from 800 to maybe 1800-2000 if it is a top
> account. Even at minimum wage the hours to create such an account
> does not compensate the person for the time they put into the account.
> However, it also seems a waste to let all the work get destroyed
> 90 days later when a person stops paying on the account. They should
> at least archive it for a year with some potential to revive it later.
> Common objects can't be sold. hard objects can take 12 hours or more to
> get. Extremely rare are almost impossible to get or are no longer
> available from mobs.
I strongly disagree. I have a friend who makes about 4000 a month from
selling EQ items and accounts. Granted he "works" at least 14 hours a
day. Any kind of a group effort there could easily make more than that.
> The other thing that such a move does is get the people off of
> fairly safe places such as Ebay and into more underground activities.
> But such is Verant's (Brad's) surgical approach to problems.
I do agree. However this method will only effect the small guys. The
traders who have established a name for themselves only use eBay for new
client advertising.
Hehe sorta seems silly that we are talking about a game here? =]
Wes!
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00215" HREF="msg00215.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items</A></strong>,
Raph Koster <a href="mailto:rkoster#austin,rr.com">rkoster#austin,rr.com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 05:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00218" HREF="msg00218.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] banning the sale of items</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:the_logos#achaea,com">the_logos#achaea,com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 07:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00187" HREF="msg00187.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></strong>,
Ryan Palacio <a href="mailto:rpalacio#verant,com">rpalacio#verant,com</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 23:22 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00196" HREF="msg00196.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its populargaming sites</A></strong>,
Wes Connell <a href="mailto:wconnell#skotos,net">wconnell#skotos,net</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 04:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00212" HREF="msg00212.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00201" HREF="msg00201.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></strong>,
Ryan Palacio <a href="mailto:rpalacio#verant,com">rpalacio#verant,com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 04:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00202" HREF="msg00202.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Sony to ban sale of online characters from its popular gaming sites</A></strong>,
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