Comments on: 30% Of Online Gamers Are Cheaters?!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:25:05 +0000

What could be a more casual game than WoW?

By: Wishie

Wishie — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:09:47 +0000

Is someone playing a game to have fun, or to satisfy the need to feel superior to all the rest of the players? If its the latter, then the fool deserves to be parted with his money.

For those crying they don’t have time to catch up with others due to real life issues, why not just play a more casual game instead?

By: John Doe

John Doe — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:47:07 +0000

To me it’s simple, the game developers decide what is and isn’t allowed.
If something is against the EULA(such as gold selling for WOW) then it is cheating.

By: Varka

Varka — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:19:55 +0000

I think there’s merit there, similar to the way EVE Online does RMT.

I, as a player who never spent money on ‘gold’ (ISK), could use in-game money to buy game time cards making the game free for me to play. I save $15/month, someone else spends $30/month (paying for both his and my account) and earns some in game cash.

CCP monitored the trades and came down on scammers. The key difference is CCP are getting the nett gain (good for the game), and the transaction is between two players. I know illegal RMT also occurs in EVE, but that’s another topic.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:11:02 +0000

Based on my own experience, this sounds about right. A good chunk of the MMO players I know have bought gold, or paid to have themselves power-leveled.

I know some people see it as cheating; they’re in school.
Other folks see it as leveling the playing field; they’ve got jobs.