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July 1, 2004 ac.turbine.com

Ibn is Alex Beckers, AC1 Live Team

Ibn:

The following post is to consolidate frequently-asked questions regarding the following stated inappropriate behavior in the Asheron’s Call Code of Conduct:

Allowing your character to gain experience points by engaging in combat without being at the keyboard, ready to respond to an Administrator on demand (this activity is commonly called a “Combat Macro”). Logging off as soon as an admin appears (visible or invisible) or when an admin tries to speak with you will be taken into consideration in determining unattended combat macros. First time-combat macro offenses may result in a permanent ban from the game.

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September 2000 tweety.bowlofmice.com

Tweety:

You had to know I was going to get to Ebay eventually. Before I start, let’s toss out the EULA. I KNOW Verant says it’s a no-no. Look at their actions, though, not their words. With a crack legal team taking care of such critical issues as whether or not a guide’s actions can affect their player account, don’t you think one of their dewy eyed young lawyers could have picked up the phone and said, “Hello, Ebay? Um, selling stuff is against our rules and stuff, it says right here on this sticky note that the stuff isn’t really theirs to sell. So how about taking down the section, mmmkay?” Ebay shuts down illegal sales all the time. The fact that they have not ceased to display MMORPG items and characters means it is in fact perfectly legal.
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August 28, 2006 arstechnica.com

Peter Pollack:

It might have been a scene out of some movie about the Great Depression. Hundreds of frantic people tearing their hair out as they mob the doors to a bank, only to realize that the bank’s owners, along with their money, had vanished into thin air.
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July 22, 2002 fohguild.org

Furor:

Some people would call me an avid Everquest player, perhaps to the point of fanaticism. If I were to describe myself to another person, however, my life with Everquest would more than likely be a tale left untold. It’s as if I lead a secret life: During the day I work, on weekends I go out with my friends and see my family, but on weekdays, once I’m home from work, I play Everquest. Rabidly.
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November 28, 2002 fohguild.org

Bristlebane:

I suppose he thinks it’s a way to further the notion that it’s “okay” to buy and sell things with real cash.If anyone thinks he just bought it and re-upped the gold EZboard purely for benevolent purposes, you are a fucking moron.

Yantis sees it as a great advertisement, that’s it.

Firamas:

What, you don’t think it’s ok to buy and sell intangible things with real cash? Got news for you bud, you do it every days: its called services. You pay money so someone will prepare that cheeseburger for you instead of making dinner yourself, you pay money so someone will watch your kids for you in daycare while you work, and you pay your broker money to make you more money. If for some reason you think that Norrath, as a virtual construct, is somehow not allowed to be part of the real world economy in certain ways or have its economy interact with ours, you’re in some kind of perverse denial.
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