Market Discussions

Its not actually against the law in the US. I wear a lot of hats in my little business and I can tell you from experience that small businesses trade goods & services all the time. I always put such trades on our books. It just goes in as $ value & the IRS accepts that just like real cash transactions.

To answer some other questions: the shirts in the EVE store are just plain lame. I have a few ideas that are much better. Being mega nern who works in the fashion industry allows me to see clearly how to combine our shared spaceship geekiness with style. The trick will be to tap into EVE's rich history of player created content.

It is certainly clear that my idea would violate the EULA so it isn't going to happen but perhaps I will make a few shirts and hold a contest of some sort so that I'm not asking for anything but just giving them away. Then if I get enough traction I will contact CCP to see if they want to buy my designs.

Yes I would but no comment on whether it would breach trademark or other IP.

I happen to know a very good looking red headed step child. I will be sure to involve her

Wouldn't buy EVE-stuff per se, but unique Dynasphere goodies would be nice. (...nice thing for corp member birthdays.)
Have been looking for a ring designer etc for a time. I know a very talented lady in Berlin who does custom rings and other jewelry. But it never hurts to have a look at other artist.

Sorry for being short. In fight.

Yes I did. And honestly, I wasn't impressed. They have great graphic designers at CCP but they shouldn't let them design shirts.
Its ok to be a nerd and still have style, you know?

Before these awful forums, there was also people who'd design EvE signatures for the posters.

But look, it's TS for EvE, websites for EvE, signatures for EvE. CCP has so much to gain from fostering EvE communities and services that they are very lenient (I have described to some in game about a special and very valuable CCP reward for those who stand out at that).
Plus that's CCP's intellectual property (IP) usage to create CCP related services / products.

In the second case (Geddon), it's still CCP making money selling you that stuff.


The above is totally separated from an individual making money or getting items (in)directly making use of CCP IP for his own gain. Since CCP won't make a nickel out of that, they forbid it. It's that simple.

Now, sign up a profit sharing contract with CCP and voilà they magically allow you to trade whatever for PLEX or whatever.

Until i can run around stations fluidly and jump and dance or do some sort of other goofy visual antic unique to this game (station laser gun fights?) I'm very unlikely to buy any clothing vanity goods.

As others have mentioned.. owning a Titan has a littel bit of interest to me but I'd only want it to be 1/10th of my EVE wealth and I'd need almost an order of magnitude more to make that so.... ..

VANITY I WOULD PAY for ?

I would pay a 300 million Bribe*** (NPC isk sink) to be called SIR when I entered stations and various other announcements..

"You have been granted permission to dock SIR" .. "Warp drive active SIR "

Maybe even a title "General" or "Captain" or "COUNT " or eve better something like "Yes Mr. Calypso"

Buying a Title from NPCs seems totally consistent with the environement

As only the player would hear the "Sir" it wouldn't detract from other players enjoyment.

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**or an anuual plex (athough don't want to drive plex prices up.. maybe a $ cost or an isk cost at fixed rates that would only vaguely be a fixed connection do to it's relation to an untransferable vanity privalage