Out of Pod Experience

You don't need to contemplate it, just take it as fact.

Chance based means that if I buy 50% of the tickets I will win 50% of the time. So based on that we will simplify as this is how probability works over large sets of numbers but simplified 50% works as follows. I buy 50% of the tickets to a Raven Navy issue 49,000,000 per blink a total prize of 670,320,000 ISK with 16 slots. You will notice that the total of all blink slots is 784,000,000 isk, so Somer is taking their cut of 113,680,000 isk or 7,105,000 per slot.

the 50% of the Raven Naval Issue tickets costs me 392,000,000 isk but I lose, so I do it again and it costs me another 392,000,000 and I win.

So I am down 784,000,000 isk but win 670,320,000 the money is now sent to me as isk in game.

A lottery based on probability will come out exactly as per the probability its self over a large set of numbers which enough GTC purchasers would be doing especially if they use the smaller lotteries. Always buy 50% of the tickets you will average out to win 50% of the time.

So as I said Somer is RMT, you just seem to mistake a laundering process to be valid method for RMT. It is not it is still RMT.

The amount of time they have been RMTing is irrelevant, it does not make it legitimate.

Actually this RMT is against the rules for ETCs and GTCs. It is covered as a breach of the ToS.

Hope it will half reason im still in this game because i wasted money on it selling Mina and rest of my chars legally is best gift CCP can give me.

So the trick of filling a ship with valuable loot, shooting it with an alt, and looting the contents to launder in-game assets for RMT isn't actually RMT, becuase the loot fairy is a random element?

Chance based? Why are we assuming chance is involved? If we're cynical about this, then:

For the little guy, it's a lottery and chance is involved.

For the big clients, i.e. criminal organizations i.e. professional RMT businesses, I wouldn't be surprised if the "odds" are manipulated to ensure certain parties get paid X amount of isk.

Meaning, if you go to a certain RMT site and pay a bit more for a GTC (i.e. above the market average for GTCs,) then you are guaranteed to "win" an exact amount of isk. E.g. if I pay $45 for a GTC and I'm guaranteed to "win" 2 billion isk in prizes, then I paid $10 for 2 billion isk (plus the standard $35 for the GTC.)

Who audits SOMERBlink's lottery process to ensure that this isn't happening?



note: to be clear, I'm not saying that this is happening. What I am saying is that there's enough money in MMO RMT to attract the attention of organized crime who will set this sort of thing up.

CCP sold game time for money.

This is a thing that MMO companies do.

If you want to criticise them for letting Somer "profiteer", then have at it, but what CCP did in this case is called "selling a product or service that they provide".

Kinda missing the point, like by a lot.
We don;t care than CCP make money, that's fine.
We care that Somer uses their piles of isk to generate income by giving it to people to go through them. That's RMT.
We all have piles of isk in varying degrees, so we can all turn them into isk right? Wrong. Apparently Somer gets some kind of pass that nobody else gets, all because if they don't let Somer do it, they'll make a little less cash.

^^ This a 1000 times, i will happily trade my ingame stuff for real money, if CCP allows the mechanic SOMER currently uses for everbody else. What the hell, right now it is legal by CCP rules.




You didn't read the link did you? It is not like $1,75 per plex. It is buy a GTC via my affilate link and get 200m extra. So more $1,75 per 200m ......

Come to my store to buy your 12 packs and receive 1 free scratcher lottery ticket with every purchase!