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So If I go inactive for a while we are still safe and won't have to worry about deletion? only applies to free accounts, or ones under a certain age???


OH and GOD FORBID someone is making isk gambling,. but scamming new players, or anyone. yeah that is perfectly ok.


maybe add this: scamming or intentionally misleading other players for personal gain will cause your account and all related accounts to be permanently banned and deleted.

I agree. This is a good policy in most (all) cases.

But I also think that Toobo's "competition" is a game of skill more than chance. Yes, the game environment would bring in elements of chance, but it isn't gambling.

One possible problem is if people are making side bets quite possibly without Toobo knowing about it. Maybe that is what CCP/the GM is thinking about. IDK.

This has always been there. Just in the past it was 6 months now it is 3.

Maybe you should read up on the lawsuits about gambling in video games.....

Yeah Teckos, that's where I was surprised. I basically asked CCP if I can run a configurable KB, where people can run campaigns and do a pay per kill/pay for the top killet of the month kind of thing. It was all going to be based on in game kills, as I get it crystal clear now that any game of chance will not be allowed. Yet CCP sayd this is not ok. If the same stance is allowed even somethinh traditional loke hulkageddon will not be allowed using a third party killboard. I got the no gambling part and accepted and decided to move on with it, but now it seems even third party KB based pvp competiton and prize ISK giving is specifically struck out as not permitted. I wanted to divert my ISK into funding such killboard platforms where people can set objectives and participate in competitions, so that ISK pay out is given out according to in game kills. But oh well, even thisnis not ok now. :p

For the thousandth time, no. It means that if your account isn't subbed for 90 consecutive days, CCP can, at their discretion, delete it. For the record, they could always do this - they just shortened the timeline to 90 days from 180.

However, in thirteen years, I don't think they've ever actually deleted any account. The only reason they would do that is if they needed to trim back the database size for some reason.

They were from trials that were never subbed, they did it to free up names. and IIRC they only did it once.

Sadly my question "Where is the line between a game of chance and a give away?" is still not answered by any CCP officials. The GMs as far as I know don't know it either.

So if I randomly pick a capsuleer in local and give him a ship, or ISK for free, that's a give away and not a game of chance, right?

But if I ask first, who want's a prize for free and I pick randomly one of the capsuleers who replied, then is that a game of chance? And all who replied are at risk to get banned?

I don't ask for making gambling legal but for making the EULA more understandable for your customers. Even for you CCP guys, it must be obvious that the current EULA is too vague defined and out of touch with reality.

CCP - I seek clarification of a matter from you please as recommended by Senior GM Dagon.

I will not post his response to Support Request #274641 as I am aware that it is prohibited. All I will say is that he stated that Customer Support was unable to provide the clarification I requested in my support ticket, and he directed me to post to you in this Dev Blog for you to address.

Please find below my ticket submitted on Oct 19th @ 17:25 UTC in regards to the updates to the EULA and a scenario which I need certain clarifications on its legality now that the EULA has been amended.

"Good evening CCP.

I'm receiving conflicting advice from friends and so I need to run a scenario past you before Nov 8th please to confirm whether this complies with the recent changes to the EULA.

If I run an in-game raffle whereby alliance members send me ISK for raffle tickets, and with that ISK I buy prizes from the in-game market in Jita 4-4 e.g. Ships, Injectors, PLEX etc. A draw takes place determining winning tickets and those prizes are given out to the winners. Is that now a breach the new EULA?

To clarify - No ISK or in-game assets are ever able to be taken out of the game. No-one gives ISK to anything or anyone outside of the game. ALL transactions are conducted within the game via the "Give ISK" option to purchase tickets, and then prizes are given out via contracts just like any other item.

I've read the new EULA several times and from what I can tell the EULA is targeting "Outside influences" on the in-game economy.... which I agree with..... however my scenario has no outside influences on the in-game economy, so is it acceptable?

Thanks for your time on this, I really want to avoid breaking any rules.

Kind regards."

As you can see with the above scenario, I hope you understand my feeling the need to seek clarification. Lotteries and raffles such as this scenario have taken place in the game for years, with the only outside influence for them being something like Chribbas DICE or another such random number generator to pick winning tickets.

I hope that you can shed some light.

Thanks for your time.

Kind regards.

No it will not.

Source: https://community.eveonline.com/news/news-channels/eve-online-news/deployment-of-eve-online-ascension-postponed-until-2016-11-15/


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Does isk doubling fall under the new 3rd party rules against games of chance?
Since there's a chance you get money back can we report them for doing illegal gamblings through the third parties, hmm?