EVE General Discussion

Are you serious? A real job was too much for him so he quits and decides to play a video game to support his ill mother... Oh, and don't forget the bit about liking the power and can't take someone else telling him what to do. In eve he's a somebody, IRL he's a nobody. We know which he chose.

Sorry mom.

oh get over it. PLEX for CCP profit is good support for the game. ISK for RL cash that doesn't support CCP/EVE is NOT the same thing. get realz now

What is RMT?

I don't know.. maybe you should try living there before you judge him for doing what he did. The fact that it harms the game economy when it is done through botting, and enables various playstyles that wouldn't normally be available is relevent, but only so much.

Yes, it is against the ToS, ULA, and so on, but he is honestly explaining himself and doesn't seem to take any pride in what he has done. He's rationalized it, accepted it, and is perfectly willing to accept a ban if it comes to that. He didn't want to play anymore anyway.

The fact that he took the Alliances ISK is rather interesting, and who knows how all that worked out, but also sort of irrelevent.

Fact is, CCP will either ban him or not, depending on what they make of this, and we'll maybe never know. What I do know, is that despite seemingly being defensive towards the end of that conversation, he was mostly apologetic in tone. Basically, what I got, (if that translation is entirely accurate), is a truthful confession and apologetic tones.

I have a friend I work with who grew up in Bosnia, and lost his father and Uncle during the war to prison camps. They only recently found and identified his Uncle, and even more recently his father. He actually worked for the UN during that period and told me about a lot of stuff that happened there.

It's not far from Russia, and close enough that I recognize some of the words from hearing him talk on the phone with his kids and family. Russia has seen much of the same over the years, and things aren't much better there now, than they were years ago. Living here it's easy to misunderstand that.

In the end, EVE is just a game, and I understand that some might see it as a way to help them in their personal lives given specific circumstances. That doesn't mean I like RMT, or that I wouldn't judge someone who used it for nothing more than personal flash. It's just harder to think poorly of someone that uses it for other reasons.

It does **** me off that Americans do it.

What the ****, Bosnia's past is nothing like Russia's present, and shared linguistic traits have nothing to do with it besides. I take it you live in Russia, but you apparently have a victim complex. Don't paint all Russians with the same shitbrush and justify *some* people's regrettable behavior by saying "But life is haaaaaaaard baaaaw!" Hmmm, I wonder how all the Russians that aren't playing EVE managing to survive. They must be a lie.

Fact: life in Russia currently is nothing like what went on in the Balkans (putting aside contested republics which are a minority and geographically limited to one region). Yes, a lot of people in Russia are under much greater financial strain than, say, in the US despite the meh economy in the states right now, yes, jobs can be hard, yes, a lot of people live in tiny apartments, don't have a car because it's just not worth the expense, etc. But OH HEY. The lol-RMTer had a job (that he didn't like, lolololol, welcome to the world of grown-ups?), bought a car he couldn't afford, etc. A sick mother isn't the only thing in this story. The guy seems to have issues and might benefit from professional psychiatric help. Don't blame Russia for that. It sure does sound like an excuse rather than a reason, and you sound like an RMT apologist that likes to see victims everywhere.

(Hello, I'm Russian and I don't RMT)

Holy freaking cow.

Any updates from CCP or RMT is already is legal???

A self confessed RMTer might be a different story. But you are right CCP won't tell us their actions.


There is no excuse for RMTing, it should carry a lifetime ban on all accounts owned by the RMTer if they're caught.

so everyone who ever bought a PLEX in CCP store and then sold it for ISK should be banned? i bet it's quite easy to catch lots of them too.