虚拟交易价值

我的朋友在星战事业一帆风顺想着进一步发展的时候突然破产了，原因是CCP发现他在Eve Online中参与了现金交易。CCP没有封掉他的账号，而是让他负债累累，迫使他必须通过努力工作数月或者从公司购买虚拟货币卡才能从当前的困境中摆脱出来。
 
CCP曾威胁封号，但通过让他负债累累，CCP创造了另一个强大的激励机制，告诉玩家不付清债款，就不能继续使用这个角色。而且，没有人会让一个他并不在意的角色通过参与现金交易来获得好的装备。
 
这就是CCP强大的“安全柔道术”。
 
在付清债款前这个角色将处于瘫痪中。负债玩家的操作将受到限制，而巨额的负债将会招致惩罚。-500 million ISK -哇噻！一个全新的反现金交易策略出现了：
 
Auction seeding－你在Seed式拍卖站点像Ebay，出售各种虚拟货币和道具，赚取现金，然后再惩罚那些因为购买虚拟货币和道具而违反用户条款的玩家。这样做实在是太划算了。或许，扮演卖家的公司通过这种方式给现金交易带来了威慑，因为玩家不会知道自己的每笔交易对象是谁，谁又将给他带来危险。
 
在释放这个密罐之前，游戏公司应该首先与他们的律师取得联系。或许他们应该同时给参与道具的赠送或者交换的玩家提个醒：现金交易违反了用户条款。
 
CCP hunts down “Gold Buyers” in Eve Online - New Anti-RMT tactics?
 
My friend over at A Clockwork Mind got busted for RMT in Eve Online by CCP. Instead of banning him, the company put him deeply in debt forcing him to work for months or buy currency cards from the company to get way out of trouble.
 
CCP threatened to ban the account, but by puttiing him into deep debt, the company creates a strong incentive to pay a “fine” to continue to play with the character. Also, no one is going to engage in RMT with a character that they don’t care about.
 
Powerful “Security Judo” by CCP!
 
The character is crippled until he pays of his debt. A negative cash balance is a real simple flag for limiting the functions a player can perform and a huge negative balance effectively defines the punishment.
 
-500 million ISK - Ouch
 
This does add another anti-RMT tactic:
 
Auction seeding - seed auction sites, like eBay, with currency and other items to purchase. You make money on the purchase and then punish the player for the violation of the EULA. This is very cost-effective. The possibility of a company seller creates a great deterrent. Players won’t know who they are buying from creating a risk of getting caught on every transaction.
 
Game companies should contact their lawyers before baiting this kind of honeytrap. They probably should also add a warning on any gift or exchange of items between players that RMT is a violation of the EULA.