View Poll Results: Where should player resource giveaways be held?

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  • Trade Channel (current rule)

    76 67.86%
  • Global 1

    15 13.39%
  • Globals 2-30

    21 18.75%
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    Veteran General psaltery's Avatar
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    Wow...banned for trying to give away stuff??!!!!

    ridiculous.
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    yus, we have screen shots that have been submitted to the staff showing the two posts announcing the event and announcing a prize for the event in help tab. Not actually listing a trade. plus the two in global. and a screen shot of the mod saying the ban was for posting trades in help.....But people were upset in the trade tab about the game show feel, which again i think is just stupid. instead of using ignore, they would rather complain. Even though when a bb was asked in general one night I was doing it. They said they had no issue with it. The issue seems to stem from the "mods" and how they are enforcing and interpreting the rules.

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    ive seen plenty of ppl doing mini trivia in global 1, with no problems. and ive never had anyone say anything to me when i posted free stuff in help tab.

    man, the last night of the soccer event, stuff was going on in all 3 channels! ppl giving away collectibles and balls, and not a word was said! no warnings from mods, no complaints from traders
    Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat. ~Robert A. Heinlein

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    some of the "mods" seem to be well over vealous. IMO this stems from letting other players enforce rules on each other all it takes is for said player/mod not to like said player and that just leaves the door open for a Vendetta Ban. Not sure if this is by design that the company wants the game to be less social thus letting it fail of just a poor choice in how the mod system was set in place. Too easy for a player/mod to enforce the rules more on some than others and who would know? i also give away alot of stuff in trade and have been warned, although small talk is allowed, some would rather see it as the NYSE ticker than a socially active chat room designed for casual talk and trade. but what do i know right?

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    I also give away a lot of stuff. I give to my guildmates whatever I have that they need/want. \

    Will I be banned?
    If something can go wrong, it will.

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    My understanding is that ppl are able to do that. They need to know that if there's a problem or issue of "fairness", Support will not intervene. Having said that, is there a channel ppl should use to hold their trivia games instead of global 1? Guild chat and global 2, 3 etc?
    Still around from time to time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sylvaneste View Post
    I think people should just chill out and use the developer created and added function of Ignore. Just as you would ignore a troll in general chat, or someone talking about a topic you do not like.....since you cannot change the channel like a radio.......Use the Ignore feature. either temporary or perm. Problem solved like an adult.
    Wisest words I heard in a while. Well said sir.

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    Quote Originally Posted by psaltery View Post
    Wow...banned for trying to give away stuff??!!!!

    ridiculous.
    Yeah. It's getting ridiculous.

    It feels more like a prison when playing TSO. Got no free will when Mods are around. If you state your opinion about something you get banned as well.

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    I have zipped my lips.
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    If you are simply saying giving away free resource and posting resources in TO for 1 fish or whatever; that is one thing, but when you make it a contest where you ask questions and the first person to respond with the correct answer wins the prize that just causes clutter and is very annoying, especially in trade tab...

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