Player Giveaways and Contests

[Milo_Orpheus]

Dude, you really need to take a break from your computer. it looks like you are brand new to this game so im sure you love the fact that you can get free resources but your not thinking about all the other players who also use trade tab to actual post trades.

lol, the old they dont agree with me so they cant be lvl 50, they must be a new player. Maybe you should take your own advice then next time an event you dont like takes place and take a break from your computer.

"luckily we rarely have this problem in Zeus" so why make a rule? its not a problem on Ares either.

[Milo_Orpheus]

WHere in this thread does it say anything about making lootspots illegal?

If you make giveaways illegal then you ban LS too because BB's consider LS trades giveaways already. For them LS are not a thing and any trade connected to a LS is a giveaway. Contact support about an LS issue and this is exactly what they will tell you. A ban on giveaways is a ban on selling LS. They are one and the same to BB.

[Snacknado]

you must be new because under your name it says you joined on Mar 2014....

[Snacknado]

giveaways? hmmmm so a giveaway is something that is FREE, right? so if you are selling one fish for something, that wouldnt be a giveaway though, right?

[Milo_Orpheus]

you must be new because under your name it says you joined on Mar 2014....

and yet this account on ares is level 50 and my old account on zeus was also level 50..... interesting, I am glad you brought that up.

[Snacknado]

[Snacknado]

everything in this game has some sort of value, even 1 fish. the only thing that is FREE is if someone gifts you a gem item or gives you a free ls. if you are offering resources for 1 fish that technically is not FREE..

[Dirkjon]

WHere in this thread does it say anything about making lootspots illegal?

+1 This thread or anywhere else for that matter.

[RomanGodCamper]

This rule being proposed right now would make selling LS illegal because LS are 1 fish trades. In BB land LS do not exist, the only thing that does exist to them is a trade of something for a fish. If you have ever tried to contact support about an LS issue you would know that for them LS are not a thing. If they are not a thing then suddenly the trade is only a 'giveaway'. The giveaways are in trade because the mods have banned them everywhere else already.

Not true.

You are paying someone for Time and Troops as well as Loot Rewards so that way they only have to tag and still get loot.

[Magenta_old]

This thread has been deviating from the original issues and the question posed. To rephrase the original issue, the concern is that people are using the trade tab in ways that have been causing complaint from others in the channel. This has required us to look at some of the different types of related activities that are occurring. Generally, these can be classified as follows.

1. Giveaways. These are times when people are posting trade offers for resources with a trivial cost. There is no requirement for taking the trade, and the trade is posted by the person with the resources.
   
2. Contests. These are times when people start an activity where someone is selected based on the activity. As a result, that specific person is traded resources (or given a prize), either directly between players or an offer posted in the trade office by the person receiving the resources. These may be spontaneous and of short duration, or may be a planned event and of a longer duration.

The question of loot spots was not intended to be included in the discussion, and it would not be wise to try to include it at this point. Please remember that this discussion is intended to allow the players to express their opinions and share their viewpoints, not as a binding vote. Also please remember that normal forum rules do apply and posts should address the topic and issues, rather than opinions of other players.