The Lawbringer: Q&A on Diablo's real-money auction house
-- Or is it? Oh, it very much is. Faithful readers and not faithful alike (how could you, Debbie?) have been writing in questions via Twitter and email asking me to explain the auction house and talk about some of the potential legal and tax issues that could come around because of it. Also, many people want to know how the RMT auction house could benefit World of Warcraft Yes, gold sellers will use the legitimate means of selling gold through the Blizzard-approved channels -- and that is kind of the point. See, the problem most people have with gold selling isn't necessarily the fact that buying gold equates to cheating in a video game. We already buy items and "cheat "in almost every game we play. The real problem with gold selling is where the gold comes from and the ramifications and consequences of purchasing gold. doesn't come from magical gold land, where elves pick virtual currency off trees and dance to the sweet, melodic tones of Ke$ha . Gold often comes from shady companies, mostly from China, where player's hard work and security is compromised so hackers can smash and grab gold and sell it back to the very people getting their accounts hacked and their credit cards stolen. The fact that the authenticator is almost a necessity for account security because WoW real-money auction house isn't designed to stop gold selling but rather to stop the seedy aspects of gold selling that are hurting Blizzard, Blizzard's customers, and the infrastructure surrounding its games. If you take out the credit card fraud and account hacking, create a sanctioned, Blizzard-run venue for the activity that is already happening, and remove the risk, everyone gets involved in the market. Essentially, to stop the risky parts of gold selling, Blizzard has turned everyone into gold sellers. It's pretty ingenious. does. Players create or find items; players sell items. Players make gold; players sell gold. You get rid of the seedier aspects of gold selling while at the same time cutting Blizzard in on the action, and players get their choice of currency to spend on items made in game. Plus, you'd have to consolidate the auction houses, which would make my suggestion from a few Lawbringers ago come true, and that's awesome. The ingenious part of the whole endeavor is that Blizzard not only takes cuts from the posting and sales of auctions on the real-money auction house, but there is the option to keep that money in-house or in-brand.When Does Diablo 3 Come Out - News
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