How Do You Trade/Sell Names In A Secure Manner?
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Personally I don't see a problem in this. Speaking purely on history of other games, it's been allowed.
Are your opinions still valid as to whether or not it's opportunistic to do it? Of course.
Would I be comfortable trade moderating between two people for these sales? No, but that's not a sole reason for it to not be allowed.
Legacy is not anywhere close to being the same as eBay. Legacy never has and never will provide extra seller/buyer protections for things that take more than two trades, as it has been explicitly stated in the rules since it's creation.
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I agree. I think the only real issue here is the mechanics on which to transfer the name, which is like everyone has mentioned already, not safe, secure or foolproof w/o a middleman.
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There are platforms like instagram that are full of bots created to take highly sought after names as they are made available. As someone said before in this thread it wouldn’t be hard for someone to program a bot to do exactly that especially with the names being auctioned on here publicly.
This is one of those things where there isn’t a right or wrong answer. If someone is that inclined to acquire a name then they should already understand the risks that things could go south even with a trade moderator.
And honestly even if names weren’t allowed to be sold on legacy you would still see advertisements in game from randoms. At least in this case we have some form of judgement of the sellers based on their profile here. Not that anything is guaranteed but I feel better if I know the seller is generally trusted from past transactions. -
The mechanics of the trades aside (I really don't care), I think trying to capitalize monetarily (in-game arms or actual cash, doesn't matter) on the account-level change in naming conventions is scumbaggery of the highest order. The fact that it's allowed in The Xunlai Market associates Legacy with the practice, no matter how much mental gymnastics you attempt in order to justify it's inclusion.
In my opinion, allowing those threads has only downsides for Legacy - I can think of any number of bad outcomes, and nothing positive.
Mostly I'm just disappointed that you'd allow (and therefore essentially endorse) such despicable practices. And who gives a flying eff if they end up "somewhere shadier"? That's where they should be.
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Honestly the heated opinions aside, if you're attempting to buy or sell names then you know the risk already. If you'd prefer not to do it, then don't. It doesn't really affect you in any way possible if you don't want to interact with it and I honestly don't think it's that big of a deal more than what it's being made out to be in this thread. Your personal feelings towards it are fine.
At least in this case we have some form of judgement of the sellers based on their profile here. Not that anything is guaranteed but I feel better if I know the seller is generally trusted from past transactions.I agree.
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If I had eyerolled any harder at that post I might've seriously hurt myself.
C'mon now, pretty sure everyone in this thread is aware that they won't be forced into anything against their will. And if you guys have made up your minds and can't be convinced otherwise, you can just say so. Pretty sure we're mostly adults in here - there probably won't be temper tantrums.
However, as I said, it's disappointing. Although it was fabulous that you validated our feelings.
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My honest opinion? I don't care about the idea of buying or selling names. I'm not going to be involved in any trades like it anytime in the near future and I agree with the risks that were mentioned above, which is why I am not participating in selling any. This doesn't change my mind however, as there were a large number of people asking me if it was allowed while we were discussing the topic which showed me there was lots of interest. I'm sorry that you feel disappointed about the outcome.
I saw your other post and I don't think anybody should change your mind. Not everybody is going to hold the same opinion when it's rooted in feelings.
This isn't speaking for the rest of the moderators at all and they can tell you their own personal opinions on it if they'd like.
Edit: Not involved in selling any names, wanted to be a bit more clear. I don't mind losing armbraces as much, but I'll only do it personally with people I find trustworthy from these forums here (bringing back wqa's comment).
