The real issue of RMT is basic fairness. Which is less basic than you might think.

It’s really not about world disruption. Or gold spam. “Game Gods” who run these games are not necessarily opposed to RMT, and some have tried to monetize it already. More will in the future. It has a lot to do with a shockingly high number of customer service calls - which can also become legal issues, which is why most companies make the decision to either disown it (so that its not their problem) or integrate it into the game service in order to reduce the flabbergasting amount of fraud that surrounds RMT on external sites (that players somehow expect us to address). But in terms of why game players respond to it negatively, it’s about basic fairness. (more…)