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Originally Posted by thoreau
the point was, MA didn't steal Teilk's idea. they stole (I don't like that word in this context) the idea from Darkscorp.
But it wasn't even his idea really.
Here is a link requesting an IOU system.
Here is a link discussing a deed and registration system.
Here is a link discussing a loan system.
The dates of those threads are 2003-2004.
Clearly, the idea was not originally Teilk's. As such, MA could not have stolen the idea from him. |
A Pawnshop isnt a new idea inside entropia indeed. These facts aren´t new to the discussion but do have a strong point to counter the ¨They stole my idea¨ part of discussion in the way you put it down here.
What still remains is why do they take away an ongoing business or business opportunity from players and threathen to lock them if they continue? They put in a lot a work in that and they did it for the money offcourse but that freedom of development made this game unique.
Is any good running business set up by players really safe in the future? Imagine selling licenses for factory´s mass producing curtain limited guns or equip to the big wave of chinese they expecting. Some crafters will loose a big part or denied acces to a profitable area of gameplay. With most things the one lead to the other and
MA gonna sell more licensed set up company´s inside the game if not for factory´s then it will be another game element. I just hope we don´t gonna loose profitable elements of this game towards the big investors and turn the players into the guys sitting behind the slot machine and some resellers sitting at a bar watching the gamblers do their thing. Maybe that is to grim picture of the future but the trend we all see will deminish the freedom of business opportunity inside the game.
Well i am a free man who can choose if he agrees with that or not, maybe it doesn´t do much but at least i gave my opinion. That´s also a freedom i really enjoy.