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Originally Posted by demoniac
It seems to me that it really doesn't matter who was doing it first or whether MA 'stole' the idea. They decided to take a business that players had been developing and experimenting with and re-invent it as a Bank.
When they realized that their licenses had not really added much of value they chose a rather dubious way to correct the problem. They contradicted the position they had adopted just a few days earlier and threatened the possible competition with a muddled statement that further clarifications just made worse. There was no change to the EULA, just a threat that adds confusion and would be hard to enforce in any fair or consistent manner.
It sets a bad precedent and does nothing for MA's credibility or the vision of EU as a place of opportunity for all. |
The biggest problem I have is also not the "stealing" of a Idea but it is that MindArk themselve went away from their holy rule of all trades are final.
Why you may ask:
-Licences where in Auction when loan services existed.
-MindArk never told that when the Banks would be introduced they would close pawn shops and similar services.
-5 licences where sold under the current condition with pawn shops in
EU
So why does MindArk do this? MindArk should start to realise that Inverstors not paying them in the long run, Investors are here to invest money and to earn money and withdraw it in the end to pay for theire living etc.
So in my view every investor in EU is one who wants also a share from the cake the depositing participants fill with peds and therefore is the biggest enemy for the development of the virtual universe. The more money flows out of EU the lesser MindArk has to pay developers, new Hardware or give out more loot.
What positive effect we have of a person who invests 100k US$ into EU to after that withdraw 10k US$ every month? Honestly I do not see any good out of this neither for MindArk nor for the participants in EU.