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shaggyfrog77
Member Posts: 48
Is the selling of your online game accounts illegale? And how do you do it? I have a couple of games I don't play anymore and I don't think I can trade them in at EB Games. Any thoughts?....
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MMORPG's I've played
Star Wars Galaxies:
Dackbar Ockar-Novice Weaponsmith
Played first 3 months
Planetside-Jarjarthejedi
Played 3 months starting january, 2 months starting may
Darkspace-Played 3 months starting February, starting up again august first
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MMORPG's I've played
Star Wars Galaxies:
Dackbar Ockar-Novice Weaponsmith
Played first 3 months
Planetside-Jarjarthejedi
Played 3 months starting january, 2 months starting may
Darkspace-Played 3 months starting February, starting up again august first
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If you are looking to get rid of your account and want to try and sell it goto;
http://www.playerauctions.com
Also most of the time people wont purchase an account unless it has a magelo account as well. A magelo account is mainly used for EQ characters, but I believe they can be made for other games as well. All a magelo account is, is a exact description of your character its stats and all equipment on that character. Don't know the site, but it shouldn't be to hard to find.
PayPal is usually the prefered method of payment for accounts as it provides a secure method of transfering money. You can find a link to them at the playerauction.com website.
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Cool! I'll try that site.
Anyone know if any of these are illeagle to sell, or a breach of contract to sell?
EQ, Lineage 2, and maybe SWG
not sure on EQ or liniage but I know for certain that selling SWG accounts is a breach of contract...
SWG eula section 1
"You may not transfer or share your Account with anyone, except that if you are a parent or guardian, you may permit one minor child to use the Account instead of you (in which case you may not use that Account). "
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MMORPG's I've played
Star Wars Galaxies:
Dackbar Ockar-Novice Weaponsmith
Played first 3 months
Planetside-Jarjarthejedi
Played 3 months starting january, 2 months starting may
Darkspace-Played 3 months starting February, starting up again august first
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MMORPG's I've played
Star Wars Galaxies:
Dackbar Ockar-Novice Weaponsmith
Played first 3 months
Planetside-Jarjarthejedi
Played 3 months starting january, 2 months starting may
Darkspace-Played 3 months starting February, starting up again august first
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The developer can't do anything about it except possibly ID your character and ban the account. I would say go ahead and sell them. If something happens to prevent you from doing it, so be it. They aren't going to take legal action against you, and if you aren't going to play anymore, who cares if the account gets banned?
Just remember to remove your credit card info from the account before giving the password to the buyer. Don't want somebody you don't know to get your credit card info, that could be bad news real fast.
I think that any gaming company that tries to prohibit you from selling an account are just retards without a cause.
Only reason I could think of them not wanting it is the whole fact that the new comers will just buy the account and CD from you, which will keep the companies from recieving their oh so large amount that is 50$.
I dont think i've ever heard of a case of an account getting banned for it, and especially not legal action, why they even try to scare people away from selling it is beyond me. Personally I dont care that if SWG had something against selling items/accounts, if I could i'd sue their sorry arse for even tricking me into playing that piece of crap to begin with, they release it of the pretense of a finished, good game. And all it was, was a buggy, piece of crap shallow beta, which they lied to you about.
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If I sell a SOE account and get busted (not likley) can they ban me from other SOE games?
Some Companies let you sell your account, such as UO. Hell, they even have a section to sell UO Accounts on ebay
EDIT: EA also offers an 'owner transfer service' for that exact thing.
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Long Term MMO's Played:
Ultima Online - 3 Years
Dark Age of Camelot - 3 Years
Less Than 1 Month:
Shadowbane, Planetside
Everquest, Ragnarok Online
City of Heroes, Star Wars Galaxies
Horizons, Fung Wan Online
The Sims Online, EVE Online
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