This must be done. It is your desssstiny.

Dibbell could’ve better pointed out that MMO developers do not make envoirnments that are indicative of their rules, and that developers are terrible at enforcing their own policies. It’s not his fault people WANT to be powerleveled!

Vederman didn’t even bother to shoot down Dibbell’s horrible example of MMOs being like crossword puzzles. It’s easy to point out that, indeed, people ARE competing against eachother: for virtual space to level up and earn loot! Gold farmers can effectively control a large portion of the best spaces and eliminate any chances for real gamers to enjoy the content. All progress can be prevented and all forms of earning currency and items become restricted, possibly to the point that it becomes a necessity to buy from farmers.

Damnit, they should’ve put ME on the show! I’d put these guys to shame.

Blizzard Entertainment does not recognize any property claims outside of World of Warcraft or the purported sale, gift or trade in the “real world” of anything related to World of Warcraft. Accordingly, you may not sell items for “real” money or exchange items outside of World of Warcraft.

That’s pretty explicit.

By explicit contract, I take it you are referring to the overwhelmingly broad End-User License Agreement? Precious few MMOs actually include sections specifically defining exclusion of RMT in these, and the majority of them are so broadly interpretted as to border hilarity.

Take a good long read of the WoW EULA sometime. Some of the sections in there could be easily interpretted as expressly forbidding any modification of the user-interface, which is a part of the “Game”. Section 4 could be interpretted as a prohibition against nearly all comprehensive WoW fansites.