Alternative Prestige

Forgive me if this is posted in ignorance, but...

 In several browser based mmo's i've had the pleasure of pouring my life into there is/was the potential to purchase in-game credits (prestige) by performing circus tricks. 

 Activities such as filling in survey forms, watching selected adverts and the like would earn money for the game company whilst freeing the player-base from the need to think up imaginative excuses to feed their spouses or parents.

 Whilst I'm sure this will have been considered in the past, I did not come across a suggestion of it in my browsings. Ofcourse, I will be requiring commission should you implement any proposal I proffer.

 Long may your industry bring thee and thine much that glints and gleams.

Khazâd aimênu!

Did you move the thread? it is (I thought I did post it) in the suggestions forum. Apologies if it ain't so.

At any rate..

The posting title you possess implies an official position, but I'm currently under the impression the position is not official and thus challengable, so i'll reply ;)

In my opinion:

 If IG so desire i'm sure they could find a non-interactive package that requires no information exchange whatsoever. 

Sure, some of said operations are a long way from ethical, but imo it's about time ppl started letting govt make legislation rather than whining in their hundreds of millions about whatever the  axis of wikiboogle tell them to.

It is a revenue stream, making money is not unethical. It's never the wrong time to make money. It can be the wrong way, fine.

Illyriad is 'affiliated' with Facebook & Google. I fail to see this as an ethically high standard. The two largest breakers of (at very least spirit of) IP law in the world. Two companies that make billions out of users, rarely providing your average joe with any real idea of what information they're selling and for how much. If it's worth billions, ain't it funny that users never see any of that money?

ANY website can implement a system by which 'artificial' keywords are offered more weight than they reasonably deserve (or indeed call more hits) yet it doesn't matter as much as it might, ranking by keyword 'hits' alone died more than a decade ago.

*People who do not wish to partake do not have to.

*Under 13s should probably not be capable of partaking if it is accessed through the game interface.

Anyways..

Edited by Khèlbên Khál - 03 May 2012 at 23:32

lol, the posting title I possess is available to anyone with more than 1000 points on the forum.  I am not a member of the Illyriad staff, and I do not even play one on TV.  So please feel free to challenge!  I responded only as another player.

Edited by Rill - 04 May 2012 at 04:39

Khèlbên Khál wrote: I will be requiring commission should you implement any proposal I proffer.

I hate to break it to you, but "your proposal" became Illyriad's property as soon as you registered on these forums accepting their terms of service and posted it here, thus freely donating it to Illyriad.

Luckily, Illyriad's staff aren't half as sleazy as you imply they are, nor 1/4 as sleazy as you suggest they should be.  Are you here to play the game, or as representative to a coalition of spammers?

I do not feel like degrading a system (surveys) that already has so many bad reviews. Look at different mmo game companies and you will see they have had problems with online surveys. IGG, Nexon, ect. Even people scamming other people by setting up their own surveys and saying they can give the cash to players.

It is all just a black box that only creates more problems in the end. One main problem I would have with it, is the increase petitions that will occur. People saying "I did not get my cash", "This site charged my cell phone bill", "Why have I not got my points yet", "It put a keylogger on my computer". I mean the list can just keep going on. If there is a way for something to go wrong,  it will.

I see it best that scams like this are not brought out. And most are scams.

You should just be happy with the 1 free point you get per day. I saved up 100 and spent them all, got me a nice boost and a chance to recover my resources afterwards. (Really only saved up 50, got another 50 for free since illy staff gave it out).

Let the staff work on the game and not on problems that do not need to be there.