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[Cutlass Jack]

I can't even work up the enthusiasm to post the Godzilla Facepalm picture here.

[Dragoonlordz]

Sorry couldn't help myself lol.

Still I have no issue with AH in Diablo 3, the game is gonna be so epic fun that I just don't mind having both ingame and RL money AH since D2 as everyone has already said had a black market ebay version doing same already; at least now it will be regulated.

Modifié par Dragoonlordz, 01 août 2011 - 05:44 .

[Warheadz]

Dragoonlordz wrote...



Sorry couldn't help myself lol.

Lol, that was lol- worthy.

[Maverick827]

Will people have to claim "Diablo III" as income?

[Wicked 702]

There was a massive black market when D2 was in its prime. The duping of items allowed internet businesses to sprout up all over the place selling godly dupes. I even admit spending about $80 for like 3-4 items for me and my friends. Never got caught either, they were legit. I even remember seeing Windforce going for like $300 on ebay at the time. Other crazy items with similar prices.

Moral/ethical or not, this AH idea will generate an economy and massive amounts of money will be spent.

[Fishy]

Not much different from free mmo that sale item . Anything to prevent poor chinese to be exploited to work 20 hours per day for 1 $ in super tiny , filthy and poorly ventilated room .

[nijnij]

ErichHartmann wrote...

Sounds like a good feature to take money from lazy rich kids.

Ditto !

[Nizzemancer]

time to make some cash...but I'll wager a guess that it's only for NA or something like that.

[Chromie]

bobobo878 wrote...

Wow, really now?

I fail to see the problem with this. Purely optional and if you sell something you get real cash. Helps to cut down all the spam at least. Valve does it with the Team Fortress 2 Mann Co. store kind of.

I myself would never buy anything but I would gladly sell something. Especially since there will be a service allowing people to cash out.

Modifié par Ringo12, 01 août 2011 - 10:10 .

[Lord Phoebus]

Maverick827 wrote...

Will people have to claim "Diablo III" as income?

Possibly, if you make enough money at it, though I think it would fall under capital gains.  It would also vary from country to country.

[Boiny Bunny]

I have to say - this entire 'issue' is irrelevant.

Auctions existed in Diablo 2 and Diablo for REAL money - they just weren't done within the game, and used websites such as eBay. All that Blizzard are doing is putting the feature into the game.

If you don't approve of paying real money for items, no worries - don't make use of the auction house. But don't think that this hasn't already been happening since Diablo 2 came out.

[Wicked 702]

Lord Phoebus wrote...

Maverick827 wrote...

Will people have to claim "Diablo III" as income?

Possibly, if you make enough money at it, though I think it would fall under capital gains.  It would also vary from country to country.

Don't think you would be able to claim Diablo 3 as an investment. It's not stock or property, more like a service. Least not in the US anyway. It would likely be Misc. Income.

Or none at all if you figure out a way to stay off the radar.

[Serillen]

From what I understand any money that makes its way into your battlenet account cannot be withdrawn. what you can do is spend it on blizzard merchandise, game time, and other blizzard games/expansions. So farming for item drops and selling them via the in game AH isn't going to make anyone rich.

[Chromie]

Serillen wrote...

From what I understand any money that makes its way into your battlenet account cannot be withdrawn. what you can do is spend it on blizzard merchandise, game time, and other blizzard games/expansions. So farming for item drops and selling them via the in game AH isn't going to make anyone rich.

There will be a service allowing you to cash out any money you make.

Here it is.

"Diablo III players who opt to sell in-game gear for real world currency have the option of funneling the cash proceeds into one of two accounts: an e-balance that players can use to buy other Blizzard products (games, World of Warcraft game time, virtual pets) and an unannounced third party payment provider that will simply let them cash out their winnings (minus another fee from the third party)."

Modifié par Ringo12, 02 août 2011 - 12:44 .

[Dragoonlordz]

Serillen wrote...

From what I understand any money that makes its way into your battlenet account cannot be withdrawn. what you can do is spend it on blizzard merchandise, game time, and other blizzard games/expansions. So farming for item drops and selling them via the in game AH isn't going to make anyone rich.

Nah they doing 3 things, first is auction items via in game currency or secondley auction items for sort of like currency that can be used to buy more blizzard store stuff bit like bioware points. Lastly and this bit they havent worked out 100% yet but a third party company will most likley be paypal and can use it to exchange for real money however this last one blizz will take a cut of your profit and so will probably the third party aka paypal if use this last method.

Modifié par Dragoonlordz, 02 août 2011 - 12:43 .

[Dragoonlordz]

Boiny Bunny wrote...

I have to say - this entire 'issue' is irrelevant.

Auctions existed in Diablo 2 and Diablo for REAL money - they just weren't done within the game, and used websites such as eBay. All that Blizzard are doing is putting the feature into the game.

If you don't approve of paying real money for items, no worries - don't make use of the auction house. But don't think that this hasn't already been happening since Diablo 2 came out.

Very true. I agree and think this is a smart move to cut down scammers and blackmarket prices. I doubt they will let you sell items for hundreds in their AH as far as real cash goes I'm pretty sure they will cap it max price somewhere.

Modifié par Dragoonlordz, 02 août 2011 - 01:16 .

[Turnip Root]

Love seeing PC gamers squirm.  You guys are the single handed biggest problem with the industry and you guys get what you pay for...which obviously isn't much.

Can't wait to play Diablo III on my 360.  Console gamers will actually treat Blizzard with the respect they deserve.

Modifié par Turnip Root, 02 août 2011 - 01:24 .

[Boiny Bunny]

Turnip Root wrote...

Can't wait to play Diablo III on my 360.

Hahahahahahahahaha

That was a great joke.  Thanks for the laugh.

Modifié par Boiny Bunny, 02 août 2011 - 01:26 .

[ErichHartmann]

I doubt Microsoft will allow Blizzard to have this auction house on the 360 version.

Yeah,  Remember when you guys thought Witcher II was going to be a PC exclusive?

Uh, no.  CD Projekt was interested in console development before The Witcher 2 was released.  

Modifié par ErichHartmann, 02 août 2011 - 01:36 .

[Turnip Root]

Boiny Bunny wrote...

Turnip Root wrote...

Can't wait to play Diablo III on my 360.

Hahahahahahahahaha

That was a great joke.  Thanks for the laugh.

Yeah,  Remember when you guys thought Witcher II was going to be a PC exclusive?

I bet you were going HAHAHAHAHA then too, right?  You guys don't have any worthwhile exclusives.  Your platform is nothing but a worthless dumping ground for crappy console ports like NFS Hot Pursuit and Dead Space II.  

Your fight against the "tyranny of DRM" has failed.  You've only made things worse.
 PC gaming used to be glorious and you guys destroyed it through your greed, arrogance and utter ignorance.  As a former PC gamer I will never forgive this generation's PC gamers for what they did for the platform I once loved.

Modifié par Turnip Root, 02 août 2011 - 01:35 .

[AshedMan]

Why is it always a console argument with you BosomJack? You're avoiding the actual discussion of real world cash auction houses within the game.

[Turnip Root]

AshedMan wrote...

Why is it always a console argument with you BosomJack? You're avoiding the actual discussion of real world cash auction houses within the game.

Because I know that this is going to be yet another smokescreen that PC gamers use to pirate the game.  They're going to pirate it and then say they would've bought it if only it had an offline mode which is complete CRAP and they know it!

They were planning on pirating it day 1 just like everything else they steal DRM or not and Diablo III is no exception.

Modifié par Turnip Root, 02 août 2011 - 01:39 .

[Chromie]

Turnip Root wrote...

AshedMan wrote...

Why is it always a console argument with you BosomJack? You're avoiding the actual discussion of real world cash auction houses within the game.

Because I know that this is going to be yet another smokescreen that PC gamers use to pirate the game.  They're going to pirate it and then say they would've bought it if only it had an offline mode which is complete CRAP and they know it!

They were planning on pirating it day 1 just like everything else they steal DRM or not and Diablo III is no exception.

I bet you pirate all your games. Maybe buy a few but you are a pirate?

How do I know this? Because there is piracy on the 360 so that MUST mean you are a pirate.

[Boiny Bunny]

Turnip Root wrote...

Boiny Bunny wrote...

Turnip Root wrote...

Can't wait to play Diablo III on my 360.

Hahahahahahahahaha

That was a great joke.  Thanks for the laugh.

Yeah,  Remember when you guys thought Witcher II was going to be a PC exclusive?

I bet you were going HAHAHAHAHA then too, right?  You guys don't have any worthwhile exclusives.  Your platform is nothing but a worthless dumping ground for crappy console ports like NFS Hot Pursuit and Dead Space II.  

Your fight against the "tyranny of DRM" has failed.  You've only made things worse.
 PC gaming used to be glorious and you guys destroyed it through your greed, arrogance and utter ignorance.  As a former PC gamer I will never forgive this generation's PC gamers for what they did for the platform I once loved.

 Every time you write something, you make it worse!

I have to say, I've become quite fond of reading your joke posts, most of them provide me with a good laugh.

Modifié par Boiny Bunny, 02 août 2011 - 01:42 .

[Turnip Root]

Ringo12 wrote...

Turnip Root wrote...

AshedMan wrote...

Why is it always a console argument with you BosomJack? You're avoiding the actual discussion of real world cash auction houses within the game.

Because I know that this is going to be yet another smokescreen that PC gamers use to pirate the game.  They're going to pirate it and then say they would've bought it if only it had an offline mode which is complete CRAP and they know it!

They were planning on pirating it day 1 just like everything else they steal DRM or not and Diablo III is no exception.

I bet you pirate all your games. Maybe buy a few but you are a pirate?

How do I know this? Because there is piracy on the 360 so that MUST mean you are a pirate.

There is piracy on the 360 but it is frowned upon.  If you admit to being a pirate on Xbox Live you will be shunned, condemned, and people will try to get you banned for being the worthless parasite on the industry you are.

If you are a PC gamer and you pirate though you're championed as a freedom fighter.  A vigilante fighting an oppressive regime.  A warrior for the modern day civil rights movement taking down the fascist gestapo.

We've all heard the rallying cry of PC gamers before.

"SHARING IS CARING!"

Modifié par Turnip Root, 02 août 2011 - 01:44 .