In response to the thread
I consider myself to be neither an old-timer or a new player. I've been playing a few years, long enough to have been here pre-exploit, but not long enough to have been here pre-payouts.
Regardless, I marked "I'm an old-timer and I say I could give a rat's patootie", because I like to think of myself as more old than new. I think the option should be there, because as it has been stated, it has always existed behind closed doors. There is no way to stop it from happening, so EA may as well benefit. I'm one of those people that believes if EA benefits, so are we. That statement alone is very controversial, so I'll just leave it at that.
In response to the person above me:
<blockquote><hr>
TTL
Not sure if this has been brought up before but why isn't EA cracking down on the outside websites selling the simoleans. These people are benefiting from a trademark and or copyright owned by Electronic Arts and that is illegal. Just as games, cd's etc... are illegal to sell over the internet without the permission of the creators, why wouldn't simoleans be?
Why not change the TOS to show this is illegal behavior and crack down on the ones doing it?
Mind you, I know nothing of legalize, so feel free to correct my assumptions.
Thank you for your time.
[/ QUOTE ]
I'm not sure of the LEGAL aspects of this, but as far as the ToS go, botting has always been against the ToS. It has never been stopped, and even now with all of EA's efforts going into fixing the bot situation I foresee botters just figuring out the system and working around it. It is what they do. Taking this into consideration I don't think making the sale of simoleans against the ToS will do much good. The same people who find ways to bot will find ways to sell simoleans without being caught. Mind you, not all of the simolean sellers are botters (though the vast majority are), but they are still crafty enough to work around it.