OK, I'm playing dumb for this one. I would think that the selling of avas with cool names, lots of high-end swag, a hefty bank account or all three would be a pretty fair business. Why do I never see this happening? Or, is it, and I'm just not looking in the right place?
Or, is it legal at all?
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Ghosty Kips
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07-14-2008 09:47
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Rhaorth Antonelli
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07-14-2008 09:49
not legal
as you are not supposed to share your password, etc (only time that is legal is a death and then requires going through the red tape) I am sure it does happen though, just underground, hush hush _____________________
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Ghosty Kips
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07-14-2008 09:53
not legal as you are not supposed to share your password, etc (only time that is legal is a death and then requires going through the red tape) I am sure it does happen though, just underground, hush hush That's what I assumed ... OK, dumb question time is over.  _____________________
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ArchTx Edo
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07-14-2008 09:56
It is legal, as in not against any real law. However, it is a violation of the Terms of Service.
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Imnotgoing Sideways
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07-14-2008 09:58
I would think, regardless of TOS issues, that such an avatar could only be sold at a loss.
Successful game avatars are the result of work time and effort. In my opinion, successful SL avatars are a result of money and social networking. The only thing the buyer would be saving is time, but could also possibly risk falling into possible drama like "You're not even the same person anymore" kinda stuff. (=_=)y Fun subject though... Why try to kill it so soon? (^_^)y _____________________
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Ghosty Kips
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07-14-2008 09:59
You won't go to jail but you could loose your account IF they find out. Well, yeah, that's what I meant by 'legal'. Should have been more explicit I suppose._____________________
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Dante Tucker
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07-14-2008 09:59
It can be done, within the TOS. You need to send a writen letter to LL to start the transfer though.
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Sling Trebuchet
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07-14-2008 10:01
The moment the selling of an avatar name was allowed, we'd see a flood of moronic bottom-feeding pond-life twats squatting on good names.
The lowlifes could monitor the last names cycling through the various portals and pounce on the obvious good ones at no cost to themselves. Free signups!! Spare us that! _____________________
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
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07-14-2008 10:03
The moment the selling of an avatar name was allowed, we'd see a flood of moronic bottom-feeding pond-life twats squatting on good names. The lowlifes could monitor the last names cycling through the various portals and pounce on the obvious good ones at no cost to themselves. Free signups!! Spare us that! _____________________
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Ghosty Kips
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07-14-2008 10:09
Well, I did end up with an alt I don't think im going to use except for poops and giggles ... and it did end up with a cool-ish name. Oh, well. Mine for poops and giggles then
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Sling Trebuchet
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07-14-2008 10:14
Heh... Over a million inactive accounts and you think that's not already happening? (=_=)y It probably is, but underground. I think that anyone seeing a name for sale should AR the perp, with copies/URLs of the offer. LL would have to be careful about it though. Such an AR could be used for griefing an innocent name. _____________________
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Yuudonta Naidoo
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07-14-2008 10:19
Well, I did end up with an alt I don't think im going to use except for poops and giggles ... and it did end up with a cool-ish name. Oh, well. Mine for poops and giggles then  _____________________
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Rhaorth Antonelli
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07-14-2008 10:20
It is legal, as in not against any real law. However, it is a violation of the Terms of Service. You won't go to jail but you could loose your account IF they find out. by legal that is what I mean... not legal within SL parameters not like it is a crime or anything, but yes it could cause you to lose the account and be banned _____________________
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Elora Lunasea
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07-14-2008 10:21
OK, I'm playing dumb for this one. I would think that the selling of avas with cool names, lots of high-end swag, a hefty bank account or all three would be a pretty fair business. Why do I never see this happening? Or, is it, and I'm just not looking in the right place? Or, is it legal at all? I was about to tell you you can't/shouldn't do this, but you left for lunch Everyone else has the reasons well-covered by now. _____________________
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Dante Tucker
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07-14-2008 10:40
Like I said a few posts ago, you can transfer an account to someone else via a written request to LL. Stop telling him it is impossible, thanks.
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Yumi Murakami
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07-14-2008 11:00
Officially, you can't normally transfer SL accounts except by willing them to go to someone else when you die. However, it HAS been known to happen once or twice that LL have approved an account transfer for other reasons. It is NOT a common thing, though, and they don't usually approve them except in very special cases. In other words, they don't casually approve them as a way of getting around the no-transfer restriction. Name-squatting is another issue, although LL *do* sell last names.
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Ghosty Kips
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07-14-2008 11:04
I was about to tell you you can't/shouldn't do this, but you left for lunch Everyone else has the reasons well-covered by now. You just like the name it got. _____________________
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Dante Tucker
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07-14-2008 11:04
It would be nice if they sold last names one at a time. But the current deal is that you have to buy a bulk amount of accounts using that name, and renew your license each year for a fee.
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Cesce Lane
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07-14-2008 17:42
I'd be glad if they let you change your name for a fee - even if it was limited to only once. I know, I know - it does point out when you sign up that you should choose carefully but there's a big difference between trying out SL and staying here... You can change tiers up and down and that involves money - how hard could it be to let you change your onscreen name? And I know you can make an alt to look the same and all that... but the messing about! Handing over everything in your inventory... creating a group for your land. Too much. It wouldn't feel the same, somehow, sounds stupid, I know. I'd always feel I was just being my alt, rather than being me but with a different name.
Just shows how some people can identify with their avatar, huh? |