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Selling/Trading Accounts "Monkey King" & "Lady Amalthea"

I have two other accounts (Monkey King / Lady Amalthea) I don't use. If anyone wants these names, I'm open to trades.

Posted 14 months ago by Troll King Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • First off, last I checked, glitch allows more than one person to use a nickname.

    Second, im pretty sure that selling accounts, or even having multiple accounts, is aainst the terms of service
    Posted 14 months ago by MrGlass Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You agree not to create a username that: (i) impersonates someone else, including another user, (ii) is illegal or is protected by trademark or other proprietary rights laws, or may cause confusion, (iii) is or may be considered vulgar, defamatory, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive, and/or (iv) is otherwise inappropriate. You agree that we reserve the right to refuse, change, or delete any username at any time and for any reason.

    I just checked the ToS and there's nothing there about multiple accounts, but there is something about impersonating someone else.

    EDIT:
    I am pretty sure that selling or trading accounts would be in the ToS somewhere. Better to just delete those alts so that it frees up the names.
    Posted 14 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • (ETA: To be clear, I am adding this for clarity and not making any judgement on trading for an established accounts.)

    The community guideline DOES deal with multiple accounts.

    "Multiple accounts controlled by one person playing at the same time is not allowed."

    (underlining is theirs)

    As to te ToS:

    • advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose that is not specifically authorized;
    • exploit the Service for any commercial purpose, including the provision of "power leveling" services;
    Posted 14 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm not playing at the same time, and I'm not selling for real money so it's still not against the rules. 
    Posted 14 months ago by Troll King Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If anything, it would fall under:

    "Except as expressly permitted through the Service, you agree that you cannot sell or otherwise transfer any of the Credits, Currants or Items, or any other content or information included in the Service to any user or other third party, including on Internet auction sites (e.g., eBay) or in return for anything of value (including "real" money) or otherwise."

    ...Which is labeled under Items.
    Posted 14 months ago by Elly Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That passage is about items. Account names are not items or "information included in the Service" because they are user defined.
    Posted 14 months ago by Troll King Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Personally my reading is that Troll King's OK doing this. In what way is trading a username & the user's items for a dozen awesome stews different from trading a cubimal for a dozen awesome stews?

    Only significant difference I can think of is that you also get the new account's skills & achievements. I guess you could look on that as a 'power levelling' service. But even read as that, it's not being exploited for commercial purpose.
    Posted 14 months ago by Snazzlefrazz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "any other content or information included in the Service"  seems pretty clear to me. 
    Posted 14 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "any other content or information included in the Service" seems pretty clear to me.

    But, with a strict reading, why wouldn't that line apply to me trading you a cubimal for an awesome stew?

    Agreed you can trim that paragraph to "you cannot transfer any Items, or any other content included in the Service to any user, in return for anything of value or otherwise.". The only proviso is the opening clause which says "Except as expressly permitted..." - so you can trade a cubimal for an awesome stew because Tiny Speck say you can (implicitly via the game mechanism), but you can't trade an account for an awesome stew because Tiny Speck haven't said that you can (or can't).

    I don't know... just thinking out loud.
    Posted 14 months ago by Snazzlefrazz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Though not specifically stated in the ToS, reserving names by registering alts and trading them for your main account's benefit is clearly against the spirit of what we're offering here, and is not ok. 
    Posted 14 months ago by Blanky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Trading a cubimal for an awesome stew is explicitly allowed - they built trading in as a feature. Trading for real world money is not.

    ...... yet? its how second life makes money.
    Posted 14 months ago by MrGlass Subscriber! | Permalink