We've stated many times how we feel about Station Exchange vs. Secondary Market. It is within a developers right to sanction their goods and services how they see fit, such as we see in Second Life, Exchange is sanctioned servers with transactions handled by the service provider (Sony).

We have no intention of ever offering such a service, Sony saw it as a viable way of providing those who want to pay for their items in game to do so, without harming the economies of their other servers and cutting down on secondary market sales on their normal servers.

No one is expected to agree with either direction, but we stand firm to our own.

Sorry let me expand on the topic of this thread.

Sigil does not have an issue with database sites, so long as the data is collected through community members and not via data mining. (automatically sniffing and decoding packets. etc.)

We only have a ban on sites that are owned and operated by the Secondary Market (gold/plat sellers).

The negative impact is not from what they do, it is from who owns them and their interests in this industry. By going to any site that is owned by those who sell money in Vanguard you are supporting the sale and destruction of the server economies.

For example RPG Holdings, IGE, Zam Networks which includes Allakhazam, OGaming, WoWInterface.com, EQInterface.com, VGInterface.com, etc. are all owned and operated by the same individuals.

We will also not support any fansite that makes revenue from Secondary Market advertisements.

I hope that clarifies

Lets keep talk appropriate folks.

www.microsoft.com/directx

Should fix you right up!

For a while now. Sigil is firm in its stance against the secondary market. Any site affiliated or supported by IGE or other secondary market companies is not welcome in Vanguard or its community.

This includes all of the Zam network (OGaming, Allakhazam, Thottbot, etc.)

Biggo and Orlun.

This thread is bringing everyone out of the wood works O_o

I apologize for not responding initially, I am still awaiting an answer, however we will have the /bug command, as well as the ability to petition in game.

We will continue to interact with fansites, and read what players are saying about the game in general, and about specific class mechanics and ask questions concerning their feedback.

Forgive my ignorance for not enlightening you that we are fully aware that you can never be rid of common forum issues.

However, communicating with more focused communities allows the effects these types have to be minimized.

It's not like we have not experienced this type of community before, we have experienced both types for multiple years. Having experienced and participated in both takes on community we have come to the conclusion that neither is outright bad,(I think we've stated this enough times in this thread) just that one is better than the other for our community.

Firstly, we can retroact disciplinary actions. So /warned

As far as the above quote...How to Dispose of a Body was another memorable Ultar.

or the post that shocked the world?

http://forums.vanguardsoh.com/showthread.php?t=3690 (still a sticky mind you )