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Crown Store Gifting and RMT?

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youninjabro
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Hello all,

I have a slight question regarding the Crown Store gifting and the rules on Real Cash Transactions! a member of my guild asked this question on our Facebook page and was wondering how this will fit into the Terms of Service. Lets say X person gives Y person 300K gold for an item in the Crown Store via Gifting is this still seen as a real money transaction for in game goods in terms of the seller of the Crown Store seller or not.

I can see a grey area in the terms of service in this department and want a little clarification in terms of what is okay and what isn't, I don't want to suggest something to my guild mate before knowing all the information myself.

Thank you all.

@ZOS_GinaBruno
VR 14 Templar Daggerfall NA
  • redspecter23
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    Personally, I don't see that as an example of RMT. No outside real world money is transferred. ZOS gets paid for the crowns and the crowns are exchanged for an item as normal. It's just that the recipient of the item is a different person. If the gift recipient gives an ingame item or currency for that gift, that side is all in game so it certainly can't be RMT on that end.

    An official response from ZOS on how they feel about this might help shed some light. Nobody wants to catch a ban if it's deemed wrong by ZOS some time after it's implemented.
  • youninjabro
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    redspecter23 wrote: »
    Personally, I don't see that as an example of RMT. No outside real world money is transferred. ZOS gets paid for the crowns and the crowns are exchanged for an item as normal. It's just that the recipient of the item is a different person. If the gift recipient gives an ingame item or currency for that gift, that side is all in game so it certainly can't be RMT on that end.

    An official response from ZOS on how they feel about this might help shed some light. Nobody wants to catch a ban if it's deemed wrong by ZOS some time after it's implemented.

    I see what you're saying here the confusion I have with RMT is that you do pay real money for the Crowns and that for me makes it a slight grey area in this terms I'm thinking right now that it would be okay, Just don't want to declare anything without having all the information.
    VR 14 Templar Daggerfall NA
  • baratron
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    Also, will it be against the ToS to offer Crown items as prizes in Guild raffles?
    Guildmaster of the UESP Guild on the North American PC/Mac Server 2350+ CP & also found on the European PC/Mac Server 1700+ CP

    These characters are on both servers:
    Alix de Feu - Breton Templar Healer level 50
    Brings-His-Own-Forest - Argonian Warden Healer level 50
    Hrodulf Bearpaw - Nord Warden Bear Friend & identical twin of Bjornolfr level 50
    Jadisa al-Belkarth - Redguard Arcanist Damage Dealer level 50

    NA-only characters:
    Martin Draconis - Imperial Sorceror Healer (Aldmeri Dominion) level 50
    Arzhela Petit - Breton Dragonknight Healer (Daggerfall Covenant) level 50
    Bjornolfr Steel-Shaper - Nord Dragonknight Crafter (Ebonheart Pact) level 50 EAGERLY AWAITING HIS BEAR
    Verandis Bloodraven - Altmer Nightblade Healer & clone of Count Verandis Ravenwatch (Aldmeri Dominion) level 50
    Gethin Oakrun - Bosmer Nightblade Thief (Ebonheart Pact) level 50
  • Cpt_Teemo
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    I would guess not but I'm going to love the millions of scammed reports though that ZoS can work off over the next 10 years
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