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gobeavs
05 Jul 05, 22:58
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8203381757&rd=1

Starting bid is 27 bucks. No bids yet....Can't believe someone would actually try to sell one on ebay (and wouldn't believe if someone would buy it). I think HEAT and I might have actually played with him tonight (I remember playing someone with a Jethro nick, don't know if its this exact one though).
Siberian HEAT
05 Jul 05, 23:02
I would say I'm surprised, but nothing suprises me anymore in this day and age. There is something familiar about that name too...maybe he was in our squad. :)
Leftie
06 Jul 05, 00:04
I would assume that with this login that people who illegally downloaded the game via Bitorrent or USENET would be able to play on the multiplayer servers.

Not suprising at all if you ask me.
Siberian HEAT
06 Jul 05, 00:26
I would assume that with this login that people who illegally downloaded the game via Bitorrent or USENET would be able to play on the multiplayer servers.

Not suprising at all if you ask me.

No, its not like that. Basically, he played the game (real game) enough that his rank is higher than the basic "start" level. This has a couple lame perks...and is certainly not worth it.

On the other hand, it could save someone several hours of their time to essentially skip to his rank. I'm sure we'll see more of this type of mentality with BF2.
gobeavs
06 Jul 05, 00:26
I would assume that with this login that people who illegally downloaded the game via Bitorrent or USENET would be able to play on the multiplayer servers.
They should just be able to create their own login...why would they have to buy one off ebay?

NOTE: I am not advocating illegal software in ANY WAY.
Leftie
06 Jul 05, 00:45
They should just be able to create their own login...why would they have to buy one off ebay?

NOTE: I am not advocating illegal software in ANY WAY.


Hmm I don't know. I am not familiar with the intricasies of The Battlefield Series. I must be mistaken then. You see in MMORPG games, the cds are not copy protected.

To give an example, Some of my buddies convinced me to play World of Warcraft (sigh I know...). I bought the game off of someone on ebay and had them email me the cd key. I then used my buddies CDs to install the game and registered with the key I got in the email. My package showed up a week later but I wanted to play right now.

I was assuming that this game used a similiar mechanic but evidently I am wrong.
Overseer
06 Jul 05, 10:06
Hmm I don't know. I am not familiar with the intricasies of The Battlefield Series. I must be mistaken then. You see in MMORPG games, the cds are not copy protected.

To give an example, Some of my buddies convinced me to play World of Warcraft (sigh I know...). I bought the game off of someone on ebay and had them email me the cd key. I then used my buddies CDs to install the game and registered with the key I got in the email. My package showed up a week later but I wanted to play right now.

I was assuming that this game used a similiar mechanic but evidently I am wrong.

The game has a seperate CD key system, although I would have thought that CD-Keys are bound to accounts, so I'm not sure if they'll run into difficulties there.
CPangracs
06 Jul 05, 10:14
I just can't see paying ANY amount for a name like "Jethro_2".

Now, "Jethro_Tull", maybe! :D
Boonierat
06 Jul 05, 10:56
It's a common practice in MMORPGs, people selling their accounts they have played for years, it can reach quite high ($500 and up).
Siberian HEAT
06 Jul 05, 11:00
He is probably just doing it to get noticed. And, sadly, he has succeeded. :laugh:

I mean come on, at least offer to sell me a general or something. Not some lowly level.
Archamus
06 Jul 05, 12:30
This reminded me of this article I saw, so I tried to find it but I couldn't. I did however find one that was about the same thing but in less detail.

South Korean cyber crimes (http://sg.news.yahoo.com/050629/16/3t7p8.html)
scuud
06 Jul 05, 22:48
This reminded me of this article I saw, so I tried to find it but I couldn't. I did however find one that was about the same thing but in less detail.

South Korean cyber crimes (http://sg.news.yahoo.com/050629/16/3t7p8.html)

I get an error 404 with your link
Overseer
06 Jul 05, 22:53
I get an error 404 with your link


That must be how heinous the crimes are.
Archamus
06 Jul 05, 23:27
I get an error 404 with your link

ha, I swear it was there this morning.....
CPangracs
07 Jul 05, 13:06
Obviously, since it violated EA's EULA, the auction was pulled by eBay.

I can't believe it took this long!!