In principle I don't have problems at all with neverdie playing the game like everyone else. Mining, hunting and crafting is still handled by the entropia platform, and not the planet owners. The house still wins, and every time I see ND doing these activities I look at it as a nice gesture of "giving back".
When it comes to investments I'd be skeptical if I saw him acting on obvious insider info like when he registered clubneverdie.com before the CND auction was ever announced. I know for a fact that players close to MA, or players that have been in contact with MA representatives has gained intel that wasn't official (pm for screenshot proof). For instance that certain land areas would be for sale at certain times in the future. In most cases "innocent" and not info that would give a player big benefits, but still info not released to the public, and should serious cases exist we probably wouldn't know about it.
As long as it's bidding on a piece of land that is already implemented and "as is" on auction I have no problem with that either. It is what it is, and he would be investing based on the same info and facts as everyone else in most cases. If its an unspecified piece of land "to be made in the future" like CND was sold, then I'd be strongly against it though for obvious reasons.
if in Fact Mindark or anyone else in EU may have benefited from my endeavours including you Akoz, that wouldnt make me your employee... It would simply make you a Beneficiary of my passion.
You did work for MA even before you bought CND as a MA "representative" or something in the US though didn't you?
Either way when I say you do work for MA I mean that your success is heavily and purposely financed by MA, and that in return they expect media coverage. Without getting into the usual speculations about how CND was aquired, how you could mortgage your house in a day etc there are at least a few very dominating nondisputable(?) facts on how MA has helped CND;
1. The main profit is from taxing the domes. The original CND sale as announced stated CND would have 10 domes. To ensure big green numbers 20 were delivered. They basically doubled the income from the start.
2. On at least one occasion MA sponsored a CND-only event with a land area as main prize.
3. Although speculative I'd wager a bet that at the very least 70%+ of the CND taxes comes from mining. The conditions made on CND are nonequaled anywhere ingame and is key to how CND can succeed despite its high taxes. And then there's loot balancing (mod fap anyone?) etc.
The bottom line is you are profiting because MA wants you to, and they want you to because it's part of their advertisement plan. Every ped you take out of the game is a ped they could potentially have spent on real advertisement had they chosen a different approach.
I'd also like to point out that if someone told me Crystal palace was going to get <insert massive additional income generator here> after it was sold then I'd totally jump at it as well (And I'm not saying you necessarily did have that intel at the time of purchase). So far you have been on the receiving end. Any "inside intel" released is completely MAs fault, and noone can blame a player for acting on it should he get his hands on some. When you step into the ranks of planet owners it will however be interesting to see how you adapt your playing as you most certainly will get your hands on info that could give benefits.
EDIT: On second thought ND is already in possession on info on to what extent new land areas will be available on the other planets which directly will influence the demand and price of them on all worlds. I therefor think that he should keep selling or buying of any estates to an absolute minimum.
I'm so going to get flamed for this post, but it's good to get it out ^^...
