rhogenbe
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- Siobhan Siam Ameno
Having seen some posts about people out of our EU community dying and even experiencing a death in our own soc this gave some people in my soc some thoughts.
Thus i was asked by a soc mate and his wife to be the executionar of their EU will in case something happens to them. I was wondering about how to go about this. So i asked MA some questions in a support call. This since the EULA does not contain any information about this situation.
The real life part of the will sounds easy enough. I will be named in the will as the person who will sell all assets and skills of the avatar which was owned by the deceased. After i have liquidated all assets/skills i will then withdraw all the money.
This brought me to the 1st issue. At that time it would mean i have access to 3 avatars (his and hers and my own) which would be a breach of the EULA. So basically i would not be able to do the execution of the EU will without violating the EULA and thus bring my own avatar with all the items and skills and the deceased their avatars with all items and skills in danger of being banned.
So i asked MA the following questions:
I got the following answer:
That answer was not really satisfactory as one can imagine.
The reason why i was asked to be executionar of the EU will is that the person who asked got a little baby boy. As such the needed to change the will to take care of him in case something happened. Now this little boy or any of the family for that matter has no knowledge of Entropia Universe and as such is not capable of making an educated descission of what to do.
For instance say the person would own a IMKII shadow armor set and some other items. We all know that is worth a lot more then the TT value. But looking at the answer of MA an heir could just say liquidate all assets and give me the peds of the account. This would mean an IMKII and shadow set would be TTed.
So i tried to clarify my question to MA to get a more satisfactory answer:
I think then they understood my questioning:
A bit later cam the answer
I sure hope i never have to do it too.
But it at least gave me all the answers i was looking for.
I am posting all this so that the community can use this bit of information for their own will. If you have a lot of peds invested in this game i would certainly recommend you to do so. Otherwise a lot of money could easily get lost. See my example with the IMKII and shadow set.
Cheers
Richard
(ingame Siam)
Thus i was asked by a soc mate and his wife to be the executionar of their EU will in case something happens to them. I was wondering about how to go about this. So i asked MA some questions in a support call. This since the EULA does not contain any information about this situation.
The real life part of the will sounds easy enough. I will be named in the will as the person who will sell all assets and skills of the avatar which was owned by the deceased. After i have liquidated all assets/skills i will then withdraw all the money.
This brought me to the 1st issue. At that time it would mean i have access to 3 avatars (his and hers and my own) which would be a breach of the EULA. So basically i would not be able to do the execution of the EU will without violating the EULA and thus bring my own avatar with all the items and skills and the deceased their avatars with all items and skills in danger of being banned.
So i asked MA the following questions:
- Is it allowed for someone to execute an EU will?
- Are there any special rules/obligations that an executionar of an EU will has to comply with? If so what are these?
- Does an executioner of an EU will have to seek contact with MA before starting to execute the will in question?
I got the following answer:
When someone dies, an inventory must be drawn up of the decease's assets within three months of the date of the death. Since the Entropia Universe Account is an asset as any other assets, the account will be part of the estate inventory. The heirs can then decide whether they want to continue running the Account or if the want to cancel it. In both cases a verified copy of the estate inventory must be sent to us along with a verified copy of the passport of the person representing the estate. The Account information will then be changed accordingly giving the representative of the estate full access to the Entropia Universe Account and its assets. If this person does not want to run the Account further, he can ask us to cancel the Account, meaning that the Account will be purged. All skills and items will be deleted and the TT value of the items will be transferred to the PED card. Thereafter, the representative of the estate can initiate a withdrawal for the TT value available on the Entropia Universe Account.
That answer was not really satisfactory as one can imagine.
The reason why i was asked to be executionar of the EU will is that the person who asked got a little baby boy. As such the needed to change the will to take care of him in case something happened. Now this little boy or any of the family for that matter has no knowledge of Entropia Universe and as such is not capable of making an educated descission of what to do.
For instance say the person would own a IMKII shadow armor set and some other items. We all know that is worth a lot more then the TT value. But looking at the answer of MA an heir could just say liquidate all assets and give me the peds of the account. This would mean an IMKII and shadow set would be TTed.
So i tried to clarify my question to MA to get a more satisfactory answer:
Let me try and clarify the situation with an example.
The heir in question is still in his/her nappies so would not be able to make an educated decision. The guardians in question do not know anything of a virtual life. So his/her parents have submitted a will with an attorney who will execute their Real Life part of the will. Since they know the attorney has no idea what to do with their Virtual Life part of the will I am named in their will as the executioner of their Virtual Life will. They want me to liquidate all virtual assets and skills and convert it back into real life money. This in turn i will be turning over again to the attorney in question who will then pass it on as stated in the will.
With this scenario i would be having access to 2 other avatars (the deceased in question) which actually is against the Eula. So not to bring my own EU account into problems i would like a clear statement like for example that i would be required to send a FAX or verified electronic document to MA as to verify that i am named executioner of the will and as such will be liquidating the skills/assets of those avatars and after i would be done and the money is transfered out of the accounts that i would be required to inform MA that the avatars in question can be purged.
The way the answer was now was in the case of an heir capable of making their own decissions. If it are small children this is not the case.
It could even be that for example if they would die in a fire their gold cards would also be lost mayby even their passwords and the executioner of the will has no access to the original email addresses.
So i am more looking for answers like one has to contact MA and declare who will be taking care of the accounts in question and what to provide so that the executioner in question will be able to do their assigned task.
Seeing that Entropia Universe is (i certainly hope so) a longterm virtual world these cases will start to happen (and probably already are) but it is hard to find any info about what to do. It would both help MA and the community if their were clear instructions from MA what to do in times like that in order to execute a will.
I think then they understood my questioning:
In order to provide you with a totally accurate answer to this situation we need to make a few enquiries to our legal department. Please allow a few days for an answer.
A bit later cam the answer
In cases like these Entropia Universe accounts are handled just like any other asset. If the "real" will states that you will take care of the account and liquidate all virtual assets and skills, withdrawal the PED and close the account that's what will happen.
The attorney will have to contact us with all the necessary paperwork (mainly a verification that the account holders are deceased, that you are pointed out as an executioner of this part of the will, and most probably we will ask for a scanned copy of your ID.) and we will make the accounts available to you for the time needed. We won't consider this breaking the EULA for several accounts.
We hope that this answers your question, and that you don't have to do this for a long time.
I sure hope i never have to do it too.
But it at least gave me all the answers i was looking for.
I am posting all this so that the community can use this bit of information for their own will. If you have a lot of peds invested in this game i would certainly recommend you to do so. Otherwise a lot of money could easily get lost. See my example with the IMKII and shadow set.
Cheers
Richard
(ingame Siam)