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So, there's a bit of a debate on-going at the moment in another thread in this forum about this term and what it really means. In my opinion, just about any person you ask will have a slightly different take on what a reseller actually is. Some even go so far as to claim that a reseller is anyone who buys something with the intent to resell it at a higher price. If that's the case, then we are ALL resellers since pretty much everyone who's ever bought any unlimited item is also hoping it will appreciate in value while they own it.
Entropia is probably the only game where some bad actors in the game have managed to get the whole community to adopt this term "reseller" which whenever it is used has this derisive connotation toward the players that are being accused of it; at this point, calling another Entropia player a "reseller" is like calling them a scumbag. So clearly it is intended as an insult, not a term of endearment.
I feel that this whole name calling thing (calling all traders resellers) that goes on towards people in Entropia that choose to Trade is one that needs to be pointed out for what it is: a blatant attempt to shame players that are successful at trading in the game. Some people have called me a reseller before and though at first I didn't like that, I found that only a few specific inviduals used it against me, so I recognized it for it is; just some haters trying to insult me personally and trying to make me feel bad about myself and what I do. It doesn't work anymore because I'm smart enough to understand what these people are about and it no longer interests me to pick a fight with them. But what does bother me, what I do care about, is seeing decent community members get mislead into using this term to call out ordinary traders and even shop owners, it's wrong, it makes a sizeable portion of the community feel estranged and even shamed, and that's what's wrong with it.
Entropia is a game about making money. The players who love to throw the term 'reseller' around with every chance they get would like you to believe that the game is about being an uber hunter and skills... They are trying to make everybody else feel bad for making money in ANY OTHER WAY other then hunting, to them, it's dishonorable and a betrayal. The fact of the matter is, Entropia is a game about making money, period. If it weren't, then why do we have Deeds and shares and Land Areas and Shops in the game? These things are all important and it IS okay to make money in the game using other means, as long as it doesn't go against EULA and TOU set out by MindArk.
And all of this shaming is really wrongheaded and counter-productive too, because the truth is every single participant in Entropia is important, without other participants, you don't have anybody to sell your loot to, your assets (deeds, shares, shops, LAs, etc..) won't generate any more revenue, and your precious gear will be worth nothing. When people come on here and shame other players for ANY reason, they just put a bad taste in people's mouth and people leave the game or play it less.
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And if we cannot agree as a community to stop using this derisive term, then I think we should at least make an effort, together, to clearly define what is meant when someone is being called a "reseller", in other words, come up with an accurate definition, so that shop owners and ordinary traders don't somehow get wrongfully mixed up with that crowd.
So first of all:
Do you think the term 'reseller' is derogatory? In other words; is it shameful to be a reseller?
Second:
What, in your own words, do you think a reseller actually is? Please define the term as best you can.
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PS: I do NOT agree with price manipulation or other exploits where people buy up all the available supply of something to control the market, like for example what happened with Opals and Redulite before, that's a different story. That's not a reseller that's a price manipulator, market manipulator or an exploiter, and that's reason for MindArk to intervene and reprimand.
Entropia is probably the only game where some bad actors in the game have managed to get the whole community to adopt this term "reseller" which whenever it is used has this derisive connotation toward the players that are being accused of it; at this point, calling another Entropia player a "reseller" is like calling them a scumbag. So clearly it is intended as an insult, not a term of endearment.
I feel that this whole name calling thing (calling all traders resellers) that goes on towards people in Entropia that choose to Trade is one that needs to be pointed out for what it is: a blatant attempt to shame players that are successful at trading in the game. Some people have called me a reseller before and though at first I didn't like that, I found that only a few specific inviduals used it against me, so I recognized it for it is; just some haters trying to insult me personally and trying to make me feel bad about myself and what I do. It doesn't work anymore because I'm smart enough to understand what these people are about and it no longer interests me to pick a fight with them. But what does bother me, what I do care about, is seeing decent community members get mislead into using this term to call out ordinary traders and even shop owners, it's wrong, it makes a sizeable portion of the community feel estranged and even shamed, and that's what's wrong with it.
Entropia is a game about making money. The players who love to throw the term 'reseller' around with every chance they get would like you to believe that the game is about being an uber hunter and skills... They are trying to make everybody else feel bad for making money in ANY OTHER WAY other then hunting, to them, it's dishonorable and a betrayal. The fact of the matter is, Entropia is a game about making money, period. If it weren't, then why do we have Deeds and shares and Land Areas and Shops in the game? These things are all important and it IS okay to make money in the game using other means, as long as it doesn't go against EULA and TOU set out by MindArk.
And all of this shaming is really wrongheaded and counter-productive too, because the truth is every single participant in Entropia is important, without other participants, you don't have anybody to sell your loot to, your assets (deeds, shares, shops, LAs, etc..) won't generate any more revenue, and your precious gear will be worth nothing. When people come on here and shame other players for ANY reason, they just put a bad taste in people's mouth and people leave the game or play it less.
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And if we cannot agree as a community to stop using this derisive term, then I think we should at least make an effort, together, to clearly define what is meant when someone is being called a "reseller", in other words, come up with an accurate definition, so that shop owners and ordinary traders don't somehow get wrongfully mixed up with that crowd.
So first of all:
Do you think the term 'reseller' is derogatory? In other words; is it shameful to be a reseller?
Second:
What, in your own words, do you think a reseller actually is? Please define the term as best you can.
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PS: I do NOT agree with price manipulation or other exploits where people buy up all the available supply of something to control the market, like for example what happened with Opals and Redulite before, that's a different story. That's not a reseller that's a price manipulator, market manipulator or an exploiter, and that's reason for MindArk to intervene and reprimand.
( i just love that i figured out we still have these!)
as if the guy buying was going to tell him "I am a reseller i want to sell for twice the price 
you and either play less or stop depositing.
