Scamming...Your opinion

Hello everyone,
This is a topic that recently caught my attention and I was suprised about how much I was thinking about it. There really is alot of good points on this topic that sway my opinion upon scamming. On one hand you have to consider that the people that you are scamming have worked really hard to get whatever gold you are trying to get and deserve to hang on to it. On the other hand you have to see it from the scammers point of view, why should it be so horribal to scam its reallys just a mind game to see who can sniff out the scams the best. I agree to both of these point of views and am wondering on your take

For the record I havent scammed yet (I feel to guilty about it)

Because it's not fair.

they've worked really hard for it?

Don't parents teach their kids right from wrong anymore? Just because it's online, doesn't make it right. Not at all. Shame on you, Thorath.

Well to be fair to Thorath, she wasn't supporting scammers. Her opinions may be flawed but she was just asking a simple question that could be deduced via logic.

I by no means agree with what you said Thorath, I wish all scammers would be banned instantly, it's plain wrong. But my feelings are if someone gets scammed, it's pretty much their own fault for being careless or not paying enough attention(in most cases). So all these recent posts dealing with scamming can be summed up in the following: Just pay attention.

Scammers are the lowest of the low.Profiting from ruining someone else`s enjoyment of the game,they should be perma banned.(i`ve never been scammed but they still piss me off)

Scammers are the scourges of greed that cannot be destroyed, where there is profit, they shall dwell. Heed the doctrine and thrive: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

Scammers are thieves. Thievery in old Europe used to be a hanging offense. In ancient Persia, thieves who were caught got their primary hand chopped off with a sword. In the modern world, looters taking advantage of wide-scale disasters are normally shot dead on sight by the military.

What do I think of scammers? Well, I think you get the idea...

scammers=ftl. i have lost at least 350k due to them. no joke. they can go die.

hehehe....dude, I need to trade you something.

there is the opinion "if they fall for it they deserve to loose it"
but that is just wrong people worked for that money and they put hours of there life into it.

personally i think scammers are worms

scamming is a nice way of saying STEALING
they are scum

The scammer is a must in all MMORPGs in my opinion. You want to have the bad seeds that are in the game. If everybody plays fair, the game would be pointless. I could go into detail but I don't want to write a whole essay.

dude thats not cool. i spent over 10 hours farming that money, and it was scammed. I am by nature a trusting person. At least I earned my money clean and have a sense of accomplishment. Would you do this in real life? I think not. Guild Wars really needs GM's atm.... theyre basically the police of MMO's, kinda.

eom, go earn your money instead of scamming someone. are you heartless like all other scammers? games are supposed to be for ENJOYMENT, not scamming someone.... that is truly taking a game too seriously.

Incorrect. Disruptive behavior such as scamming normally earns someone either a temporary or permanent ban in almost every modern MMORPG, including GW. The problem is separating the criminals from the falsely accused, which is why screen shots, names, times, and places are needed for ANET to permanently boot anyone.

If everybody plays fair, then the game would be more enjoyable. You don't have to sucumb to greed and destroy another person's gaming experience just for personal gain. It's up to the individual to prove that they are better than just another parasite, instead of being a life not worth saving.

I think what osiB meant to say is that scammers will always exist, no matter the degree of actions taken upon by those who can persecute them. Although I disagree that playing fair will be pointless...

He probably meant to say that scammers are an "innevitability" of MMORPG's, not a must (or choice). I agree... since selfishness and greed are part of human nature. It's the people who rise above this dark side of human nature that I commend.

Pretty much. as mmorpg is a mirror of the real world, reflecting both our good side and the bad.

Just as utopia is only imaginary and unachievable, so shall a game where everyone plays fair...

Oh my god...lol...Bleh, that is the scariest avatar I have ever seen!

Ouch. Are you the guy who tried to buy a ton of ectos, ended up getting mursatt tokens instead, and then formed a team to journey to get fissure only to find out at the end that you didn't have ectos but in fact you were scammed? Thought I read that somewhere.