Gamescom...an offer you can't refuse...

[Jethro_Grey]

Edited.

 

 

 

 

[Spuggy]

not trying to be a party pooper but is this kind of trading not against the ts and cs?

[Jethro_Grey]

Maybe, maybe not.

It's more like gifting things to each other...

It's not like i'm offering "real money" for the codes and hand it over to the player(s).

WG makes a profit out of it considering i'm buying Dubloons i wouldn't otherwise need, and it's not like i'd be able to attend any of the WG events in person due to health issues.

[WolfGewehr]

Is it even possible to acquire the Lima variants anymore? Iirc they were bonuscodes delivered with certain ASUS products.

[Jethro_Grey]

They were also handed out during such events, but i didn't follow those events and what was given or not, due to me not being able to go there.

[Tungstonid]

It most likely is illegal to ask here. From the Terms of Service:

 

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7.3 Unless and to the extent that we have expressly authorised you in writing, you must not:

• a) copy or download any Content from the Service or any part thereof (except as part of the proper use or operation of the Services);
• b) distribute, publicly perform or display, lease, sell, transmit, transfer, publish, edit, copy, create derivative works from, rent, sub-license, distribute, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise make unauthorized use of the Content;
• c) make any commercial use (i.e. for profit) of any Content; or
• d) remove, obscure, or alter copyright, patent, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices affixed to the Content.

8.3 We set out below the rules that apply to Virtual Goods:

• c) Virtual Goods cannot be sold or transferred to anyone, but you may buy Virtual Goods for another user of a Game through the gift shop applicable to that Game;
• f) you may only acquire Virtual Goods from us (or from any person that we authorise for this purpose) or from another user of the Game as a gift through the gift shop applicable to that Game, and you must not obtain Virtual Goods from any other person or in any other way or attempt to do so;

 

So I'd change your OP and delete the "I'll pay you" part. you can still make a private agreement with interested people but I doubt it is allowed to do it publicly.

[Jethro_Grey]

Edited for great justice.

[mtm78]

I do remember that even posting codes to give away ( not event codes but personal codes ) is not allowed. I assume that even asking for it to be done through pm's falls under the same rule.

 

But hey you got some interest out maybe you will get a pm already... though I think you're better of just first asking for people going there and then seeing if there is someone you know and trust and try to make an arrangement with him ( outside of public forum  ). Not sure that is 100% legal but I'm 100% convinced you wouldn't be the only one and since WG won't 'know' there is probably no objection in reality from their side. 

[WolfGewehr]

Yeah, there are things that are de jure forbidden, but de facto accepted as long as you stay silent about them :P

[RUSSIANBlAS]

A friend of mine works in the games industry and has been to multiple Gamescom.

 

Unfortunately he's too much of a loser to wait for give always. Not even one of those silly plush torpedoes they were handing out last year...

[Blue_Bug]

I don't see a problem with this post. The only thing I see is a collecter who realy want to keep on track with its collection and due too circumstances can't visit the gamescom.  

 

As long the forum isn't flooded with posts like this I don't see why any moderator would have a problem with it.  Although I would advise @Jethro_Grey to post it also on the World of tanks forum as there will be players with no interest in WoWs and still will get some WoWs giveaways.

 

 

[T0byJug]

2 hours ago, Spuggy said:

not trying to be a party pooper but is this kind of trading not against the ts and cs?

I don't think So.. Cast you mind back to Tashibiana(tier 2DD)  in a UK PC mag. WG actually commented on how cool it was UK forumites helping us non UK residents get the little lady

[Live85]

Any scrubs going to the gamescom? remember of your executives and how much we love you. :D

pls gib codes my port is lonely

[T0byJug]

2 minutes ago, Live85 said:

Any scrubs going to the gamescom? remember of your executives and how much we love you. :D

pls gib codes my port is lonely

LOL im an hour away but not sure i can make it.. Last year bought tickets then could not go... I have a mate who works as a TV producer.. May see if we can get in with his press card

[mtm78]

1 minute ago, Live85 said:

Any scrubs going to the gamescom? remember of your executives and how much we love you. :D

pls gib codes my port is lonely

Check reqruitment topic.

[WolfGewehr]

1 minute ago, Live85 said:

Any scrubs going to the gamescom? remember of your executives and how much we love you. :D

pls gib codes my port is lonely

 

 

Well read our thread a few pages back.

 

Cough AO pls gib codes for drawings cough

 

 

Already ninja'd

[Miessa3]

12 minutes ago, Live85 said:

Any scrubs going to the gamescom? remember of your executives and how much we love you. :D

pls gib codes my port is lonely

I will be there too.

I would be happy to PM some spare codes i could get to some fellow windowlickers. :)

Only if it were allowed ofc! NEVER would i do it just because noone can check. =D

[Capra76]

2 hours ago, Tungstonid said:

It most likely is illegal to ask here. From the Terms of Service:

 

7.3c is more dealing with broadcast rights rather than ownership of the virtual goods and is largely redundant following the SirFoch fiasco anyway.

 

Strictly speaking a P2P trade through the gift shop might be in breach of 8.3f, but I think WG are more interested in preventing the sale of virtual goods outside of the game and would permit this.

[mtm78]

I think it's safe to assume at this point that this request doesn't break any ToS as I seen @Kandly read and not comment on it earlier  

 

edit: ofc that can also mean she is not sure so she didn't want to comment at this point. 

 

If it's allowed and I hope it is, maybe people interested as well as people going could post their names in a public list. Well either that or WG could just give out the codes to us forumites unable to go to Gamescon ( considering how much off a loyal playerbase we been  ). 

[Tungstonid]

1 minute ago, Capra76 said:

Strictly speaking a P2P trade through the gift shop might be in breach of 8.3f, but I think WG are more interested in preventing the sale of virtual goods outside of the game and would permit this.

 

P2P = Player to player? The gift shop is not in breach of any of the sections because it is explicitely stated as a legal method. And yes, preventing the sales of goods outside of the game most likely is what WG wants to prevent. I mean... look at WoT and how coupons for Type 59 tanks are traded via ebay for some hundred Euros each. And if I recall correctely, this is also forbidden and probably would be prosecuted if WG had the capacities to do so.

 

For the Tachibana coupons on the other hand, nobody sold them but they were gifted, weren't they?

[Live85]

7 minutes ago, Miessa3 said:

I will be there too.

I would be happy to PM some spare codes i could get to some fellow windowlickers. :)

Only if it were allowed ofc! NEVER would i do it just because noone can check. =D

 

As far as I know from the WoT period, as long as the codes are not sold gifting them to your friends or clan mates is not an issue. I remember another forumite giving out some extra codes from a event a couple of years ago..

[Capra76]

10 minutes ago, Tungstonid said:

P2P = Player to player? The gift shop is not in breach of any of the sections because it is explicitely stated as a legal method.

 

Yep player to player.

 

The key word in 8.3f is gift: "... may only acquire Virtual Goods ......from another user of the Game as a gift through the gift shop"

 

Strictly speaking an exchange of goods for goods is not a gift, but this is being pedantic and I doubt WG would wish to enforce this.

 

 

[Bellegar]

I'm going on Friday, and I am visiting WG. If I get anything I don't need, of course I'm willing to give it away.

None of my friends play Warships, so a fellow forumite is the next best thing

 

 

Edit: and the only friend of mine that plays Tanks is coming too, so I might also have some spare codes for tanks

[mtm78]

Look, there are bonus codes which are given at most events, those are supposed to be shared ( they will become inactive at some time automatically ). These codes give free premium time, sometimes a few doubloons or some low tier reward ship which was given earlier to most people anyway. 

 

But ship codes are personal codes, and tbh I never seen this organized on public forum before ( though I'm 200% convinced this happens at every big event, it's just hidden from public view ). 

 

10 minutes ago, Capra76 said:

 

Yep player to player.

 

The key word in 8.3f is gift: "... may only acquire Virtual Goods ......from another user of the Game as a gift through the gift shop"

 

Strictly speaking an exchange of goods for goods is not a gift, but this is being pedantic and I doubt WG would wish to enforce this.

 

 

 

No, I think the key words are 'gift shop'. No transactions of in game assets is allowed outside of the gift shop. 

 

Which would make the request of OP break the rule. The key question would be how WG would choose to re enforce it, as I think the intent of the term is to be able to go after 3rd party commercial parties ( trying to make money selling items, or acting as a marketplace for people to sell stuff amongst themselves ). Maybe WG EU could spoil us ( forumites ) a bit during the event and share some of the codes here @Tuccy 

[Jethro_Grey]

37 minutes ago, mtm78 said:

I think it's safe to assume at this point that this request doesn't break any ToS as I seen @Kandly read and not comment on it earlier  

 

edit: ofc that can also mean she is not sure so she didn't want to comment at this point. 

 

If it's allowed and I hope it is, maybe people interested as well as people going could post their names in a public list. Well either that or WG could just give out the codes to us forumites unable to go to Gamescon ( considering how much off a loyal playerbase we been  ). 

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This, A million times.

I'd be willing to pay for the Lima/Makarov/ Gangnut ships considering i can't use my 10% coupon for two years of being a devoted WoWS customer/ player since i already have everything that is currently available in the shop, but i doubt we'd get that lucky.

 

Anyways, my original offer still stands.