In Game Name:

314​

What part of EcoCityCraft is this suggestion for:

Main Server​

Short title for your suggestion:

Rule clarification: Alts & ECD Transfer​

What are you suggesting:

Clarify the main server's alt account rules by changing them to either of the following (worded however you like).

• You are allowed to transfer money from your main account to one of your alt acconts, but you're not allowed to do it vice versa.
  
• Remove the green rule from the screenshot below to clear up any confusion and make any financial interaction illegal. (Not my preferred solution.)

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Why is this a good addition for EcoCityCraft?:

The red and green rules contradict each other.


The alt account rules make no sense. I know that I've hated them for a long time, but at this point I don't remember whether:

1. I forgot to mention it to the other SAs before,
2. I did mention it and we decided to keep them that way, or
3. I promised them to come up with a better rule and then forgot about it.

I honestly don't know anymore, hence this suggestion.

The way I see it, the red highlights explicitly state that the alt account may not receive any financial benefit or funds from the main. "absolutely no financial interaction [...] for the sole purpose of funding an 'alt' account" is very explicit in my opinion.
Yet the green section explicitly allows the financial benefit of funding a rank upgrade and other "minor" things, which go against the "[...] funding an 'alt' account" rule.​

Other information:

Example questions I have right now thanks to those contradicting rules:

• • Which rule has a higher priority, the explicit "absolutely no financial interaction" and "not allowed if they are financially benefiting an alt account", or the rather vague "Minor things [...] is allowed"?
    • Explicit rules usually have a higher priority than vague rules because they clarify special cases, but that would mean transferring any money to an alt for whatever reason would result in a ban. In that case it doesn't make any sense to have the green rule in the first place.
    • Alternatively, the green, vague rule could have a higher priority because - despite its vagueness - it describes a more specific situation than the red, explicit rules. In that case ECD transfer to an alt would be legal for "Minor things", which immediately leads us to the next question:
  • What are "Minor things"?
    • Am I allowed to pay my alt, then play lotto?
      • I could argue that it's a financial benefit because I could win a fortune.
      • At the same time I could argue that it isn't a financial benefit because the actual profit greatly depends on chance and I could lose all of it, thus not benefiting from the main account's transferred funds.
    • Does it depend on the amount of money transferred?
      • Paying $10k might be considered minor compared to paying $5m, but I could use those $10k in whatever way illegally "financially benefits" my alt while spending the $5m legally on an EcoLegend rank. Therefore, the amount of money transferred should be irrelevant (as only the purpose I use the money for is relevant) - but is it?
    • If not having to pay for a higher rank is not "financially benefiting" or "funding" my alt account, then what is?
      • What if I pay for my alt's Tycoon+ rank? Wouldn't selling the town claim to a third party for ~$200k be a very clear financial benefit for my alt?

(Those questions don't have to be answered here; in theory they should be answered by reading the new rules.)
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Plugin or custom addition:

N/A.​

One suggestion per form:

I Understand.​