TOP reason why you shouldn't cash in "free to play" games, failure to fully enforce TOS/TOU

Anytime you start a new game or create an account, 100% of the time you will be required that you will  need to check off that you "have read and agreed to the Terms of Service & Private Policy" in order to play a game or use a service.  The issue I have with that is each time I am forced to follow the TOS, I will end up finding people abusing TOS which can affect my status of my character (generally put me behind) or illegal advertisement in the game. This post, I will elaborate on some of r2's terms of service says and provide some examples of how they are NOT enforcing their TOS.


"R2Games does not recognize the transfer of our Games accounts or R2Games accounts. You may not purchase, sell, gift or trade any account, or offer to purchase, sell, gift or trade any account, and any such attempt shall be null and void."

Really?  Please explain to me why this account that I have posted below has not been banned from the game or "null and void" which I am not exactly sure what this means (since this character is clearly trying to sell their account by naming one of their characters BuyMyToonPM).

 



If they claim they don't have evidence, bs.  I will claim someone who intentionally names any of their characters like this is enough circumstantial evidence that they want to sell their character.  Also, I did a quick google search and I found this website that lists characters that are trying to sell their account. 

"You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and are responsible for any harm resulting from your disclosure, or authorization of the disclosure of your password or from any person's use of your password to gain access to your account or account name. At no time should you respond to an online request for a password other than in connection with the log-on process to the Services. Should it be determined that you did reveal your password to any third parties, R2Games reserves the right to disable the account."

I will admit, this is tricky to interpret but basically I interpret this as you are NOT allowed to give out or share your password to anyone else.  I see people on wartune share their accounts all the time.  I also have seen people give their accounts to other people when they quit or sell them.  This is one of the most easy TOS to enforce because your Internet service Provider (IP) number is tracked.  Let's say you are from Seattle, Washington and you share your password from someone that lives in New York, New York and that person logs in an hour after you logged off, the IP address from New York will show.  (If you seriously think that someone can travel from Seattle to New York in an hour, I would love to know how)  If this is happening constantly, the account needs to be flagged, suspended, and banned. 
I will make an argument that other players who agreed to the TOS are being scammed when people share passwords.  If someone else is running another person's account when the TOS states you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, you will probably run into them at some point either by taking resources where you would get more if that account wasn't there.   You also could run into that account by a player vs player event where if they are stronger than you, you will lose thus you will lose out on resources than by fighting another player.  Also, people who share passwords will be able to get more multi-player done than they otherwise would putting people who follow TOS at an unfair advantage.  This list can keep on going and going.

"You are not permitted under any circumstances or for any reason to cheat or utilize third-party applications or code in order to win at, or gain game points or items from any of our Games."

This rule is basically similar to password sharing except that you are using a bot to run your character.

"R2Games shall be entitled to file a claim for monetary compensation from anyone deemed to have violated these rules in any way.
You agree not to design, disseminate or use any third party programs designed to change any Game played on R2Games site, nor assist in the design of a third party program that changes any Game played on the site. You will be responsible for any damages to R2Games resulting from any of your use, dissemination or design of such programs, and you agree to pay R2Games liquidated damages in the sum of Hundred Thousand Dollars for each such program, or in the sum of One Thousand Dollars for each time you use a program."

You threaten people in your TOS that they must pay  $100,000 for liquidation damage but you refuse to enforce other portions of TOS?  Really?  Where is a lawyer!!!!?

"You may not:
1) Reverse-engineer, decompile or modify any of the game clients and use it in any way.
2) Exploit any cheats or errors which you find in our service. Any cheats or errors you discover must be reported immediately to us.
3) Attempt to access any other user's account.
4) Misuse any of our customer service facilities.
5) Deliberately enter false information into any of the forms on our website.
6) Encourage, or attempt to trick other players into breaking our rules."

Interesting.... attempt to access any other user's account is on here which basically another way of saying you are to keep your password confidential.  I also find interesting on exploiting any errors.  Sometimes someone may find an "error" and not realize that it is a game "error" or bug or when people find a game error, they won't fix it or ban people for abusing it (this happened multiple times to me on wartune where people using errors to get ahead on the game thus causing my character to lose out on resources)

"You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless R2Games, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, representatives, and third party providers to the site from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of these Terms by you. R2Games reserves the right to assume, at its sole expense, the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with R2Games in asserting any available defenses."

Nice double standard.... it seems you can't sue R2 for damages but boy they sure can come after you if you "damage" their service.  Where is a lawyer!!!!!!?


Since games like Wartune are "free to play" they should be doing everything in their power to fully enforce the TOS to get the best gaming experience possible to motivate you to buy game items or upgrade.... but they don't.  It's sad to see people constantly put up with their lack of enforcement while people still spend, spend, spend.  They are the real losers since they don't care that they are being scammed (or they could be scamming players at the same time).  Either way, always demand superior customer service before playing into a "free to play" game!!!!!