Source: http://www.epicnpc.com/

I felt mmobay in their original name gave them a huge SEO boost. From skimming the site, I couldn't figure out why Mike chose this name.

Other than that, site looks good.

Source: MMO Bay

Summary: Since Friday the 27th, MMOBay.net has been under a DDOS attack that has brought the site and forums down. The site has been up since early Sat, however due to the nature of the attack not everyone could reach the site.

The attack was a BotNet type of attack, which is very hard to block since the attack traffic is similar to normal traffic. A wide range of IPs were blocked, some legit, so some members were falsely blocked, however the majority of vis... [Read More]

Source: MMOBay

MMOBay is currently offline and has been since 4PM PST. We will bring you more info as it comes!

Awaiting statement from MMOBay staff.

Checking MMOBay status:
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/mmobay.net

"It's not just you! mmobay.net looks down from here."

Just noticed MMOGuardian is gone too. Just what is going on here? In case you don't know, MMOGuardian takes care of all MMOBay's MM services. It appears the domain has been... [Read More]

Source: MMOBay

Summary: Requirements:
- Must be older than 17 years of age
- Can NOT have any negative ratings

Responsibilities:
- Mediating disputes in the scammers forum - This is a big one, that section will be needing a lot of attention and dealing with those threads takes a lot of patience
- Moving threads posted in the wrong sections to the proper sections
- Locking threads that are violating the rules
- Issuing warnings / infractions to users and reque... [Read More]

Source: MMOBay

Summary: MMOBay.net is quickly approaching 50,000 members on its auction site and to celebrate this milestone MMOBay.net is going FREE! This means no more closing fees on any auctions for everyone. Our signup fee and additional auction features will remain, however this will make it possible for all members to buy and sell at absolutely no cost.

This is a limited time promotion and fees will revert back a week after we hit the 50,000 member mark, so take adv... [Read More]

Source: MMOBay

Summary: The forums link back to the old forums. What's wrong? No one knows.

Source: MMB

Summary: For large RMT companies, MMB is allowing their employees to have 1 primary account and 3 secondary accounts. The primary account is responsible for all secondary accounts.

My comments: This is an interesting change. Perhaps you set up your transaction with Wang and right after you give your in-game items Zhang takes over. Headache and yelling ensues as Zhang has no idea what you're talking about.

Or you paid Wang $500 for an in-game items but never n... [Read More]

Source: MMOBay Account Verification Info

MMOBay Account Verification

MMB: Usergroup Benefits

Summary:

Update: 1/12/11 This service is not free. It costs $10!

Verify Account

Photo ID Verification

Please unload an image of your drivers license, passport or military ID. No other ID will be accepted.

The name on your photo ID MUST be the same as the name on your Paypal account.

Max image size = 500kb
Must be jpg... [Read More]

Source: MMB

Summary: The 2nd post in threads are now straight up Google advertising. Blue Gartr has a similar system that the first post has advertising embedded.

My comments: Well pretty sure MMB was thinking of ways to monetize their forums for a long time since MMB doesn't make a single dime on forum transactions. Savvy forum users don't use MMB auction services because they know how to protect themselves. This doesn't bother me too much, but I can see how some people will h... [Read More]

Source: MMOBay

Summary: Mike is making changes to the forum. Exact time has not been announced. Shouldn't take more than 1 hour. Forums will be closed at that time.

Source: MMOBay

tl;dr: hektik02, Holmeshere4u and Morganc92 (a month ago) have joined the moderator team.

Source: MMOBay

At MMOBay, the seller is responsible for account recalls. If that seller was a reseller, then that also makes him one of the owners of the account. So basically MMOBay keeps gathering evidence until they have enough to establish who the account recaller is.

This example: OO>Trustmeimadoctor>Soulreaver>uknowme109>johnboyy805>"unknownbuyer who recalled paypal payment"

johnboyy805 then sold it to uknowme109, who then recalle... [Read More]