some users knew about this and basically are abusing it as we speak, not that many people check the rules and especially when a rule like this is already flawed, creati0n is trying his hardest to find a method for this and going to change the rules in a bit (idk if this is leaking info remove if it is instead of banning me thank)
Creati0n says: Yes, the Market Squad is looking into finding an alternative to the current USD dueling policy. An estimated release date for a permanent solution to the issue is unknown, but we're trying our hardest to please the general populace while also keep the community (and scam reports) legitimate and safe. This isn't to say that USD dueling will be allowed in the future, but an alternative method may be implemented to appease both the staff and the dueling community.
If we're talking about ways to help out with USD Dueling, why is there not just a dueling system put into place on the site? Similarly to how Clans work, a user requests a duel with someone with a set price, best of, etc. After it is accepted both players send their USD via paypal to a middleman account of some sort, and they duel, the system keeping track of what occurs as well. After they win, the bankaccount transfers the USD to the winner.
Not too sure about the issues that could come up with this and the possibility of it becoming a thing(or the difficulty to implement) but it seems like a very easy way to fix to this dueling issue. It would also not only be limited to USD. It could be a bot for automated middlemanning, it would lower the duel scamming chance tremendously. SMod+ would obviously have the ability to send items back to the respective people and cancel duels.
I don't see why this isn't a thing or hasn't been a thing before.
I'm pretty sure while I was MSquad, there was a suggestion like this/this was brought up.
There could be a system implemented where the wager is put into Toribash's Paypal account or w/e system is used. Then when the duel is over, Toribash sends the money to the winner. If hampa wanted to he could keep a certain % of the funds.
However, this may also lead to certain problems all in its own.
The major problem back in the day about this, is getting a site dev to actually get it up and running, etc.