There is no real restriction to account sharing

everyone knows about the alleged recent "account sharing" fiasco.

i was curious so i read the TOS.

i used ctrl+f to search for certain keywords such as

1. sharing/share
2. money/real/rmt
3. sell/selling
4. account
5. scam

https://www.pathofexile.com/legal/terms-of-use-and-privacy-policy

the only hits i found were not directly mentioning anything about account sharing/rmt/account/scamming.

If so does that mean such things are allowed?

EDIT, user JADIAN has pointed out the following

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Jadian#0111 wrote:

These are the parts that catch my attention about it:

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14. Account Registration: To acquire or make full use of any of the Website, Materials and Services you will need to register for a Grinding Gear Games member account ("Member Account"). ... You may not transfer your registration or any rights you may have in your Member Account to any other person or entity.

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16. Confidentiality of Passwords: You must keep all password and login information associated with your Member Account confidential and not disclose such information to any third-party or allow a third-party access to your Member Account without first obtaining Grinding Gear Games' written consent. You will be solely responsible for all activities undertaken and/or costs incurred under the use of your password and login.

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7. Restrictions: Under no circumstances, without the prior written approval of Grinding Gear Games, may you:
h. Perform in-game services during your use of the Website, Materials or Services for any form of compensation outside of PoE.

so long story short it is a "NO" its all not allowed just that you need to read and understand the terms properly to garner the info and not just search for keywords.

used to be there, prob got translated into lawyer speak. any lawyers in the house? hihi

These are the parts that catch my attention about it:

"

14. Account Registration: To acquire or make full use of any of the Website, Materials and Services you will need to register for a Grinding Gear Games member account ("Member Account"). ... You may not transfer your registration or any rights you may have in your Member Account to any other person or entity.

"

16. Confidentiality of Passwords: You must keep all password and login information associated with your Member Account confidential and not disclose such information to any third-party or allow a third-party access to your Member Account without first obtaining Grinding Gear Games' written consent. You will be solely responsible for all activities undertaken and/or costs incurred under the use of your password and login.

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7. Restrictions: Under no circumstances, without the prior written approval of Grinding Gear Games, may you:
h. Perform in-game services during your use of the Website, Materials or Services for any form of compensation outside of PoE.

"

AintCare#6513 wrote:

used to be there, prob got translated into lawyer speak. any lawyers in the house? hihi

Ewww....that's a terribly Broken field LOL. Good Luck. LOL

So you mean... what E_M_ did... right..?

GGG should pay Elon Musk monies, thanks to him some of us are now actually reading and detailing the TOS

lol

Probably against the Terms Of Service(TOS) but not illegal. They could possibly ban you if they find out.

Against the TOS and whether it is legal in the rule of the law is different things.

TOS isnt written tight enough. Technically you could have someone VM into your computer and play your game without breaking TOS. Just breaking the spirit not the letter.

Steam has their own ToS/EULA. But yeah, you already have your answer.

I'd be surprised if there wasn't a clause where they can ban you for "any or no reason."