I absolutely hate how ever since Mike Morhime spoken yesterday in from of the investors about the real money auction house during the Activision|Blizzard conference call, the few players that support the feature act like "it's all official now", while blizzards themselves have not yet commented on the mass uproar against the real money auction house.

It's not official, not yet. What you can do as a player and responsible consumer is to simply speak with your wallet and not buy the game. Please, do NOT support the implementation of pay to win models in Diablo3 as well as any blizzard franchise.
Thank you...

What does 'winning' a Diablo game entail?

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That being said, you can't deny the fact that someone who can purchase gear can get advantages over fellow gamers in PvP

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Sure, but the advantage (in PvP) would be they could maybe get a short winning-streak but with the matchmaking system it would compensate and they'd quickly get matched against better people and it would even out.

If having better gear makes you a better player in PvP (which I would argue is only true to a small extent), it doesn't mean anything because you're getting matched against similarly skilled players each time.

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Really? Taking the OP's words that everyone understands because it's common terminology and being sarcastic about a technicality? Yes, Diablo is not a game with a definitive end point in which one can say "There. I have won." But really stooping to that level? I've watched these forums for years and that was low, Bash. Not for the fellow forumgoer, but for you definitely.

-1 Respect

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Stooping to the level of asking a question that might make people think about what they're saying? Or at the very least begin a conversation.

If that's too challenging there are plenty of other threads.

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I love how Bashiok comes in here and cherrypicks some random post in which he'll have an answer to, but doesn't really address the RMAH uproar that has divided the community.

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The only way to address it would be to say it won't be in the game, or will be sequestered off to separate servers. Neither of which are going to happen. I've given a lot of reasons why we think it's going to be a fun addition to the game, but I'm not going to be able to suddenly change peoples minds. The best I can do is try to correct misinformation, but the facts seems to be known by most, and there are some healthy discussions going on.

And yes, I'm going to cherry pick posts which I have answers to. ;)

It'd be kind of funny though to instead pick posts I don't have answers to.