The reason that RMT is discouraged from games is not for the economy, not because it gives players an "unfair advantage" but for one simple reason - the developers cannot get a slice of this cake, and the game they designed & produced is making other people money.

The sob story of Bill Gates being able to buy a pair of double/triple melded gear because he paid for someone else's whole month of play - and how unfair it is, is quite a pathetic argument. As I already stated in my previous post, Bill Gates could quite easily make another account and bot all that gil. If Bill Gates did this, for a whole month- I'm sure he would earn a lot more gil then what these items would be valued/sold for.