It`s intended to introduce a gold sink, not to give the gold in other`s hands.
Yes, people that contribute good maps/textures/banners should get gold.
wow that text is annoying.
also if only some small portion of the moneyis used to fund in game content - whats the harm in that? You encourage people to continue making gold AND give them new content to do it on. sounds good to me.
Gold in cRPG is nothing but data. If the admins want to give away cRPG gold for contributions, they can already.
Hell if I had access to the db I could mod myself 3 billion gold and tear down the economy.