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World of Warcraft Accounts Closed Worldwide (12-21-06)
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:51 pm
by <ankh>
World of Warcraft Accounts Closed Worldwide (12-21-06)
In our continued efforts to combat cheating in World of Warcraft, more than 105,000 accounts were closed and over 12 million gold was removed from the game economies in Europe, Korea, and the US in the month of November. The closed accounts were associated with activities that violate World of Warcraft's Terms of Use, such as using third-party programs that allow cheating, and farming gold and items. These types of activities can severely impact the economy of a realm and the overall game enjoyment for all players.
We will continue to aggressively monitor all World of Warcraft realms in order to protect the service and its players from the harmful effects of cheating. Please note that selling World of Warcraft content, such as gold, items, and characters, can result in a permanent ban of the involved accounts from World of Warcraft.
Many account closures come as the direct result of tips reported to our GMs in game or emailed to our Hacks Team by legitimate World of Warcraft players. If you suspect that a World of Warcraft player is using an illegal third-party program to farm gold or items, or is otherwise violating our Terms of Use, please report the suspected infraction via one of the means listed above. All reports will be investigated, and those that prove false will not result in corrective action.
As always, thank you for your continued support, and best of luck with your continued adventures in Azeroth!
Source:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xm ... 4.08_app02
Congrats to the ones who play fair and HAHA to the ones cheating
/Ankh
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:49 am
by Lieva
yknow if i didnt play the game i would believe em
as it is im getting furious with ingame gold sellers spamming constantly regarding gold selling sites which i and others have been reporting for over 6months..
the gits are even using Dungeon general chat and ingame mail now...
not funny when its EVERY day..
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:46 pm
by Argyleyn
They are banning them, the cost to get new accounts though isn't that big so they are just doing that. I know I have seen bots suddenly 'missing' from their spot, they just get a new one there after a while.
Plus it's possible the spam comes from other accounts.
Someone even made a documentary about them:
http://www.worldofraids.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2440
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:52 pm
by Lieva
yea
but the actual spamming could be stopped.
very easy
blizzard just wont..
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:27 pm
by Xest
Do they ban people for buying gold too btw?
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:04 am
by Satyn
dunno, i know they take the gold away again
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:49 am
by Lieva
Xest wrote:Do they ban people for buying gold too btw?
they do naff all
ive been spammed 4 times today ...
3 is same webby .. one was new
and they totally spam your window with about 5 lines of text with how santa was bringing gold...
and chances are .. these bannings were only 2week banns not perma...
and they only threaten bans for selling .. not buying..
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:39 am
by Argyleyn
Depends where you play too, I was spammed a lot on AD too, it isn't that bad in eonar.
And no, they don't ban gold buyers. They might take the gold back, but well, if they did half the naxx guilds would have quit so I don't think that happens either.
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:42 pm
by Xest
lol would suck to pay £50 for gold or whatever then have it removed.
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 3:14 pm
by Satyn
tbh on the server i play on its not that bad. Only thing that bugs me a bit is that they pm you and its usually when i'm in the middle of a conversation and then i mt. But other than that they can do what they want i'm to busy playing to notice much of the other chat.