Blizzard Bans WoW Farmers
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Zero tolerance of real-world trading
posted 10:30am EST Tue Mar 15 2005 - submitted by Matthew
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In an investigation that's been ongoing for several weeks, Blizzard Entertainment has banned around 1,000 people from World of Warcraft (WoW). The ban came into effect after incidents of 'gold farming' were discovered. Gold farming is the process of mining for gold in WoW and then selling it for cash on auction sites such as eBay and through personal websites. Unlike other MMO titles such as Everquest or Ultima, these farming practices have been acted upon swiftly by Blizzard. A WoW forum post by the developer makes it clear that Blizzard will not tolerate such actions, and anyone wishing to report an offending player should e-mail wowgmATblizzardDOTcom. This kind of thing happens in pretty much all the MMO titles in many forms. Paying hard cash for in-game items has never made much sense to me since they are just games and really shouldn't be something you actively pay money to cheat and progress in. Thanks to TotalVideoGames.com for the heads-up."
Zero tolerance of real-world trading
posted 10:30am EST Tue Mar 15 2005 - submitted by Matthew
BLURB
In an investigation that's been ongoing for several weeks, Blizzard Entertainment has banned around 1,000 people from World of Warcraft (WoW). The ban came into effect after incidents of 'gold farming' were discovered. Gold farming is the process of mining for gold in WoW and then selling it for cash on auction sites such as eBay and through personal websites. Unlike other MMO titles such as Everquest or Ultima, these farming practices have been acted upon swiftly by Blizzard. A WoW forum post by the developer makes it clear that Blizzard will not tolerate such actions, and anyone wishing to report an offending player should e-mail wowgmATblizzardDOTcom. This kind of thing happens in pretty much all the MMO titles in many forms. Paying hard cash for in-game items has never made much sense to me since they are just games and really shouldn't be something you actively pay money to cheat and progress in. Thanks to TotalVideoGames.com for the heads-up."
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