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Blizzard Bans Speed Hackers from WoW

Posted by Zonk on from the and-the-cycle-begins dept.

Voodoo Extreme has the world that Blizzard has already banned several accounts for Speed Hacking, a type of cheat that allows a character to move far faster than it should. From the article: "Those individuals who were caught using the speed hack have been banned from the game and have had their accounts closed. We must stress once again that we are opposed to hacking and cheating of any kind and are dedicated to maintaining a fair environment in our games." Adios, punks

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  1. solutions by name773 · · Score: 0, Troll

    is blizzard going to fix their program?

  2. Who cares if somebody speedhacks? by Guspaz · · Score: 0, Troll

    Normally I'm all for banning speedhackers, but in this case, if it's NOT a PvP server, then why ban them? I participated in the beta, and I got sick of spending all my time running around. Probably 80 to 90% of the time spent playing is running from point A to point B. It's the primary reason I didn't bother buying the game.

    You know you have a problem when people start using speedhacks to save themselves from running around. But instead of fixing the problem, Blizzard banned anybody who tried to fix it themselves. Good job listening to your customers, Blizzard.

    1. Re:Who cares if somebody speedhacks? by startled · · Score: 1, Troll

      PvP is possible on all servers, actually.