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Blizzard Banhammer Kills 18k

Posted by Zonk on from the i-can-feel-the-burn-from-here dept.

Gamespot reports that Blizzard has banned 18,000 accounts from their popular World of Warcraft MMOG. From official site: " A majority of these accounts were found to be using third-party programs to farm gold and items. Such actions can severely impact the economy of a realm and the overall game enjoyment for all players. We will continue to actively monitor all World of Warcraft realms in order to protect the service and its players from the negative effects of cheating. Please note that selling World of Warcraft content, such as gold, items, and characters, can result in the permanent removal of the involved accounts from World of Warcraft. "

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  1. This just in: by llevity · · Score: 5, Funny
    World of Warcraft is now only at 4,982,000 subscribers.

    Does this mean we get another "WoW hits 5 million subscribers" news topic in a few weeks?

    1. Re:This just in: by 1WingedAngel · · Score: 2, Funny

      You must be new here. With the amount of dupes we get I expect another story on that in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

  2. FSBO: Small Farm in the Country by binaryspiral · · Score: 3, Funny

    For Sale By Owner

    One small cottage, large automated gold farm, and one banned account.

  3. What size die did they roll? by rAiNsT0rm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn I wish I could get a roll like that, 18k dead in one fell swoop. I'm guessing their Uber-1337 peerless gossamer armor didn't help much with that one.

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  4. Banhammer 18k by DragonPup · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the future, there is only farming.

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