Blizzard, Square/Enix Ban Yet More Farmers

Eurogamer has the news that both Blizzard and Square/Enix have banned another batch of players for farming. The number of accounts, and the amount of money removed from the economy, is astonishing. From the article: "According to the World of Warcraft website, some 30,000 accounts were banned last month - and, as a result, more than 30 million gold were removed from the economy across all realms ... Based on the results of this investigation, more than 250 [FFXI] accounts among those found to be involved in large-scale RMT operations have been terminated... Thanks to these measures, more than 250 billion gil has been removed from circulation."

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[crabpeople]

"I don't get the anti-Gold Farmer stance of many players and Blizzard."

theres nothing to get, its simple racism. American college student farms, (oh im sorry grinds) all day to make cash and hes a hardcore player. A chinese person does it and hes a china farmer and gets narc'ed out, called oh so many racist things, banned and shunned by the community. Its funny because the people i know who are chinese in game dont say jack shit while this persecution is going on. I call that cowardace, but im not asian so what can i really say about it.

People caught hacking the game should be banned. Just because your good at making money and also coincidentally chinese, shouldnt be grounds for a ban.