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Blizzard, Square/Enix Ban Yet More Farmers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rmt-for-the-lose dept.

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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  1. Well... by PFI_Optix · · Score: 5, Funny

    It beats subsidizing them. Maybe our government should be taking notes.

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  2. Federal Reserve by Bob_Robertson · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now, if only we could turn off the farmers at the Federal Reserve and stop inflation in the "real" world.

    Visualize banned Greenspan.

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    1. Re:Federal Reserve by EddieBurkett · · Score: 2, Funny
      You do know that Greenspan retired a while back and a Mr. Bernacke(sp) is running the Fed now?
      Bernacke is just Greenspan's alt, since he's been bored from hitting the lvl cap.
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    2. Re:Federal Reserve by 0xdeadbeef · · Score: 2, Funny

      Keynesian monetary policy didn't drown America, turning our backs on God did.

  3. Oh Noes! by mmalove · · Score: 4, Funny

    The sudden drop in China's stock prices, and the ripple on the world economy, is suddenly explained.

    Nice Job, Bliz...

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  4. Governator of Kali-forn-ya by AKAImBatman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Am I the only one who thinks of Ah-nold's opening line in "The Last Action Hero?"

    "You want to be a fahmer? Here, I give you a couple of ache-ers!"

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  5. Re:Ban them faster! by Fire+Dragon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now if only I had enough Gold for my mount...

    I could help you with this VR money problem, but unfortunatelly I don't seem to be able to log back to my farm.

  6. Re:Subsidizing farmers is for national defense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Then why doesn't the government subsidise call centers? You know, in case we go to war with India and folks back home still need help downloading the internet...