Square and Blizzard Drop The Banhammer

Gamespot has the news that Square has banned some 2000 accounts from FFXI, and Eurogamer reports that Blizzard has banned 59,000 accounts from World of Warcraft. The bans come as game publishers continue to attempt to crack down on Real Money Traders in their titles. From the FFXI article: "The news follows Square Enix's crackdown of 250 accounts in June over money-farming and real-money trading, which is the practice of selling in-game currency for cash in the real world. Concerns over real-money trading prompted the Japanese government--particularly worried about large-scale money-mining operations in video games--to launch its own investigation last week."

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Re:Oh Noes!!!

[djdavetrouble]

Can someone please explain the Oh noes meme to me, I must have missed that one between lol, internet and the never changing face of lindsey lohan.
I must admit, it is one of the less cute utterances that I have ever heard. It scratches my brain like nails on a chalkboard.
Thanks,
Dave