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Diablo 3 Banhammer Dropped Just Before RMAH Goes Live
eldavojohn writes "One thing Diablo 3 has that many other games do not is a 'Real Money Auction House' (RMAH), which went live today for players with two factor authentication. Of course, mere hours before that, Blizzard publicly announced they would follow through on their promises. Accounts they have identified as cheaters and botters have been banned 'by the thousands.' No official number is out, but the news is indicating that as people get off of work and return home to their bot-wives and bot-kids they may find themselves without a valid Battle.net account (possibly tied to other games like SCII and WoW). Blizzard has also included many fixes to remove/dissuade many other exploits but if their past arcane attitude toward the 'gamers of the game' is any indication, thousands will be unhappy."
A game now so immersive they included a hardcore mode for botters!
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Meanwhile, I'll be playing Pool of Radiance on my Amiga 500. The only thing I have to worry about is losing my code wheel.
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"Blizzard has also included many fixes to remove/dissuade many other exploits but if their past arcane attitude toward the 'gamers of the game' is any indication, thousands will be unhappy"
So they should keep thousands of cheating douchebags happy at the expense of hundreds of thousands/millions of good paying customers who are trying to have a good time?
Here's a handy reference! The unhappy ones will be the ones related to at least one of the following phrases:
1. "But that was my $FAMILY_MEMBER_OR_ROOMMATE on my account!"
2. "But that was just for me and my friends! I promise I wasn't going to do that in multiplayer!"
3. "I didn't KNOW that was cheating!"
4. "My account must've been haaaaaaacked!"
5. "All I did was download this program someone said was for the game!"
6. "You can't PROVE I didn't get all this swag by cheating!"
7. "Where did you get that proof that I got all that swag by cheating? ZOMG PRIVACY HAXXXXX"
8. "I just found all that swag in my inventory! I don't know how it got there!"
9. "If I could do that, it's clearly a part of the game and technically not cheating, right?"
10. "Show me where it says I'm not allowed to do $OVERLY_SPECIFIC_OBFUSCATED_EUPHEMISM_FOR_CHEAT_USED. HA! You CAN'T, can you?!?"
That is to say, a whole lot of pretty blatantly lying cheaters will be unhappy and will attempt to get pity for it in the face of damning proof. Welcome to gaming!
in Wow, several times. All of them after I no longer played the game.
So you were no longer playing the game... several times?
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There are no cheaters. The worthless DRM stops them from existing!
Filthy, filthy copyrapists!
Who the hell is going to pay real money for gear in a single player game?
Lots and lots and lots of morons, more morons than Blizzard could ever piss off.
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Well, I guess if your brain is only limited to ancient repetitive games, that's cool. Been there done that, don't need to do it again.
Sure is a lot of hatred for D3 around here...
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Holy crap man, honestly I believe his version of the story a lot more than yours. You need to calm down. Your blood pressure is going to force your head to explode.