March 13, 2005
World of Warcraft Bans 1000 Accounts for Gold Farming
Blizzard is taking Gold Farming seriously and banned 1000 accounts. I appreciate this because the worst thing that can happen to the WOW community would be to see tens of thousands of low wage Chinese and India players grinding away trying to make money online. That kind of saps the experience for real players like it did with Lineage. If you are tempted to take the easy way and buy Gold offline, don't. Blizzard bans your account permanently and you'll be out your $50 you spent on the game.Over the recent weeks we have been investigating the activities of certain individuals who have been farming gold in order to sell it in exchange for real world currency. After researching the situation, we have issued permanent suspensions to over one thousand accounts that have been engaging in this practice. We do not condone such actions and will take decisive action as they are against our policy and damage the game economy as a whole. We will continue researching this matter. If you suspect someone of taking part in said gold farming, please eMail the report to wowgm@blizzard.com.
