18,000 WoW Users Kicked for Using Illegal Software

Friday, Dec. 23 2005 | Author: AlexTan

Blizzard has shut down 18,000 accounts using illegal software to cheat in World of Warcraft.

Some of the programs used collect items automatically, and advance the users’ status. After the stats on an account are built up, many sell their players on eBay. Doing to is a violation of Blizzard’s terms of service, and if you’re cought you will be banned. The game’s popularity probably will be a problem, as they are about to cross the 5 million user mark.

Many of the bans were results of reports by WoW users sent by email. Advanced Economic Research Systems estimates that two-million dollars of WoW gold had been been sold as of April.

Category: Games

6 Responses for "18,000 WoW Users Kicked for Using Illegal Software"

John

December 24th, 2005 at 6:26 am
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BWH and InterSpace were the main programs that used to be undetectable and started being detected causing a lot of bans.
cliche

December 28th, 2005 at 9:41 pm
2

Kind of offtopic, but another point in TFA was interesing: WOW has over 5 million subscribers.

5 million x $10/mo = 600 million/year + game sales.

I don’t know what their server farms cost and how much they pay their programmers, but I imagine their margins are huge. Time to call my stock broker… though it’s kinna late.
WoW-HATER

December 29th, 2005 at 1:01 am
3

WoW sucks major ASS. i cant believe you PEOPLE slave over a game like this. get up off your lazy ass and go do something productive, like move out of your parents house you lazy bastard.
Tom

January 4th, 2006 at 8:04 am
4

I absolutely detest cheaters in ANY game. Companies should be praised for doing things like this. I only hope Valve up their anti-cheat efforts in Counter-Strike, as I keep getting OwNeD. Or maybe im just BAD…….
JC

January 4th, 2006 at 11:08 am
5

#3… something productive like flame forums? or watch mind-numbing TV for hours? Maybe in 8 or so years, you’ll be old enough to move out of your parents house, too.
drugsbuy

April 3rd, 2006 at 2:03 pm
6

Hi :D