Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

Alhannah — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:47 GMT

Gah, I just dont want ppl spamming me with stupid Gold adds

Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

GarryFre — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:46 GMT

Losing battle man, a future lawyer with too much time on their hands.

The only way to erradicate rulebreaking is to change people's attitudes or by changing the rules.

Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

Nechi — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:45 GMT

About time!

Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

Wrathicus — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:44 GMT

Oh my god. What a little baby. Seriously, I have been playing WoW since its release and not once have i had to QQ about gold sellers. Sure it's technically against the ToS but who's to say that it "ruins" the economy? He's just whining because he is too lazy to farm gold and can't afford to buy it. I farmed 5000g for an epic flyer, i farmed every copper i have ever needed for anything. It's not hard, so people that don't have time buy gold. It's their money, they can do with it what they please. Seriously, he should just go do Jack Thompson, those two were obviously born lovers.

Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

Lavalord754 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:43 GMT

WHO EVER SELLS GOLD OR BUYS IT IS AN IDIOT!! REALLY, COMON! THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN IF EVERY1 NEVER DID THIS. SURE, THERE ARE SOME THAT WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE TOO MANY WHO DO!

Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

Daaltron — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:42 GMT

I can't decide who I hate more. The lifeless zombies that farm for a living *cough* third world Asians *cough cough* and the ignorant pricks that buy the gold. Sure something like an epic flyer is something to consider buying gold for, but anything but self-based improvements skill or mount wise is bad gameplay. It also screws up the whole server because you buy every epic under the sun off the AH and resell them for insane prices, which in turn cause all prices to raise, causing cash monopolies. Over on Sentinels(US) some blood elf almost got the B& hammer for monopolizing our auction house.

Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

Wrathicus — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:41 GMT

REALLY?! IF NO ONE EVER DID IT, IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN?! YOUR LOGIC ASTOUNDS ME!! AS DOES YOUR CAPITALS AND USE OF EXCLAMATION MARKS!!! !!!!! !!!!!!!

Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

Aricitic — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:40 GMT

It is, in fact, against the terms of service. I believe that blizzard should take a more active role in removing people who buy or sell gold from their servers. Selling gold, and buying gold hurt the economy of the game because people illegitimately get gold and prices go up on the Auction House. Selling gold hurts the community because we have to listen to those gold selling advertisements, powerleveling advertisements, and hacking advertisements.
It's about time someone starts pushing in real life to change a problem that effects us all both in our mortal lives and in the lives we lead in World of Warcraft. Please, for the love of god, and all the is pure and good, do something to stop these people from being able to corrupt us more than others do...
And besides, Blizzard has clearly stated that they don't want people buying or selling gold, which is essentially their property. They should do a little more to stop it...

Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

TrueKnightXAO — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:39 GMT

Actually the selling of in-game currency for actuall money is prohibited by the EULA that you signed when logging in. Its not a federal offense to sell gold for money, but you can have your account suspended for selling or even purchasing gold from a third party service. Most gold-farmers are actually players from foriegn countries like Russia and China, the lawsuit may not hold up in court because IGE may be based in a country that doesn't prohibit such actions, much like trying to enforce Copy-right laws overseas in places like Korea, Afganastahn, and other countries.

Its not as much as changing oppinions about gold-farming, its about Blizzard and other companies dropping the ban hammer on them because at the end of the day, their guilty of violating the legal agreement behind owning a World of Warcraft account. Anything that stops them from spaming my chatbox is a welcome countermeasure.

Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

Unsavory4U — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:38 GMT

I Personal think this is a ok idea cause of the spaming some of them do in the game. Also if you play the game you have agree in the terms. Not to sell real money with virtual money and the ways some of these people are geting there money is by hacking into your accout with you chacter name if its same as your accout. I had a friend who lost all his gold and armor cause they wanted his gold. These are my personal thoughs so dont get mad at me. Also Have a nice day everyone. ^_^

Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

squarlien — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:37 GMT

Jesus Christ what a waste of the courts time. This man has no case. All he is doing is wasting his, the courts, and Blizzard time and money. If you don't like how the game is being run then FREAKING LEAVE. This sort of stupidity just annoys me to no end.

This is just my opinion though.

Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

RabidJigglypuff — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:36 GMT

Awesome. Period.

Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

jharvey74 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:35 GMT

If it distracts the gold-farmers enough to reduce the constant spam by even 1 message a day, then it has served it purpose. :P

Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

Redsoxschamp — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:34 GMT

Yea this guy is fighting a war that he isn't gonna win. The court hardly cares for people let alone a video game. It's a good idea but still. Good Luck.

Fan asks court to ban real sloth and greed from WoW

FickelFascination — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:05:33 GMT

Consider this, how much money would blizzard lose if they actually banned all the accounts of loan sharks? The time and effort to verify true terms of law breakers compared to a slightly dimmer economy, and the "annoying spam" (which can be avoided by ignoring the player) is judgmentally a substantial difference.

I have a 'bank char' which is constantly sending and receiving large amounts of items/money to my main account. How is blizzard going to know the difference between this and gold sellers? Simply flagging every obtuse money transaction will create numerous delays and problems for everyone.

Why not attack the websites? I'm not entirely sure, but isn't it out of blizzards jurisdiction?

So, the question becomes, is it even worth hassle for blizzard to crack down on gold sellers?