World of Warcraft 1.10 banned many of the cheaters
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
World of Warcraft Patch 1.10 has banned over 5400 accounts while other 10700 accounts were suspended. It is well known that Blizzard has a very aggressive stance against cheating in World of Warcraft and those account were closed for participating in activities that violate the game’s terms of use, including several third party programs to farm gold and other items. The suspensions were annoying, but they deleted all the accounts that had every trade skill at 300 on various characters with the associated playtime. The position adopted by Blizzard might seem odd but in a multiplayer game it is not fair to obtain any additional advantages. In this way the game play could be altered and Blizzard’s position was taken especially to protect the commonwealth for each and every gamer.
The most popular online games are nowadays free in Asia, and the producers are gaining when the gamers era choosing to customize their virtual presence. Although this is true, the most financial successful games in Asia are not free. Using a new policy like pay-for-customize the avatars might be very profitable because every gamer is trying to increase his social rank in the virtual community.