Mythic president Mark Jacobs knows the crippling effect that gold sellers can have on an in-game economy. He also knows the effect that gold spammers can have on a community with their constant “shouts” to the entire game world. That’s why Jacobs has already taken a hard-line stance in Warhammer Online and banned at least 400 people either selling or advertising the sale of in-game gold since this Saturday.
In a blog posting Jacobs said that he “hates gold sellers/spammers” with every fiber of his being and will continue to “ban these jerks like crazy” as the need arises. He also revealed that WAR has a dedicated team to seek gold sellers out early and remove them from the game.
Gold sellers won’t be able to convince Jacobs to give a blind eye to the behavior with bribes. To his credit, Jacobs official response to such an offer will always be, “Go to hell.” Which is the same response that I give to anyone that offers me a drink with whip cream.
A man has to stand for something - even if it's delicious.
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9:07 AM on 09.23.2008
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I was pretty surprised to see them out in droves on Day 1, with constant tells and shouts. For some reason my ignore list wouldn't block them either. Very happy to hear they are being banned. Its especially silly when you look at how gold isn't a driving factor in the game as it was in WoW. At least not yet anyway.
I report them every time they pester me, with very satisfying results >:-)
did I win?
6 of those popped up throughout the day yesterday, one of which about an hour after me and my guildies got a spam from the guy. Pretty impressive.