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Since: Nov 05, 2007
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(Msg. 46) Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:55 am
Post subject: Re: Blizzard enables gold farmers [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"lcpltom" wrote in message
> On Oct 11, 5:57 pm, "Xymmie" wrote:
>> I imagine Blizzard employees roll their eyes and heave heavy sighs at the
>> same old-same old complaints of repeat posters who are never satisfied.
>> They might even wish a few of them would stop playing WoW and switch to
>> LOTR
>> or Guild Wars.
>>
> I also worked in customer service, though only for a short time, so I
> do know what you mean here.
>
> I also worked in the food industry as a line cook while I was in
> college. Believe it or not, local competing resturants would actually
> work together to single out chronic "complainers" who were never happy
> and always demanding free food. Information was shared between
> resturants on these people and we learned to identify them and not
> give in to their demands for free stuff. One place I worked in even
> banned people from returning, stating if they did they would charge
> them with theft.
Oh, I believe it. There are databases of letter writers/callers that
complain about [foreign object] in [food product], people who are repeat
[injury complaint] in retail stores. Insurance companies share claims
histories, etc.
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(Msg. 47) Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:14 am
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(Msg. 48) Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:20 am
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In article ,
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> On Oct 10, 11:26 am, lcpltom wrote:
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> > And I like how people like to try to pass off the blame on to someone
> > else. The only reason gold farmers stay in business is because people
> > buy gold from them. It doesn't matter how high the price of a skill
> > or piece of armor is, the blame comes down to the people willing to
> > pay real world money for play money, without them there would be no
> > gold farmers.
>
> I have to agree. So if you (not 'you: Icpltom' but 'you:general
> public') have ever bought gold, consider yourself responsible for all
> those fricking, annoying, intrusive spam messages that flood the chat
> channels.
And if you buy tabloids you killed Diana! >> Stay informed about: Blizzard enables gold farmers |
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(Msg. 49) Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:53 pm
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In article ,
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> On Oct 11, 6:45 am, Rob Wynne wrote:
> > John Cochran wrote:
> > > In article ,
> > > lcpltom wrote:
> > >>On Oct 10, 3:24 pm, pv+use...@pobox.com (PV) wrote:
> > >>> "Xymmie" writes:
> > >>> >There's spam in gen chat on your realm??
> >
> > >>> I see maybe one sad little character doing /say spamming a week. You can
> > >>> sometimes see them getting banned while you're standing there. Other than
> > >>> this, I NEVER get any form of gold spam anymore. It's almost totally erased
> > >>> from the game. *
> > >>> --
> > >>> * PV something like badgers--something like lizards--and something
> > >>> like corkscrews.
> >
> > >>I reported one for spam the other day. Even the random group invites
> > >>have diminished.
> >
> > > I'd like to know what realm you're on...
> > > For the realm I'm currently working on "The Venture Co", I get about 6 to 10
> > > group invites a session. And yes, I know they're going to be a spambot, but
> > > I accept the invite anyway just so I can report it. I've only had one bad
> > > thing happen due to this policy. Once a spambot sent me an invite while I
> > > was in the middle of combat and I accepted the invite. After the mob died,
> > > I wasn't allowed to loot the body since it was the spambots' turn to get
> > > the body. :-/
> >
> > Are you on the EU Venture Co? Because i'm on the US-VenCo, and I rarely
> > get group invites from spammers, and haven't in weeks.
> >
> > --
> > Rob Wynne / The Autographed Cat / d... DeleteThis @america.nethttp://www.autographedcat.com//http://autographedcat.livejournal.com/
> > Gafilk 2008: Jan 11-13, 2008 - Atlanta, GA -http://www.gafilk.org/
> > Aphelion - Original SF&F since 1997 -http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
> Oh, my god! I got a lover!
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(Msg. 50) Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:07 pm
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In article ,
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> On Oct 10, 3:03 pm, ke... DeleteThis @spamsucks.com wrote:
> > > There are lots of ways to give out epic mounts and keep them epic--
> > > one we mentioned on the show was daily quests (which is what you're
> > > doing anyway, if you're trying to raise 5k gold legally), but anything
> >
> > Yes, quest for it -- that would make a lot more sense, and it would be a
> > serious blow to the gold farmers. Or at least come up with some middle ground
> > between gold and quests. It might even cut down on the over-competition over
> > mining veins.
> >
> > One of the nice things about being a warlock is that I haven't had to pay for
> > any mounts (yet).
>
> Yeah, but the article is stating specifically the 5000 gold needed for
> 300 riding skill is what is enabling gold farmers.
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(Msg. 51) Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:18 pm
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In article , pv+usenet@pobox.com
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> " " writes:
> >Pricy mounts support goldsellers
> >from WOW Insider by Mike Schramm
> >http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/10/09/pricy-mounts-support-goldsellers/
>
> If you spend more than $300 in real money for just a mount, you've got some
> serious issues.
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(Msg. 52) Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:26 pm
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In article , doc.TakeThisOut@america.net
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> The expense of an epic mount is certainly a factor in the continuing
> popularity of GS services. On the other hand, I hit level 70 about 3-4
> weeks ago with about 800g. I now have 3000g. It's not actually that
> hard to accumulate the money. Some people are just lazy, and shall ever
> be so.
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(Msg. 53) Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:01 pm
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In article , says...
>
> "lcpltom" wrote in message
>
> > On Oct 11, 5:57 pm, "Xymmie" wrote:
> >> I imagine Blizzard employees roll their eyes and heave heavy sighs at the
> >> same old-same old complaints of repeat posters who are never satisfied.
> >> They might even wish a few of them would stop playing WoW and switch to
> >> LOTR
> >> or Guild Wars.
> >>
> > I also worked in customer service, though only for a short time, so I
> > do know what you mean here.
> >
> > I also worked in the food industry as a line cook while I was in
> > college. Believe it or not, local competing resturants would actually
> > work together to single out chronic "complainers" who were never happy
> > and always demanding free food. Information was shared between
> > resturants on these people and we learned to identify them and not
> > give in to their demands for free stuff. One place I worked in even
> > banned people from returning, stating if they did they would charge
> > them with theft.
>
> Oh, I believe it. There are databases of letter writers/callers that
> complain about [foreign object] in [food product], people who are repeat
> [injury complaint] in retail stores. Insurance companies share claims
> histories, etc.
But those are not complainers, those are criminal swindlers. >> Stay informed about: Blizzard enables gold farmers |
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