It's probably true that it will never be stamped out. These people will just
create a new account. If it gets banned, big deal. Start another account.
They can't ban IP address in this case because alot of China plays WoW from
internet cafes. That's alot of money that Blizzard would be losing just from
banning an IP address. Sadly I don't know of another way to stop them apart
from banning any account that accepts gold from gold traders. That should be
fairly easy to trace through their databases I would imagine.
"Slambert" wrote in message
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:50:22 +0100, Erik Peter
> wrote:
>
>>I'm pretty sure that it will only change the Warcraft Gold : Real Money
>>ratio. Things like the AH house and extremely rare drops (which are
>>almost certainly there) will make sure that Gold remains useful.
>
> I so hope youre wrong, but I know it is futile to fight the army of
> bots and goldsellers.
>
> I know that Blizzard ban thousands of accounts now and then, but I
> still think it would have a bigger impact if they banned the accounts
> as soon as they have established that they were bots, goldsellers,
> whatever.
>
>
> Slambert >> Stay informed about: the cheapest gold