72 Hour Suspension! over WHAT?

#0 - Oct. 2, 2010, 6:21 a.m.
Blizzard Post
I have been playing Wolrd of Warcraft from the start of it now and 2day was my first day where i was angry at you Blizzard! I got up and tryed to log in and i get this...

Q u o t e:
Account Name: ALEN******

Account Action: 72 Hour Suspension
Reason for Action: Terms of Use Violation -- Exploitative Activity: Abuse of the
Economy

This suspension happened because one or more characters on the account were identified
exchanging, or contributing to the exchange of, in-game property (items or gold) for
""real-world"" currency. This exchange process negatively impacts the World of Warcraft
game environment by detracting from the value of the in-game economy.

Even if this behavior is the result of a third party accessing the account instead of
the registered user (for example, a friend, family member, or leveling service) then
the account can still be held responsible for the penalty because of the impact it had
on the game environment.

We've found the above behavior is many times directly related to groups responsible for
compromising World of Warcraft accounts; we take these issues very seriously. To better
understand our position against exploitative activity and the risks involved, please
review this article: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/antigold.html

The exploitative activity that took place on this account violates the World of
Warcraft Terms of Use. We ask you take a moment to review these terms at
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html. Note that additional Terms of Use
violations may result in more severe actions against this account, up to and including
permanent closure.

For any disputes of this action or further information on Exploitive Activity, please
visit the Exploitative Activity FAQ and contact page here:
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/exploitfaq

Regards,

Customer Services
Blizzard Entertainment
www.worldofwarcraft.com


Now i got a 72 Hour Suspension for moveing my gold from my alts to my main char... You got to be jokeing me. Also one of the char is my brothers acct who i pay for. I have spent over 195 bucks just to moved my 2 chars over to a new server and my brothers char also and now i get hit with this... This is a joke.. How do i get a suspension for moveing my own gold? I hope you ppl have a good look at this and try to fix it for me asap. I have emaild you ppl but all i got was we will get back to you in several days...

Not happy :@
#13 - Oct. 2, 2010, 3:39 p.m.
Blizzard Post
I edited your post to remove the account name, Squintÿ, in case you were curious.

It sounds as though the situation as a misunderstanding. I am guessing the amount of gold being transferred triggered a possible compromise or exploit happening on the account, and as such we took immediate action.

I am happy to hear the issue has been resolved and you are now back in the game. :)