What is "exploitation of the WoW economy"?

#0 - Nov. 6, 2007, 5:47 a.m.
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Hi, I was wondering what the criteria for an account being banned under this accusation consists of. I had an account recently banned for 72 hours for " exploitation of the WoW economy" and this isnt the first time. I am not using bots and I am not using any kind of service. I farm alot because my ping is about 800 due to the fact that I am stationed in korea and its hard to do much else. so please enlighten me as to why two of my accounts were banned for 72 hours. I can provide the account names if needed...

thank you
#3 - Nov. 6, 2007, 6:17 a.m.
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Could you provide me with the name and realm of a character on each of the accounts, Nadeth?

I tried to look it up myself but it appears that you have 10 accounts associated with this e-mail address. 4 of them are closed, 3 of them are locked one is on a suspension and two are currently valid and not all of them have the same name on the account.

#31 - Nov. 6, 2007, 11:21 p.m.
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Thank you for the name and realm, Nadeth, I was able to look into some of the specifics on account. If you wish to dispute the actions that were taken on the account you are welcome to contact our Account Administration Department.

Webform: http://us.blizzard.com/support/webform-us.xml?gameId=11
[email protected]

Q u o t e:

I am not using bots and I am not using any kind of service.


If that is true, Nadeth, our military must be further along in wormhole technology than I was aware. I think you could get in trouble for using it for non-military applications.

How to Stay in the Game, a guide to account preservation.

http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=21506
#44 - Nov. 7, 2007, 12:16 a.m.
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No, I came prepackaged with my cloak and dagger responses, Nadeth. I can not post specific information regarding your actions that is why I listed the guide as it goes over the usual reasons as to why the account was suspended and probably what happened to your other accounts as well.

I'll quote some examples for you, the adventures of George and Cynthia can be very educational.
Q u o t e:

* George wants to let his brother Rick try the game.
* George has to cook dinner and his guest Travis just wants to chat with guildies while George is busy.
* Cynthia doesn't want to level her character up, she just wants to raid, so she pays a power-leveling service to do it for her.
* Cynthia wants to achieve the top PvP rank quickly, so she asks her guildmates to fight in the battlegrounds while she's at school.
* George is trying to get Exalted with a particular faction, and asks his wife, Janice, to help him by grinding mobs and repeatable quests.

As I said though, you are welcome to contact our Account Administration Department, they are the only ones that can review your case.
Q u o t e:

Again, I havent done any of those. The only person I allow to play my account is my 14 year old son, who is in the states, and that is completely allowed. I want to see some kind of proof of these allegations. show my definitive proof that I was botting, PLing, or that I bought gold.\


Yes, your son would be able to access your account, it is allowed. Although I doubt he did, unless he went on a field trip without telling anyone.

I admire your tenacity but we will not provide you with specific information regarding the violation.