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Account sharing- why cant we?

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Dramuss
#0 - Nov. 17, 2010, 10:55 p.m.
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now, im just wondering why blizzard is so piticular with people sharing accounts( not saying i do but just wondering in general) i dont see why poeple cant but i want to know why. i dont see anything wrong with it, i mean they should get their own account but if they want to share who cares?( not saying theres anything wrong with their ToU just wondering)
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Zenlyth
#18 - Nov. 18, 2010, 1:29 a.m.
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Heya Dramuss,

Please read the following regarding account sharing:

    How to Stay in the Game (Part 1 of 2)
    http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/21506

    Account Sharing/Third-Party Character Advancement ("Power Leveling")

    Only two people are EVER allowed to access the account (from the moment the account is created to the end of time). Who are those two people? The first is the person who set up the account in their own name (you aren't allowed to set up an account in any name other than your own legal name). The second is one (1) of the children or trustees (under age 18) of the first person. Not siblings, not parents, not spouses, not friends, not strangers.

I recommend to take this quite seriously.

CONSEQUENCES:

Any evidence uncovered by Support investigations that the account is being accessed by anyone other than the registered user and/or one (1) of their children or trustees (under age 18) may result in:

  • Temporary interruption of account access until our Account Recovery Process has been completed by the registered user. The account may be unavailable for an extended period of time.

  • Deletion of characters, goods, and currency found to have been advanced/gained in whole or in part through the efforts of anyone other than the registered user or their child or trustee (under age 18). Characters will NOT be rolled back to the level they were before the unauthorized access. They will be permanently deleted.

  • Account penalties up to and including account closure if it is determined that the unauthorized access was due to the registered user or their child or trustee (under age 18) sharing the account name and password with anyone else.

  • Account penalties up to and including account closure for the account(s) of the unauthorized individual(s) who accessed the account, even if you gave them permission to do it!


    EXAMPLES:

    Here are a few examples of access that is considered unauthorized. In all examples, George is the registered account user, and Cynthia is his 16-year-old daughter whom he has authorized to use the account (this list is by no means all-inclusive).

  • 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.


    • Each of these examples could result in George's account being closed, permanently barring both Cynthia and George from accessing it further. In the case of wanting to let friends or relatives try the game, you can provide them with access to a free trial of the game through the Recruit-A-Friend program.