Dizzzammmm.... world of warcraft

[Flitterkill]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6154708.html

 

A mere 59,000...

 

What's even scarier is how little that number is compared to the actual number of players.

 

-Fk

[Unclean]

59,000 x $50/game = $2,950,000

 

That's a LOT of cash.

[witt]

don't forget the $10/month fee

[3vil]

think about the real players that can now farm for mats,not have someone do it for them.

[linch]

Think about it.. they really don't lose either. The companies that do this are obviously making good money. So they will buy another account, and level a rogue/hunter/etc to 60 in less then 1 week and begin farming again. So basically they lost a weeks worth of progress and a lot of gold. At least Blizzard is trying I guess, although it takes them over 3 or 4 months to ban a player.

Edited July 28, 2006 by linch

[witt]

They also removed a large amount of gold from the game's economy, or so i read.

[3vil]

22 million.

[Baruch]

Blizzard has a habit of being bvad with their bannings and such they do so at random intervals and with no consistency. Wouldn't suprise me in the least that 59,000 is less the half the farmers. I botted in D2 forever then got banned and just started again and didnt ever get caught till i just quit the game. Blizz has a few things to still figure out and its stuff that shoulda been figured out long ago if you ask me.