In-Game Advertising & Services Channel in Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary

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In-Game Advertising

Greetings!

We just updated our Support article regarding in-game advertising, in part to bring our policies regarding non-traditional services (including “boosting”) in Anniversary realms in line with other versions of WoW.

As a reminder, organizations who offer boosting, matchmaking, escrow, or other non-traditional services, including those offered for gold, are prohibited. World of Warcraft accounts found to be in violation of this policy are subject to account actions. These actions can include warnings, account suspensions, and, if necessary, permanent closure of the disruptive World of Warcraft account(s). Organizations operating across multiple realms and excessively advertising non-traditional in-game sales are contrary to the terms and conditions of the Blizzard End-User License Agreement (EULA).

This policy update does not restrict individuals or guilds from using the provided in-game tools (such as the Services chat channel) to buy or sell in-game services for in-game currency. However, “boosting communities”, especially those who operate across multiple realms, are not permitted.

Note: The policy around GDKP runs in Anniversary realms has not changed, and GDKP is not allowed on Anniversary realms in NA and EU.

Services Channel

With the launch of our Anniversary realms, we implemented a chat channel entitled “Services”. Players can enable the Services chat channel and use it specifically for advertising services such as portals, summons, and tribute buffs. All such advertising must be posted to this channel, and player chat of these kinds in other public channels are subject to player reports and actions taken by Blizzard.

For further information regarding in-game advertising and the use of these channels, please go to our Support article here: https://us.support.blizzard.com/en/help/article/187406

  • Developers’ note: The Trade channel that’s in the game will continue to exist, but messages about the request and advertisement of services like raiding, dungeons, or PvP activities should be directed to the Services channel. If you’re looking to buy or sell these kind of services, this is the channel for you! If you’re not interested in those, you can leave the channel and avoid the noise, or move it into its own chat tab. We believe that with this distinction, you’ll be able to use Trade chat for its traditional purposes of buying and selling items, seeking out profession services, and other non-disruptive chatter.

To join or leave the Services channel, players can type “/join Services” or “/leave Services”, or use the Channels UI by right clicking on the General chat tab, clicking Global Channels, and selecting from the available options.

  • Developers’ note: Unlike the modern version of World of Warcraft which requires you to be in a capital city to join or leave this channel, you can join the Services channel from anywhere in the world in all versions of WoW Classic.
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Tbc hype. Waiting 30 mins to kill one quest spawn because of overpopulation. Now you take away dungeon running. The game is built off fomo and harms the general populations mental health. Tbc hype.

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GDKP staying banned

W

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GDKPs are not allowed, but you can still find them off server. Why are GDKPs “banned” while it’s completely okay to sell HRs and SRs?

This ban did nothing except make it inconvenient. Since Blizzard implemented a useless ban on GDKPs, I’m just letting you all know you can still find them on your server’s Discord. This ban is toothless, and Blizzard knows they can’t enforce it. These devs are over their heads and unbelievably incompetent.

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Continuing to deny GDKP on Anniversary realms while refusing to admit that the economy is absolutely horrible and the ban has not given the results you claimed it would is the reason no one trusts you with classic plus. Nearly as out of touch with reality as is possible.

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Not to mention the ban simply doesn’t work. These people are just delusional.

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Yeah - it’s completely allowed to sell items so long as the gold is kept by the organizer and not split among the raid. Truly a well thought out ban that is definitely fixing the issues it intended to.

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You’re right.

Let’s also unban botting, hacking, piloting and selling gold cause it still happens.

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Funny part is the gold isn’t kept by the organizer.

All they do is put the pot in a guild bank, set a withdraw limit, invite you to the guild, you take your cut and bounce.

All this pointless ban did was make things more inconvenient.

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You’re a moron if you think botting, hacking, piloting, and selling gold is equivalent to a loot system.

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You mean sold for profit.

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We understand you’re just protecting your booster income, these aren’t friendly reminders, these are attempts to increase your total revenue by like 3-4% by the end of the month.

Instead of playing pretend more than even Azeroth itself attempts to how about letting us know what’s going on with 1) pre-patch tabard quest and 2) tauren leeway. Because we get it, buy boosts from Blizzard not players. No need to rub it in, you already changed the face of the community and the average skill level for $$$.

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who cares fix the mailbox and the auction house, its been borderline unusable for 2 weeks

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While I disagree with your decision to continue the GDKP ban, I appreciate the clarification of your updated boosting policy. A lot of folks have been wondering if this restricted tanks from selling their services to help pay for raid consumes or individuals helping carry their friends in a raid to help gear their freshly boosted toons. I know I speak for a majority of the community when I say that communication like this is appreciated and we hope you are able to do it more often. Thank you.

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Your argument is “the ban doesn’t work” so I’m extrapolating and applying it to other topics. It has nothing to do with comparing anything against each other, you’ve only argued that the ban doesn’t work so repeal it.

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That’s a bad-faith argument. You’re ignoring the actual point that GDKPs aren’t harmful in the same way those other activities are, and you’re twisting the reasoning to make it sound ridiculous.

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I know this is the Classic section but does that also apply to Retail? like that guild (Northern Sky, but think they are using a new guild name now?) that spams 24/7, using new Monk alts every day to sell raid boosts?

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Gdkpers in shambles hahahahah

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Unban gdkps you out of touch dumb good for nothing devs. You have people paying tons of money for a semi decent game and instead we’re riddled with buggy gameplay (on the 3rd release of tbc mind you) and you people are so completely out of touch with the economy on the servers in anniversary, the game is borderline unplayable at a semi-competitive level if you don’t have 10 hours of free time a day dedicated to farming a laughable amount of gold. Tbc coming out just introduces EVEN MORE GOLD dumps.

Banning gdkps did nothing and anyone who thinks otherwise is a dumb moron who NEEDS to get laid ONCE in their sad existence of a life.

At the very least you greedy people could do is add the wow token so people can play the game how they want to instead of having to farm piss amounts of gold for hours and hours a day.

Just do SOMETHING, instead of taking away peoples ability to make gold with no real replacement other than “good luck, have fun losing 10 years of your life farming the same furbolgs over and over”.

SR/HR runs are completely dog awful and I’d say 99%, maybe even 100% of the people I talk to are in agreement that GDKP is the best loot system that isn’t directly loot council. Make some actual good decisions for once blizz PLEASE. It’s just so boring supporting this company for x amount of years and receiving crap in return.

god absolutely embarrassing excuse of a company these days.

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