And that clarification has been provided ad nauseum in this and a connected thread that was opened earlier today, let alone the many, many other threads about it that have been opened in the eighteen months since the new advertising policy went into effect.
All you need to do is look.
It’s been given over more than one thread.
Thing is though, you want to continue arguing semantics.
Bottom line is, regardless if it’s a GDKP or boost run Blizzard has specific rules for advertising them and will punish those who break the rules how they deem fit. That is all that matters.
Botom line not banable but run at your own risk you have no idea 100% where the gold is coming from and a few players have found out the hard way. Sure player a could say the gold is legit but could be lying thru there teeth.
Honestly this thread shouldve been locked hours ago its just going in circles.
Well ya that’s been stated in the blue post. I’m just wondering where do you advertise it?
The gold came from the million bots running around, that are directly linked to GDKPs.
Trade in Classic iterations. Trade Services in Retail. GDKPs fall under the same advertising rules as any other service where gold is traded.
Emphasis on rule # 2. Source already credited above.
So as long as someone only advertises in Trade Chat Channel, they will not be auto banned via players spam reporting?
Lets clear up some misconceptions and lies.
Theres no autobans any actions are done by a GM after investigating.
Depending on how often ur advertising it could still be constituted as spam if u advertising more then 1 or 2 in a span of a min or 2 id consisder that spam and most would probably 2.
You want to advertise and avoid being reported for spam keep it 1 post every 5 min too much will just annoy people.
If they’re not breaking the rules, the worst that can happen is the automatic squelch that is temporarily put into place long enough for a GM to review the reports. If they are in violation of the rules (usually spamming is the issue here if they’re legitimately posting only where they are supposed to be), they’ll be sanctioned. If they’re not breaking the rules, the squelch will be removed and no mark will be held against the account.
Mind you, spamming can be posting in all caps, ads with obnoxiously overt symbols (a la * ~ * ~ * and the like) - as well as posting too much. There are no hard and fast rules for how much time is required between posts. That sort of thing is weighed with how each realm reports it. Just because 50 posts have flown by in the thirty seconds since the last time an ad was posted, does not make it any safer to repost the ad than it does on a slower realm where there may be no other posts in Trade in the five minutes since an ad was last posted. Spam is subjective, and the GMs who look over those reports make those calls based on the community and other factors unknown to us as players. What Darth suggested about at least waiting five minutes between posts is kind of the general consensus for the most part, but it’s still something to be wary of depending on the community. With how busy Classic Trade chats can be, most won’t have dead silence between five minute posts. I just tend to warn folks about spam being subjective due to seeing a case where someone was hit for spamming because their Trade was so quiet that they were literally the only person posting for long stretches.
Your question has been answered over and over again, including a blue post:
To say “will not be banned” is not going to be given an affirmative, because there are other rules that must be followed as well.
Here’s a summary:
GDKP’s are currently allowed, but they are unsupported. Meaning there is no support for these runs if things go sour, if promises are broken (may be investigated as a scam, but no reimbursement/restoration is likely for your character), if illegal gold is in play, etc.
Advertisements are allowed in Trade (Services) for retail and Trade for Classic/SoD where the Trade (Services) channel may not exist. BUT, these advertisements are still subject to the other rules as Orylia listed above.
If other players think you are spamming, they are allowed to report you for spam, and NO ONE is exempt from the possibility of being squelched at any time, for any reason. If a squelch happens, a GM may or may not agree with the reports and as such, you may or may not be actioned for it.
Not everyone buys gold.
Your right they do not, but how do you know who does? Those are the ones that can cause you trouble
Which we’re aware of. The individual I responded to is well known for accusing anyone who supports GDKP a “swiper” or a “whale,” and believes every GDKP runner is a gold buyer (which is factually incorrect).
Most GDKPs won’t take characters with no logs or prior history on the server, no matter how much gold they have, because they look suspicious. GDKPs are not so dumb as to take anyone in the world just because they have gold. It’s silly to think that we will. Maybe the GDKPs with 0 standards and only doing 12/12 Normal ICC might. But not the good ones.
True but keep in mind even with those logs and stuff they could still buy gold. Yeah that kind of thing will help weed out the gold sellers themselves from joining your group. But it does not get rid of the risk of being exposed to stolen gold. Honestly my account is not worth the reward or risk.
True, but it’s just less likely. Good players don’t feel the need to cheat to get ahead.
Fair enough. But i’ve been doing GDKPs for 2 years and not yet been banned or known anyone get banned for gold buying, so clearly it’s not as prevalent as a certain crowd would have you believe.
Really appreciate your input. I wish you could have been this informative and clear from your first reply. Thank you!
The only note of any value for the discussion is 2.
The point 2. explicitly avoids stating “GDKP can only be advertised in trade chat”. This is no more clear than it was 24 hours ago. They are being intentionally vague. People aren’t catching suspensions for spamming/incorrect channel. People are abusing the report system. Until they come out and CLEARLY STATE the appropriate channel, this discussion has not been settled, and any suspensions resulting from this ‘policy’ are dubious at best. This information is not being communicated and based on 1. and 3. is entirely up to the whims of the playerbase currently online. That’s flat out terrible policy for an MMO.
It is 100% clear. As Leilleath posted in this very thread:
They are not. You just don’t like the policy.
Nothing is at the whim of the playerbase. Players are allowed to report for anything they feel is against the rules. They are not required to be 100% correct, they are not required to provide a reason, they are not required to provide proof.
Blizzard reviews each report and THEY decide for themselves what is actionable or not.
That is in no way clear. GDKPs aren’t solely a “for gold” activity. You making or spending gold is TBD> The one thing that is certain: You’re doing a raid with a group.
Again, GDKP organizers are being reported for abusive chat, not spamming or improper channel usage.
It’s not that I don’t like the policy, it’s that the policy isn’t clear. You aren’t honestly analyzing this issue because you like the vagueness of the policy.
Re: this particular point, that link makes ZERO mention of GDKPs. It’s about boosting services. You’re combining two separate statements out of context to come to an inaccurate conclusion, and then have the audacity to claim the issue settled and any mention to the contrary is misinformation.
