Yeah that most certainly is a possible illicit gold transaction but it is not 100% and this is the problem we face as players playing this game. We consent Blizzard to a boat load of invading our privacy and they have the ability to sypher through all of this. However, they fired like 70-80% of their working-class Game Masters (don’t quote me but it’s up there). When they did this, it compromised the integrity of the game, VASTILY. It is not our job, they do not pay us upon successful reports and actions. We the players deserve to be treated fairly etc. TBH at the end of the day non of this matters bc we all signed to agree they can ban us for absolutely no reason at all. So really everyone arguing about this stuff is just wasting their breath including myself. It’s an “it is what it is” thing and we can only hope that Blizzard does the right thing and make a better, and safer game for us players
You are arguing in bad faith, they didn’t say you should just know. What they, the green, and the blue that has been linked have all said is that if you do not know or trust the people in your group, you should not be surprised if you are actioned because you accepted RMT gold. If you do not trust your group, it is your own choice to play with them, and by playing with that group you have accepted the risk of getting RMT gold, and this potentially being actioned. It is YOUR choice, it is YOUR responsibility.
Blizzard has tracking data that they use to determine if a player has been involved in RMT or not.
That’s not what a strawman is, buddy. You seem a bit outside your intellectual depth. Probably best not to just regurgitate things you’ve seen said in an argument online.
Besides that, the posts I alluded to explained the situation the same way I did.
Ironically this is a good example of a strawman! I never said “You should just know”.
I said it’s your responsibility to figure that out, and it is.
That is such an incredibly stupid statement. You are asking a person to know of information that is impossible to measure in any realistic way.
RMT isn’t a static thing. Just because one player is clean today doesn’t mean they aren’t tempted later down the road to participate in it. I’m supposed to know when and if someone decides to cross arbitrary line of morals? Through a video game? against potentially 39 other people?
You can’t honestly tell me with a straight face you believe this nonsense.
You’re supposed to play with people you trust, but you don’t like that answer, so probably best to just stop participating in GDKPs.
Again, if you’re concerned about being caught up in a ban because of this policy, then you are clearly aware you’ve been collecting RMT’d gold and don’t care because it’s going in your pocket.
You’re content to be part of the problem until you get repercussions for it.
The only stupid person here is you. You keep claiming we are telling you to be clairvoyant, we are not. Your stupid self is the only person claiming as much. If you do not trust people, DO NOT PLAY WITH THEM MORON. It is your responsibility to decide how much risk you are willing to take. If you know something has a risk of involving RMT gold, and you decide to participate anyway, THAT IS YOUR FAULT. Period. You keep trying to avoid personal responsibility.
“That’s on you” apparently =/= “You should just know”
the ableism is strong with this one.
“That’s on you” == “Figure it out, I’m not your daddy”
Also for good measure:
Frankly ableist of you to insinuate people with autism are incapable of building relationships of trust.
The only ableist is you. You are insinuating that people with disabilities are entirely helpless and cannot have trusted friends, or that they cannot tell when a situation is shady.
So you’re agreeing with me?
Are you a child? You know people are laughing at you right? You’re a troll.
Probably one of the most narcissistic comments ever said. He never implied any of that, just that some people don’t want the responsibility to police a virtual world from real world consequences outside of their control, but you lack the emotional and intellectual capacity to understand any of that so I’m literally wasting my breath on a brain dead ilk like yourself.
“Figure it out, I’m not your daddy” =/= “You should just know”
Very slow on the uptake.
Damn, he actually said none of what you said. He talked about how autistic people would be unable to navigate this policy properly, which is complete BS.
Damn, you don’t know what ilk means either.
Never insinuated that, simply that it is more difficult for them.
They are perfectly capable, which you know. You’re taking a cheap shot, just relax, it didn’t work.
By saying that personal responsibility is ableist, yes you are.
Blizzard confirms gdkp is fine and you guys just try to move the goalposts. One errant ban every six months that gets overturned dosen’t matter. You’re not getting banned for gdkp outside a fluke and a call to blizz will sort it out if you do. Don’t worry about the anti gdkp cope position.
The fact these guys are freaking out about the policy shows they know they are regularly receiving RMT’d gold, and are worried they’re going to face repercussions for it.
Oh so now you’re an expert on all social conditions.
Nothing in this statement is untrue. Yet your going to stand on some moral high ground of what is and isn’t plausible for people for every social condition? This is textbook sociopath behaviour.
Actually trolling.
Ilk: Kind; class; sort; type; ; – sometimes used to indicate disapproval when applied to people.
Still braindead? Check. Used to indicate disapproval? Check, check.
You’re pathetic and honestly this is fun at this point.
That was pretty long ago though. The mass layoff of CS staff was in 2012. There were 600 non-development positions laid off, which was largely focused on CS.
Since then, the layoffs have largely not impacted the CS department. The last one in 2019 was 800 people from ATVI overall, 200-ish at Blizzard specifically. List of laid off positions at the bottom of this article in a PDF. Mostly publishing, Community management, marketing, esports, events, etc.
They still have the CS department that they have had since the 2012 layoffs, in whatever staffing form that is in now. They mostly work out of the Austin, TX Blizzard campus and cover ALL Blizzard games, not just WoW. They have some specialists still, but most CS/GM type staff are cross trained to handle all ticket types.
The battle against Gold Sellers and Gold Buyers is one Blizzard (and every other similar game) has been fighting since the day the game released. We all remember the gold spam in chat, game mail, spelled out in bodies on the ground. Go to X websites for cheap gold! We all remember seeing suspicious grey items being “sold” for insanely high gold amounts. We know about the mail system being use and sometimes innocent folks suddenly getting someone elses mail.
Everyone knows about use of that gold for mounts, carries, crafting BiS gear, etc. GDKP is just one more place that gold buyers spend their ill gotten gold.
The warnings about GDKP come simply because it is a shady place where you are mixing with legit folks, and some illicit folks. Blizzard has been working since game release, and still does, to track that illicit money and ban the people involved. Letting folks know not to swim with sharks helps keep them from being mixed up in it.
Unless Blizz stops all gold transfers totally, or something else extreme, this battle is always going to continue. They ban hundreds of thousands a month, but people just keep trying on new accounts, stolen accounts, accounts acquired with stolen credit cards (the bot/gold farmers esp).