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@Happy-gundrak

I interpreted what op said as meaning the boosting communities are dead? may be wrong iunno… are they dead?

Fun question, define “boosting community” Blizz says

As of today, we will now prohibit organizations who offer boosting, matchmaking, escrow, or other non-traditional services, including those offered for gold.

Policy Update for Organized In-Game Services -- January 2022

As the conditions change by which various entities operate in World of Warcraft, we are compelled to update our policies to further our goal of making the gameplay experience as fair and welcoming as possible. Since we last updated our policies, we have found that an increasing disturbance of the gameplay experience has been caused by organizations excessively advertising various non-traditional services in-game. As of today, we will now prohibit organizations who offer boosting, matchmaking, e…

But what is a boosting community? What if Houkan makes a guild and continues selling boosts? Are they not a boosting community because they made an in game guild? If no, then what makes a guild not a boosting community?

A troubling area of understanding, which is why Blizz clarified

@Kaivax

Organizations who disruptively advertise across all realms and establish escrow services are the primary target of this policy update. Guilds and individuals who are inviting players from another realm to join them in traditional game activities in exchange for gold are allowed, as they were before.

@Kaivax

That depends on the definition of “financially”. If it means an exchange of gold only without a middleman entity, then it sounds like the same sort of guild activities players have been enjoying for 17 years, which are not the focus of this policy update.

So despite inaccurate article titles such as

Boosting Communities Now Prohibited in World of Warcraft

Boosting communities are allowed, “Cross realm boosters with man-in-the-middle/escrow services” aren’t allowed.