tagn.wordpress.com - 9/23/2008
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Mark Jacobs was not kidding . It is WAR, and it is war on gold sellers.
A very public, very individual war, with gold selling spammers being rooted out and banned on the spot. And each banning gets a server wide announcement like this:
Or:
All very in character, as you can see. ...
tobolds.blogspot.com - 9/18/2008
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tobolds.blogspot.com —
I've read various reports of what people did
during their headstart days of Warhammer Online: Age of...
Reckoning. And I'm sure there will be many more reports like that when WAR launches the release version today. And one thing I noticed with myself, ...
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If it changes the way you play, it's innovation
tobolds.blogspot.com - 9/25/2008
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tobolds.blogspot.com —
I totally agree with Mark Jacobs' approach of
banning gold spammers immediately, instead of banning a large...
amount every couple of months. But I can also see why the decision to report bannings with pop-up windows to the other players isn't liked by ...
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WAR and RMT
warhammeronline.com - 9/18/2008
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warhammeronline.com —
It's LAUNCH DAY! There's a lot going on
all over the office and around town as we...
bring WAR to the public at long last! Check in all day for behind-the-scenes footage to see what it's REALLY like to launch a blockbuster MMORPG! WAR Has Come At Last! - ...
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Mythic Entertainment
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WAR: Bad habit made worse
The Common Sense Gamer —
... If you’ve been playing WAR, then you’ve probably read and/or seen how Mythic is handling gold farmers in game. Essentially, a confirmation pop-up appears on your screen and notifies you that somebody has been banned. Go see John’s screenies, because they are quite cute….and they’re a bad idea. ...
Casualties of WAR Kicks Destruction’s Ass
Ardwulf's Lair —
... have indeed been pushed to all servers; Wilhelm has screenshots of a couple HERE. This is a wonderful thing, and the in-character announcements are very amusing, but as ...
WAR and RMT
Tobold's MMORPG Blog —
... of banning gold spammers immediately, instead of banning a large amount every couple of months. But I can also see why the decision to report bannings with pop-up windows to the other players ...
Related: what is gold sellers mmo, what is gold sellers/spammers
Gold Sellers - How do you defeat them? —
Funcom...riddle me this..
Myself, I have no issue with Gold Sellers. I know so many do. But, really, what do they do but eat up the economy. If you play the game as is, do you really need an economy? Is the economy such a needed commodity to play your MMO of choice? I digress. What I guess we need to ask is..is there a ...
Mark Jacobs is a Teensy Weensy Bit Upset With Gold Sellers —
Wandering Goblin
On his newly unveiled blog , Mythic bigwig Mark Jacobs vents his frustration with gold sellers in unmistakable terms. While most MMO companies have taken steps to deal with the problem in a somewhat offhanded or understated way, Jacobs is taking the opposite approach. He's coming right out ...
Warhammer mod automatically reports tell spammers —
Massively
According to a ticker at the Warhammer Online Herald, Mythic has banned over 4,000 WAR users for gold farming and selling. Now to further the battle, its representatives at the Herald have suggested that players download a third party UI mod called "Spam Me Not" which not only automatically ...
If You Buy Gold, You Are a Shiftless Cheat. And Stupid. —
Ardwulf's Lair
The recent brouhaha about banning gold sellers in Warhammer Online leads me to ask a question. Note that this does not neccessarily apply in games where some method of obtaining in-game goods for real-world cash, as is the case with SOE’s Station Exchange and EVE’s Time Cards. This ...
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning: First Banwave of Gold Sellers —
Curse
Mark Jacobs, on his personal blog, tells people that he hates gold sellers. He hates them so much that a bit later after the release of Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning, 400 accounts of gold sellers got banned. The fight between Mythic and the Gold Sellers has just started...
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WAR Bans Over 400 Gold Farming 'Lowlifes' —
Worlds In Motion
"I HATE GOLD SELLERS WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING," writes Mythic Entertainment co-founder Mark Jacobs on his blog -- caps lock his, after the statement typed plain was "not strong enough."
"I’ve been waiting for the day that WAR launched so I could have the absolute pleasure of instituting ...
Gold Spammers get the Hammer. —
Archmagery
This may be my favorite post by a game developer ever. My favorite line:
“We don’t wait and let them stay in the game and ban them en-masse, my guys ban their useless, time-consuming butts right away. We have a strike team whose sole job it is to get these guys off our servers as ...
Warhammer Online: Mark Jacobs VS Gold Sellers —
WarCry Network : Latest News
For those of you playing Mythic Entertainment's newly launched Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning I'm sure you've noticed the gold spam has already begun. Mark Jacobs, CEO of Mythic Entertainment has long harbored a deep hatred for gold spammers, and in his latest blog post discusses his ...
Warhammer Online - The Gold Rush —
Funcom...riddle me this..
The Kremlin Approves. WAR is so popular , that just one day into launch, you can find over 4 million sites selling gold for Warhammer Online. The bot population makes the Motherland proud. So, depending on sales for Warhammer, we can assume a 25% dissenters ratio to gold sellers in WAR. Many a ...
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