Blizzard vs Peons4Hire

DM. · Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject: Blizzard vs Peons4Hire

Blizzard's continuous efforts to combat in game gold spamming has lead to a federal lawsuit against the operators of Peons4hire.

Eyonix had the following to share in <a href='http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=106771592&pageNo=1&sid=1'>this post</a>:
<p>As many of you know, the latest content patch, along with many great new content additions, contains technical counter-measures designed to combat in-game gold spamming. Our efforts to reduce in-game abuse and create a fun, safe environment for everyone are never-ending.

With that said, we felt that it was important to share with the community just how serious we are in our efforts to combat this type of abuse. Blizzard has filed a federal lawsuit against the operators of Peons4hire, a popular gold-selling organization which many of you have no doubt seen advertised. As part of the lawsuit, the operators of Peons4hire have been asked to immediately cease all in-game spamming efforts by all entities and websites under their control.

If this organization refuses to act accordingly, further legal action will be taken. We'll be sure to keep you posted on the progress of this topic.</p>

then continues <a href='http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=106771592&sid=1&pageNo=3#56'>several posts later</a>:
<p>Our efforts to combat this type abuse will be ongoing, I assure you. Also, keep in mind that Peons4hire was one of the larger organizations focused on in-game spam abuse. Do not underestimate the value of the message this action will send to to others who participate in similar abuse.

In short, we're making waves. Razz

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This is definitely great news and shows how serious Blizzard is at stopping the spam.
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WyriHaximus · Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 1:46 am Post subject:

That is great. More news is coming up on this I hope Very Happy

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*Pokes Rollie: You know what I'm poking for Razz

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Rollie · Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:22 am Post subject:

Wyr, should be Tuesday =)

Doc Lithius · Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject:

I gotta admit... That's pretty freakin' righteous!
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WyriHaximus · Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 4:11 pm Post subject:

DM. · Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject:

Evidence might be something like over 1 million players have reported someone from one of their websites to stop the spam.
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WyriHaximus · Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject:

Alanthus · Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:00 pm Post subject:

...not holding my breath that Blizzard will crush anything, they're a business first and will apply a finite amount of resources to this, if they manage to draw blood from the gold sellers it will be a very good thing though.
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DM. · Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject:

Any word on if IGE might be part of this? Since Eyonix did say it was against the operators of Peons4hire.....

Well we will find out once Thottbot and Allakazham are shut down o.O
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xpolockx · Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject:

Any headway made against the gold sellers is good news to me Wink

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Balgair · Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject:

Very good news indeed, have to say I think the patch made a difference, as I've not had a single spam whisper since it, which is a massive improvement; it was awful the last few weeks. Here's hoping this makes even more progress.
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WyriHaximus · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 12:21 am Post subject:

DM. · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 1:52 am Post subject:

Both are owned by IGE. Wowhead is not =)
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WyriHaximus · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 4:45 am Post subject:

xpolockx · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject:

thottbot's always been pretty terrible in terms of setup imo... I used allakhazam until I found wowhead Smile

And yeah I didn't get any gold whispers in 8 hours last night, which was a huge relief.
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Skyfire · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 8:35 pm Post subject:

You guys should come hop on the wowwiki irc if you ever have the time. Info on that can be found at http://www.wowwiki.com/IRC . Skosiris, one of the head hanchos at wowhead, hangs out on there, so if you ever have a question, go ahead and message him or just say his name on the channel. Alternatively, if you have a suggestion you want fast tracked through the piles of emails he gets... Smile

/me ends shameless plug for Sko.
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Skyfire · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject:

Cough cough cough, link should be http://www.wowwiki.com/WoWWiki:IRC
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WyriHaximus · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 11:57 pm Post subject:

Great they are on freenode, saves me another useless server tab for 1 channel Razz

. Anyway might be a nice place to chat with the WCR.com comunity aswell Smile

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Hybuir · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 5:45 am Post subject:

Balgair · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:18 am Post subject: