Comments on: Shenannigans are afoot.

By: Customer disservice « Dechion's Place

Customer disservice « Dechion's Place — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:59:53 +0000

[...] customer service. A shining example of this kind of callousness can be found on Temerity-Janes blog Here. I don’t know what else I can say other than good luck. Some times bad things happen to good [...]

By: Well, this sucks.

Well, this sucks. — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:23:53 +0000

[...] Lamaa’s Plight Posted in Blizzard BBQ | Tags: BBQ [...]

By: Episode 1-Jumping on the Nethertrain (Finally) | World of Warcraft

Episode 1-Jumping on the Nethertrain (Finally) | World of Warcraft — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:28:55 +0000

[...] felt throughout the WoW blogger community. One of the affected accounts belongs with a guildie of TJ and a “call to arms” for better response from Blizzard. BRK received a response from a [...]

By: This is Why I’ll Never Play a Pay to Play Online Game | Gaming My Way

This is Why I’ll Never Play a Pay to Play Online Game | Gaming My Way — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:25:28 +0000

[...] couple months ago, a player who goes by Lamaa was banned from World of Warcraft, wrongly so according to himself and hi…. There hasn’t been an update on the site about whether he was unbanned or not, so I think [...]

By: Bumwaller

Bumwaller — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:28:07 +0000

what ever happened with this – is he still banned? Update please.

By: Chick GM | Some Lamaa support

Chick GM | Some Lamaa support — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:07:34 +0000

[...] I don’t have time for a full post today but I wanted to draw some attention to TJ’s post that I’ve renamed in my head “When WoW Bans happen to Good people.”… [...]

By: Twisted Nether Blogcast » Blog Archive » Episode 1-Jumping on the Nethertrain (Finally)

Tue, 27 May 2008 15:35:27 +0000

By: klaki

klaki — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:51:49 +0000

oh man! it stopped! :(
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i love watching people get fired up over things. with kirk getting flamed, i dare not write my opinions on anything… lol.

By: Hip

Hip — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:48:56 +0000

There are several threads on the CS forums regarding being banned, so if anything does happen it will take quite a while. Mike pretty much nailed it on the head with the G15 though. The G15 is perfectly legal to use, but once you start adding delays/automation into your macro keys, it becomes cheating and you will get banned. It is a common mistake among G15 users who were banned, because who would think that something like a Logitech keyboard could get you banned? For anyone who does have a G15, make sure you check your macro keys carefully. I do believe there is also an option to turn off the delays, etc.

As far as the general ban wave goes, from what I have read this wasn’t just a spur-of-the-moment thing. Blizzard didn’t just suddenly decide to ban 500k+ accounts because there was suspicion they were cheating. They have been monitoring these accounts for a long time, before making that final call.

And Blizzard should be more caring? Not really. While this game is very social for those who play, you must remember that Blizzard is just a video game company who cares mostly about revenue. They want to put out a solid game and want the fat paycheck to go with it. Because they really just want money, do you think they would just go off and ban anyone? Takes a lot of cajones to ban 500k+ accounts. That’s a ton of money lost for them.

Oh, interesting observation: Now that most of the botters have been banned, everything has gone way up in price. Primal shadow are going for 45g on Alleria. Three weeks ago it was about 30g. I’m certainly not condoning botting, but I do miss the economy we had with them around.

By: momoko

momoko — Mon, 26 May 2008 06:49:45 +0000

yah, i truely understand the feeling when looking myself as a customer. as i did pay with my pocket money to buy the boxed programs and further subscription to Blizzard on good faith as a customer, I expect a better treatment of their customer from the Blizzard’s side. They have the rights to ban but do it properly within acceptable treatment of their customers. I believe most people are angry not because their accounts are banned but more of the act of Blizzard banning them like they are just some no life toons. We are human players and we demand a human touch in Blizzard handling of its customers.