Submitted by Weatherlight - February 25, 2007 at 2:35 pm -050085.179.234.182
@DrkMatter & Thefremen
I dont claim to know anything about the WoW comunity. But I see blizzard reacting to a guy who is selling a program that runs seperate from their software, but with the purpose of being used with their software. The only reason I see them reacting this way not because they want to protect the players, but because this guy is making money off of it.

It is not a program that targets other ingame players, so the program itself does not cause other players harm. What causes them harm is the people who resell accounts, ingame currency/items ect... A normal player is not going to use this program for this purpose.

Although this program is cheep, I do not see it as a just reason for their reaction. They did not send him a "cease and desist" notice he "was visited at his home". I do not blame him for reacting the way that he did because a company does not send a representitive to give a cease and disist notice. Blizzard has a history of bullying people into submission and not taking action on behalf of the players until they feel it is worth it. I dont condone what this guys program, but I do not condone the actions of blizzard at all.

I am a strong beliver that the EULA is a load of crap. nobody even bothers reading them anymore. As a player if you dont want to play the game yourself, whats the point in buying it? But when I read that if they dont like my connection settings they can ban me permently, and I cant even call them up and ask why. Tell me how thats ok? EULA, simply says we can ban you for no reason at all, and prevent you from playing this or any of our other games in the future at our discression.

Quick example: I have two starcraft accounts that were banned because Blizzard decided to ban the local ISP. When I contacted them they refused to tell me why they were banned, all I got from them was to reformat my computer and buy a new copy. Which I did and was banned again. Point is they need to act on behalf of the players and not because of profits.

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