Bashiok warned that intentional realm crashing is "exceptionally ban-worthy."Īrchaeology has never been a popular secondary profession. Other involved players were not so lucky. He wrote that not enough evidence had been gathered at first about who was most responsible for the crash, and that they were "correcting a mistake" - not reversing a punishment simply due to outcry. Swifty posted a video thanking everyone for their support.īashiok further clarified the decision to unban Swifty. In some cases, individual players spammed an emote upwards of 30,000 times.Īs a result, some accounts found to be active participants in this activity were permanently banned.ģ0,000 times? I hope they were using a macro.īashiok also said that the banned accounts were still "under review." After two days, Blizzard unbanned Swifty's account - and they didn't even make him donate blood. We recently monitored a situation where a large number of players intentionally disrupted access to multiple realms by gathering together and mass-spamming game emotes. Finally, in September, Blizzard disbanded the guild. A whistleblower from Ravenholdt claimed that the guild did not check players' ages before inviting them and would recruit in chat channels without revealing the guild's purpose or adult content.Īs word spread about this guild's activities, people began campaigns on the official forums asking Blizzard to take action. The conversations were not relegated to parties or whispers, but often occurred in guild chat. Monogamy of any kind runs counter to this, and so, all sexually exclusive relationships are prohibited." Their recruiting notice stated that "We are a guild based on freedom of love and sex. They roleplayed pedophilia, bestiality, and other nontraditional sexual activities that are best left to the imagination (or unimagined). Many guilds allow or even encourage ERP without interference from Blizzard.Ībhorrent Taboo didn't just register as explicit on the ERP meter - they buried the needle and then broke the gauge. The guild's welcome message laid out their philosophy:ĮRP has a wide spectrum, from innocent to highly explicit.
The Horde-side Ravenholdt roleplaying guild boldly proclaimed their identity as an "extreme erotic RP guild." That, at least, is what members of Abhorrent Taboo found out in the fall of 2007. In an online environment owned and operated by a company, "freedom of speech" does not extend quite as far as it otherwise might.
Among the countless players and guilds who have earned Blizzard's ire over the years, a few stand out as worthy of revisiting.
As Archivist noted last summer, several guilds have been banned or suspended for abusing exploits in raids. Blizzard has enacted many rounds of mass bannings over bots and hacks. With a community of millions around the world, Blizzard has no easy job trying to keep botters, gold sellers, cheaters, and other hooligans in check. What did the game look like years ago? Who is etched into WoW 's history? What secrets does the game still hold? WoW Archivist explores the secrets of World of Warcraft's past.
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