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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Reporting gold spammers in WAR now easier than ever]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/05/reporting-gold-spammers-in-war-now-easier-than-ever/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/05/reporting-gold-spammers-in-war-now-easier-than-ever/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/05/reporting-gold-spammers-in-war-now-easier-than-ever/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/business-models/" rel="tag">Business models</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/warhammer-online/" rel="tag">Warhammer Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/10/themythicbanhammer225.jpg" alt="" />The gold seller scourge has fallen upon <a href="http://www.warhammeronline.com"><em>Warhammer Online,</em></a> as you've likely noticed. But <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/mythic-entertainment ">Mythic Entertainment</a> has taken <a href="http://onlinegamesareanichemarket.wordpress.com/2008/09/21/a-banning-we-will-go-a-banning-we-will-go-heave-ho-off-the-servers-yo-a-banning-we-will-go/">some rather extreme measures</a> to silence the incessant spamming. To help reach that goal, they're making it easier for players to report gold selling activity and harassment. In keeping with their zero-tolerance policy on gold spamming, <a href="http://herald.warhammeronline.com/warherald/NewsArticle.war?id=351">Mythic states,</a> <em>"We are committed to making life as hard as we can for Gold Sellers in game and maximizing player enjoyment. To that end we have added a new tool to streamline the gold seller reporting process." </em><br /><br />That tool is found within the Appeal Interface, as the stand-alone category "GOLD/PL SALES" -- and is <em>not</em> found within the Violation category (which is used for most other types of harassment) as you might expect. Submitting these appeals via the GOLD/PL SALES category is a straightforward matter, as shown below the cut:<br /><hr />
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</table><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/05/reporting-gold-spammers-in-war-now-easier-than-ever/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Reporting gold spammers in WAR now easier than ever</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/05/reporting-gold-spammers-in-war-now-easier-than-ever/">Reporting gold spammers in WAR now easier than ever</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://herald.warhammeronline.com/warherald/NewsArticle.war?id=351>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/05/reporting-gold-spammers-in-war-now-easier-than-ever/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1333106/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/05/reporting-gold-spammers-in-war-now-easier-than-ever/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>appeal</category><category>business-models</category><category>ea-mythic</category><category>fantasy</category><category>game-mechanics</category><category>gold-sellers</category><category>gold-selling</category><category>gold-spammer</category><category>harassment</category><category>mmo-industry</category><category>mythic-entertainment</category><category>petition</category><category>spam</category><category>spammers</category><category>war</category><category>warhammer-online</category><category>zero-tolerance</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Egan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
