Blizzard on WoW gold-buying:a no win situation for players

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Just because players do it doesn't mean that Blizzard approves of it. In fact, the company behind World of Warcraft has released an official statement regarding the its stance on gold-buying and paid power-leveling services in their MMORPG.

According to Blizzard, companies which sell WoW gold to players actually steal the gold from players - that is, the companies hack into players accounts, grab the loot and then sell them to other players for a fee. Apparently, these are the very same accounts that players entrusted to power-leveling services in the past.

Blizzard's main point is this: gold-buying is ultimately a lose-lose situation for all WoW players concerned. Players are deprived of what is rightfully theirs, other players end up with hacked items and gold and the World of Warcraft game environment suffers from stability issues and an inflated economy.

Thus, Blizzard has again urged players not to support these services by reiterating:

Selling gold for real money and having characters power-leveled are violations of our Terms of Use and End User License Agreement, and we regularly take corrective action when we find that these services have been used.

The is merely an excerpt from Blizzard's full official statement, though. If you'd like to read through the entire message, feel free to click on the source link below.