Far East accounts created too cheaply? - Page 3

Niber · 02-09-2007, 08:36 PM

WoW banned all people who didn't use a US CC and have a US address. (On American servers.)

I don't know why EQ2 doesn't adopt something similar. Of course, there would also be exceptions.

Kavoc · 02-10-2007, 07:33 AM

Perhaps the sellers have already thought of and accounted for this, but I would presume that for maximum efficiency, the mass produced account names would have to follow some sort of logical order such as:

Botaccount1
Botaccount2
Botaccount3

The accounts might even use the same password across the board to make it even easier.

If you could discern the system used, then you could feasibly setup a way to flag these accounts, watch what they do, and ban faster. The faster you ban spam accounts the more expensive that 10$ per account becomes.

Pinski · 02-10-2007, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Niber

WoW banned all people who didn't use a US CC and have a US address. (On American servers.)

I don't know why EQ2 doesn't adopt something similar. Of course, there would also be exceptions.

This is completely untrue about WoW. They put in a clause that says they can ban you for being a non-north american resident and playing on a north american server. This includes banning Europeans, and other countries. Are you aware of how big a backlash that would create? If not, you're mentally retarded.

osibia · 02-10-2007, 06:05 PM

you dont need far east to get cheap eq2 acc's....

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=5065277
http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=646703
http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?c...duct_id=646703
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832135005
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Everq...oductDetail.do
http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vl...582411020.html
http://www.fye.com/EverQuest-II--Cla...VVviewprod.htm

all for less than 10$, all in the us.

Illuminator · 02-10-2007, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Pinski

This is completely untrue about WoW. They put in a clause that says they can ban you for being a non-north american resident and playing on a north american server.

That enabling clause is absolute genius. You can ban the "undesirables" with prejudice and without the fake fucking stupid moral arguments posed by all the soccer moms on the official forums. You don't need to prove all the clandestine wheeling and dealing of the plat sellers, you just need to prove that the players are fucking assholes and consistently playing from the wrong location.

There will be no backlash against dedicated North American EQ2 servers, and I'm sure they could even bring Britain and Australia under the category.

The shit going on demands action, action much resembling this. Enough with the fucking pontificating about how helpless everyone should feel about the woe-is-me problem of Chinese plat pharmers. Everybody please shut the fuck up and pressure the company to dedicate geographical servers. I've spent already more time than I care to, bitching about this easily solvable bullshit that fucks up something I pay money to enjoy.

I believe a clause like this goes a long way in preventing crippling timidness at Blizzard about banning tens of thousands of faggot plat pharmer accounts at a time.

Niber · 02-12-2007, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Pinski

This is completely untrue about WoW. They put in a clause that says they can ban you for being a non-north american resident and playing on a north american server. This includes banning Europeans, and other countries. Are you aware of how big a backlash that would create? If not, you're mentally retarded.

Used the wrong word when I said ban. More like herd them off US servers.

http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowb.../?id=abl01663p

It's my understanding they're selling localization within the game as well as a check on your billing method. Seems ingenious to me.

Although some people don't like it..

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I'm a gamer from Singapore, and have been playing Blizzard games since the days of WarCraft 2 (Yes, every single one of the games). Obviously, I was overjoyed at the announcement of WoW.

The server regionlisation thing came up. But okay, I'll find some way to get over it, and that was through game cards. Next, they limited CE stock to only large companies like EB Games which refuse to ship to countries outside of the United States; but hey, I managed to get myself a US CE too.

So imagine my surprise when the accounts creation page had this requirement of a US CC even if you did not intend to use a CC for payment. Ostensibly, I was unable to create my account and I'm now a proud owner of a couple of coasters.

Do they even realise how assinine this is? First they told us server regionalisation; but we found ways to get over it. Next they gave pathetic excuses (It's for your own good due customer service and such - tell that to the GM who never even answered me after 4 hours though I was playing at 10 pm local time on the US Beta Server) and outright lies (We've worked with guilds to ensure that they will not be affected by server regionalisation - I'm not a kid and I know when you lie).

So now we're faced with this?! Do they know that there are perhaps Americans affected by this? How? Well I assume not every single American has a credit card. So those poor souls are no different from me, sitting in front of their computers with coasters.

I know this is beating a dead horse, but really, Blizzard, I see other companies do it well, but you, with far more resources available, fail to do a worldwide launch. This is utter betrayal of your fans outside of the US. I'm sorry to say that you've dropped so low that the bottomline is your only concern (It's obvious you sold the WoW rights to regional companies to make money off loyalties).

Apologies to you, dear Blizzard, but I'm sticking with Flagship Studios right now. Bill Roper did something right, and I'm willing to bet that someone who willingly leaves a company he helped set up to do what he believes in will make better games than an empty company with a reputation but without a spirit no longer.

Illuminator · 02-12-2007, 11:52 PM

Singapore boy needs to get with the times.

If you are not a complete fucking dipshit with small quantities of borrowed money, then you should not find owning a credit card to be impossible. Fuck, I had a friend who murdered his credit through college and rebuilt his standing by using (and paying off full each month) an itty bitty credit card with a $150 cap.

Folks, I repeat, this is not difficult.

Niber · 02-12-2007, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Illuminator

Singapore boy needs to get with the times.

If you are not a complete fucking dipshit with small quantities of borrowed money, then you should not find owning a credit card to be impossible. Fuck, I had a friend who murdered his credit through college and rebuilt his standing by using (and paying off full each month) an itty bitty credit card with a $150 cap.

Folks, I repeat, this is not difficult.

I don't know why he wants to play on US servers so bad. I mean give it a rest.. play with your countrymen! It makes me wonder why he's so dedicated in playing with people from the US.

Gori · 02-13-2007, 01:32 PM

It sounds like he is talking about registering his expansion, which would mean he already has toons/friends on that server.

Morara · 02-13-2007, 02:13 PM

Yeah, like EQ2, the US servers launched first, and there's an established asian and European community on the servers.