WAR Declares War on Gold Spammers

Mark Jacobs, CEO of Mythic Entertainment, stated recently on his blog that the Warhammer Online customer service representatives have been given a ”zero tolerance policy” concerning gold farmers and gold sellers and that they have banned approximately 400 of them by the first weekend after the games launch. Jacobs said, ”I hated seeing their messages when I played WoW or any other MMO and I’ve been waiting for the day that WAR launched so I could have the absolute pleasure of instituting policies to make their lives more difficult so we could drive them out of WAR.”

Jacobs also announced a new policy, the public ban message which allows players to suggest new and amusing messages to be broadcast server wide when a gold spammer is banned. “This weekend, we unveiled a new wrinkle in the fight against them, the public ban message. Players on our Phoenix Throne server have been treated to special messages when a gold seller/spammer is banned. I’ve given them a wide leash to come up with creative messages to tell the entire community who has been banned and we keep it within the Warhammer universe. Messages like “Tchar’zanek has ordered the slaughter of (Spammer) and all others of his kind who weaken the Raven Host by providing wealth and power to the unworthy” have been seen all weekend.”