Mafia Discords of RMT Boosters Mass Reporting Legit Players

The boosting is not against the rules right now, so while is permitted, is not OK for some to be able to do it and some to not be able. Either permit it to all, or deny it to all.
Allowing some people to abuse your system and report those that do nothing wrong or against the rules while they (ones reporting) are doing it safely is not OK, is a sh!tty double standard.

As far as I can tell this issue started only when they added the /services chat, I don’t remember seeing people get banned for this before, so the system is flawed and it can be used to get you banned for everything, if any reason at all. That is not OK even if we like or dislike boosting.

They spam in General, in Local Defense, in Trade or they YELL.

They have their own channel though for this kind of “service”. Use this and all is fine.

It makes no difference. People all over reddit complain about getting banned for using only /services, some even for saying once in front of RFC, on /say “WTB RFC Boost”.
The mafia is abusing this system. You can try selling your socks in org and get reported and banned by the mafia. No one will check the reports, no one will answer your appeals.

That is indeed a very, very sad thing, I agree. One isn’t even given the chance to prove reports wrong, and that is absolutley wrong. If I wrote which kind of a let’s say “state” would act like this (you being accused, you go to jail without fair trial) I’d get a ban here.

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Capitalism in the nutshell

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*Corporationism, capitalism is free market. And the market is obviously not free if the corporation can report free enterprise to the government (Blizzard) and get them banned.

Its like IRL people blame capitalism for effects of social democracy and corporationism. Like banks being bailed with taxpayers money during finance crisis. If big corporation goes down they rob workers and small companies to save it.

Its not capitalism its corporationism and social democracy. And in WoW its even worse with Blizzard banning random people it does not even happen IRL that corporation can report someone to government and a bot end their business.

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It got nothing to do with capitalism and all to do with mafia.

Exactly

Profits are more important than maintaining a product to its full potential.

The firing of GM’s / customer service staff improved profits for shareholders at the cost of letting the game devolve into this imo.

Its a game run by shareholders, I wouldn’t hold my breathe on anything improving sadly.

Look forward to some new mounts in the shop

Did you see how fast they fixed the cata shop bug stopping people from purchasing the new expansion pack?

The shop is the main priority and focus for this game.

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You’re angry at the wrong thing, Blizzard was always a for profit company. That makes people go to work. Bobby Kotick just had a vision that was not good for Wow. In a recent interview he said it was bad that people “should” play Wow for 4 hours a day. Which is the essence of an MMORPG.

It’s already banned, they using VPNs. Even if blizzard ban VPNs there is an option of private proxy that is not detectable.

They can ban their own report system its the easiest thing and let people blacklist spammers. Much better than having a bot ban legit players or mute them.

But that would end in having to hire a real GM and indie company like Blizzard cant afford that because people would be for real doing stuff that is bannable without being banned.

Still better that legit players muted or banned for no reason, just like IRL justice system they rather let a criminal go if no evidence than put 10 innocents in jail. Unless Blizzard want a system like in old USSR or Germany in 1930s…

The most concerning aspect of this issue is the sheer lack of transparency. We have no clear understanding of how many players have been wrongfully silenced or even banned. This is particularly alarming when considering EU servers, where many players have limited English “skills”, making it difficult for them to report these issues publicly or successfully appeal their cases. In some instances, players may already be banned, preventing them from even accessing the forums to seek help.

In my friend’s case, he was fortunate to have me write an appeal on his behalf because his English is pretty basic conversational level. However, to this day, the appeal remains unanswered, leaving us uncertain about its impact. The reality is that he has already lost over two weeks of playtime, which directly affects me as well. He was responsible for six alchemy cooldowns/transmutes for my Thunderfury, amounting to approximately 24 cooldowns/transmutes lost over that period, and once again, two weeks of paid play time lost for my buddy.

This also impact my in-game activities. I often sell Dire Maul Tribute buffs, but given the risk of being falsely reported and subsequently banned, I am now hesitant to continue. The thought of facing a ban with no response to an appeal for weeks is deeply frustrating and concerning, especially since that would happen while respecting the rules and conduct.