Blizzard bans almost 54, 000 Warcraft III accounts

Tipstaff · Jun 3, 2005, 07:34 AM

Found this on Battle.net:

June 1, 2005

Warcraft III Accounts Closed - Nebu
A number of additional accounts and CD keys have been tied to the use of a hack or cheat program while playing Warcraft III on Battle.net. In keeping with our aggressive stance against cheating, we have permanently closed 53,928 Warcraft III accounts. 8,168 of the Warcraft III CD keys used with the now-closed accounts have been banned from ladder play for one month, and 3,331 more have been banned from ladder play permanently. Repeat offenders risk having their CD keys disabled, which will result in the permanent removal of their copies of Warcraft III from Battle.net. We will continue to monitor Battle.net for cheating and take action as needed. If you would like to report additional instances of hacking or cheating, please notify us at hacks@blizzard.com. A false report filed by one player against another will not result in the actions described above.

As always, thank you for your continued support; with your help we have been able to keep Battle.net a fun and safe place to play Blizzard games.

Word to the wise: cheaters and thieves ALWAYS get caught.. well.. at least the stupid ones.

-TIp

daRk_heLmet · Jun 3, 2005, 09:30 AM

nice to cheater/pirate fucks are getting kicked out. Blizzard I have heard has one of the best punk buster solutions out there. I also liked it when Valve busted punks when HL2 came out.

**MIG-31** · Jun 3, 2005, 04:02 PM

Thanks for posting this on the front page.... daRk_heLmet.

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Jun 3, 2005, 07:34 AM	#1
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 191 System Specs	Blizzard bans almost 54, 000 Warcraft III accounts Found this on Battle.net: June 1, 2005 Warcraft III Accounts Closed - Nebu A number of additional accounts and CD keys have been tied to the use of a hack or cheat program while playing Warcraft III on Battle.net. In keeping with our aggressive stance against cheating, we have permanently closed 53,928 Warcraft III accounts. 8,168 of the Warcraft III CD keys used with the now-closed accounts have been banned from ladder play for one month, and 3,331 more have been banned from ladder play permanently. Repeat offenders risk having their CD keys disabled, which will result in the permanent removal of their copies of Warcraft III from Battle.net. We will continue to monitor Battle.net for cheating and take action as needed. If you would like to report additional instances of hacking or cheating, please notify us at hacks@blizzard.com. A false report filed by one player against another will not result in the actions described above. As always, thank you for your continued support; with your help we have been able to keep Battle.net a fun and safe place to play Blizzard games. Word to the wise: cheaters and thieves ALWAYS get caught.. well.. at least the stupid ones. -TIp __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Jun 3, 2005, 09:30 AM	#2
daRk_heLmet Keep firing, assholes! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Death Star Posts: 1,072 Rep Power: 0	nice to cheater/pirate fucks are getting kicked out. Blizzard I have heard has one of the best punk buster solutions out there. I also liked it when Valve busted punks when HL2 came out. __________________ [color=white]My Blog[/color]

Jun 3, 2005, 04:02 PM	#3
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