just a note to all those who are obviously not informed (mods included): this exploit DID NOT allow you to dupe items...not a single item was duped over the last few weeks.
In your case a minor punishment is more appropriate. You did something bad and should get punished for it, but a permanent ban is a very severe punishment for what you did.
It isn't hard to see who exploited and who was just testing out proof of concept. Blizzard's reaction is very late btw. The duping has been going on ever since start of Cataclysm. I've seen it as early as patch 4.2.
So I started buying out cheap darkmoon cards after learning about this today. Might as well profit from this.
Programs have bugs. That's Blizzard's "fault" if you like (though it's inevitable in any large piece of code so whatever). Exploiting that bug is against the TOS and Blizzard tells you straight up that it will result in a ban, if you exploit anyway and get banned then that's your fault. You get ample warning.
Some players think that because they can get away with something now there won't ever be repercussions but there are. Boo freaking hoo.
So you knew of the exploit and tried it for fun? Regardless of your intentions you deserve it. Knowing of an in game exploit and using it yeah you deserved it. Hopefully it was permanent. Tired of people doing stupid things in game and when they get hit with disciplinary measures for whatever reason they come to MMO champ for some dumb validation as to why they were some how justified and shouldn't have been banned. How about you, oh I don't know, act like an individual and hold yourself accountable for your actions and reap the consequence of your actions.
Cheese. Its amazing. Until your feet smell like it.
It was not in any way close to an exploit when people first found out about it, which is when most that didn't use it for duping used it.
Later on people found a way to use it as a way to dupe.
There are a number of specific, non-intuitive steps you need to take to make it happen. You can find a post or two in the thread listing them out. Suffice it to say that once understood what's required to execute it, it's obvious that having it happen by accident is very unlikely.
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"...money's most powerful ability is to allow bad people to continue doing bad things at the expense of those who don't have it."
I am pretty sure there was I note out on this before the ban, basicly your job to keep an eye on the forum for warnings and the likes. Many knew that it was a dump idea to do, and therefor didn't do it at all. There's no escape from rules, you can of course write to them and let them do another investigation, else not. And I swear you learn this phrase in mosts schools, "If your friends jumped over a cliff, would you?" - Basicly saying, don't do something dumb because everyone else is. If you knew the outcome of it, as you did in the end (even if you only did to see if it was possible) still means you did the act.
FOMO: "Fear Of Missing Out", also commonly known as people with a mental issue of managing time and activities, many expecting others to fit into their schedule so they don't miss out on things to come. If FOMO becomes a problem for you, do seek help, it can be a very unhealthy lifestyle..
@ Gehco ... so I heard you like Paladins...
Thousands of people suddenly start disconnecting themselves on purpose, so of course Blizzard hits the ban hammer.
And they hit it hard to deter others from doing it, to limit the damage.
Once you run your own multi-million dollar business you'll realize that there's nothing "retarded" about this sort of action.
"You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist."
Friedrich Nietzsche
I love comments like this as if the people defending a) all run their own multi-million dollar businesses and b) believe blizzard is always right and everyone who reports their inconsistencies and kneejerk reactions obviously had it coming in every possible setting, liars.
The folks who hand out bans for exploits didn't just fall off the turnip truck.
They only take dramatic action like this when there is an obvious and urgent problem. They might hand out a few extra bans to people who didn't quite deserve them, but as you can see, they are willing to reverse them.
Reversing a ban a) doesn't wipe your limit (and wrongful accusations are way too common from blizzard) and b) puts you in bad light to anyone who finds out and is like the rest of the fortunate ignorants in this thread.
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime?
If 30.000 people went and did this, that will be a lot of extra work for Blizzard trying to figure out who did it "for fun" and who did it to make gold.
Maybe people need to learn that choices have concequenses?
Im not saying they should be banned for life, but maybe for a week or so, let them sweat a little, maybe next time they will think twice.