Idiot Blows £5,000 On World Of Warcraft Character September 20, 2007
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Yep, the madness is spreading. Some guy has just spent almost £5,000 to buy a souped up character off another player in the online roleplaying phenomenon, World of Warcraft.
The character, a rogue, came wielding the much prized Twin Blades of Azzinoth [above], which drop off big baddie Illidan Stormrage from the The Black Temple. As if you didn’t know.
The character also came with four out of five pieces of a Tier 6 armor set, as well as lots of other goodies. The unhinged buyer’s in-game name is Shaks but there may be a problem getting to play with his sharp new toys.
Selling anything from the game-world in the real world for real cash is frowned on by game-maker Blizzard and, rumour has it, his account has already been banned. Wow, £5,000 down and no one to kill.-Martin Lynch
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What a plonker!
Leeroy!?
Am just wondering why they allowed the trade to take place in the first place when selling gameware is frowned upon. ?? Hmmm...it makes sense to really read the TOS (Terms of Services) before you even start playing online!
They usually get around it by saying they aren't selling the account/character but instead the man-hours spent to get the account/character to its current point.
Hah, that's funny. Yup, a first rate moron. Oh well, its his money, hope he's happy with that. Anyway, anyone here at UK Gizmodo know exactly what the hell is going on with the American version of Gizmodo? First I couldn't comment even though I was logged in, and now I can access the site at all.
Noob!!!
Just a plain and simple: pwnd!
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I can't see how Blizzard could stop them, anyway why do they want to stop people selling characters, just because they don't get a slice? They are raking it in anyway, the publicity they have got from this must be worth a stack to them. You don't like to generalise but the couple of people I know who play this game are so steriotypical NERD'S it's not funny, put it this way you don't need a colour camera to take they photo, just grey scale.
ouch gota hurt i know its a pain i have 2 of the twin blades on my rouge they are very hard to get but as for the 5000 wasted should be returned to the guy for the toon becaus eit is lost the seller shouls have known this would happen
Yeah theres another guys on my server that has the damn blades.
People see him in BG's and say he sucks.
I dont see how playing a rogue can be that hard...
Takes a few weeks to get to know one but thats it.
how do u say............STUPID!!!!! I MEAN LIKE WOW.... 5000pounds=$10,000 in american money :P :P :P hahaha sucks for that guy
NOOB!!!
LMAO wow that is so stupid rogue's are an easy class i can take any character from 1 to 30 in a day of playing and 30-70 in about a week after that so ROFLMFAO it couldn't be taht hard to get the blades if we see so many people running around with them lol
Not true...rogues arnt that easy to play...people say they are...but they really arnt...sure they are rated in #2 or so for dmg but their D-Fence is Horrid!!...my main is a rogue and ive played him for about a week and a half and hes only 27...rogues die ALOT!