Creative use of mechanic, or exploit

[Vyndree]

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There are several inescapable facts about people, in general.

They will not read user agreements.
They will break rules they are ignorant of.
They will circumvent rules they are aware of if they think they can get away with it.
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Aye. Which is regrettably why we've implemented penalties, albeit some more guided toward reformation. Education is a hand only offered once, though.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...63073&sid=1#22

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Q u o t e:
Did not know because how the system is set up once your reported you gain nothing past that point. Also if you do nothing for 5 minutes you are afked out. With those rules in place i would interpret that i could do whatever i wanted outside of use a 3rd party program or exploiting game mechanics with are obvious offenses. And the other reasons that i have posted that logically its very hard to justify non participation. I actually thought that if you got the afk debuff it kicked you out of the game. It was friend that told me no that you just don't get honor past that point. So i should just stand there and move around every so often because they do it all the time. And none of them are suspended at all. Hell every game i get in there is at least 7 people that have 0 damage and 0 healing and do nothing.
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Ignorance is not absolution, and your interpretation is incorrect.

Regardless, this issue was very publicly announced and discussed months ago:

Battleground Non-participation Account Action
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...81821974&sid=1

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...719563&sid=1#8

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Q u o t e:
Hey

Recently i got a 72 hours account suspension because i abused of the Steam Tonk bug that bypass normal casting speed and give advantage up other World of Warcraft players.

I understand i did something wrong but i think you have to understand how frustrating is playing a Mage at PvP with resto Druids and Disc Priests around (lets not talk about the others, just this 2 are enough).

Im not trying to justify, i know i did something wrong, i wouldn't do it again but i think 72 hours is really too much because this is my first account action by using "exploit", i never used it before allways played clean.

I send a mail to Account Administration but i think i got ignored.

Im happy that Blizzard punish people that exploit but i think you are beign too hard with a good player like me because of a minor bug exploit that im sure 90% of the Mages are using it or used it least 1 time.

Thanks,

Undersky Undead Mage - Altar of Storms
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Actually, I think you're mistaken. First, this is not 'minor'. I keep seeing that word bandied about in reference to various forms of exploitation. One of the methods that people use to justify use of an exploit is the mistaken belief that 'everyone else does it too', or that it's only 'minor'. I assure you, they really don't, and it isn't. Even if they did, it would remain equally wrong, and equally a violation.

There are no justifications or mitigating explanations for exploitation. There are rules within World of Warcraft, and part of the agreement when you opt to play World of Warcraft is to follow those rules. It's quite simple really. For reference:

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html

Disputing the matter with Account Administration is the only available course, but given the nature of the situation, it is highly unlikely that this action will be overturned.

The penalty suits the severity of the issue by our standards, and those are ultimately the only standards that we apply.