"Banned for Keyclone"

[Tonuss]

See thread here:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...62326534&sid=1

Seems very much like a case of someone making stuff up in order to stir up trouble, but I didn't take the bait, except to point out that there haven't been any reports of banning due to Keyclone from anyone here, and if Blizzard was accidentally banning Keyclone users (and upholding the ban on appeal), we'd have heard about it plenty by now.

I am waiting to see what the blue poster reveals about what went on, but I'm not posting anything else in the topic. I get the feeling that someone is going to faceplant miserably, and I will savor it in silence. :evil:

[Yeti Detective Agency]

Problem solved? or Resolved? =)

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...00987&sid=1#69

[Tonuss]

Yeah, looks like. Blue referred to sections three or eight of the Terms of Use. Seems he was either sharing an account, or he sold/bought gold or items with RL money.

Blue are very subtle in that forum sometimes. I really like that.

[Xar]

OP has now admitted that one of the accounts was his/her friends account.

[Tonuss]

Yep, account sharing. There may have been a mistake in the email sent to the account, though it still seems suspicious that he was so convinced that it was Keyclone.

[Xar]

It's too bad we can't gift accounts, etc. but I can see why, you build up an identity then suddenly someone else is behind the toon. But oh well, you have to have your accounts in order if you multibox.

I am sure I've been reported many times already as once in a while after getting a silent follower, you know the ones, they stay back and don't say anything...well sometimes a while after that I start getting weird wow behavior until I shut my wow's down and restart them. Weird meaning I cast Lightning Shield and a toon on one or more of my screens will freeze in the casting position. Or while travelling some of my following toons seem to "flick" side to side though they are following me correctly. I just have a suspicion that careless/inexperienced GM probes might be causing these things to happen or something within Warden's auto collection that has a bug. Other times I go for hours on end without any glitches like this.

Now excuse me while I go craft my tinfoil hat!...

[Tonuss]

I can understand why they're so strict about account ownership. If there is any dispute over ownership, they can just say "whose name is on it? Problem solved." Otherwise, they have to make judgment calls on a case by case basis, and that means sitting and listening to two sides of a story and trying to figure out who is lying (or just who is lying less). No matter what, they would spend a lot of time trying to resolve issues that are really difficult to figure out without spending even MORE time and money investigating. Better to just say "this is the rule, no exceptions, no matter what" and let people fall on their sword instead. Sucks sometimes, but the alternative would drive them crazy.

[Xar]

Good point Tonuss, never thought of that but I thought an official "pass" of the account to someone would be nice, kinda like how Station toons can be bought, etc. Would be less money too for Blizzard so I can see that as well.

[kllrwlf]

If there is a dispute over the ownership, for the most part, you have to fax over a notarized document proving you are who you say you are and it has to match the account info.

Here's another example of why you should not account share... BANNAGE !!!

[Unholy[S]haman]

You guys have all made perfectly good arguments and points about why blizzard does not allow account sharing or trading. I personally think a big contributing factor is that, there is already a huge market for gold selling, account buying and selling etc. Account buying and selling companies hack peoples accounts so they can sell them again. Thankfully there are probably more honest people in wow than dishonest.
If you think about how much of a demand there would be for account selling companies if it was allowed. Sure , I would love to buy that epic warrior or that awesome priest, but i don't since it is not allowed and I can see why not. If it was allowed, the amount of ingame spam, hacking and scamming would increase 10 times more.