Matti Robinson
5 Nov 2006 12:23
Blizzard banned a US World of Warcraft guild for hacking their massively multiplayer online role-playing game or MMORPG. The guild Overrated was permanently banned for using an exploit that broke walls, according to postings on World of Warcraft forums.
The "hack" was used on the level of the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj or AQ40 and evidently created a shortcut in the game. The shortcut was used to avoid battles against foes referred as "C'thun trash," bosses that drop less useful items, and to get straight to the main goal, the actual boss, C'thun, which drops better items.
"Let me explain. We are the only US Horde guild that clears Naxx [the most challenging area of the game], been like that for a few weeks. People found that the pre-C'thun trash was so painful, that they decided to install some stupid thing that deletes walls or something, and you can just run there after Skeram [the first boss]. I know, we had it coming, blah blah whatever, we know we deserve it...I'm sure they'll try and get it rescinded because it's kind of a steep punishment with no recourse or whatever," a member of Overrated on the World of Warcraft forums.
Source:
GameSpot