Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Deadly in-game advertising

Gold farmers in World of Warcraft have resorted to an unorthodox method of hawking their wares.

According to player reports on multiple servers, gnome corpses fell from the sky without warning. The gnome is a type of enemy in the Warcraft universe.

When they landed, their bodies spelt out Wowmine.com, a site which sells in-game gold to World Of Warcraft players. The advertisement was allegedy carried out by hacking the game client.

Blizzard is opposed to gold farming in its popular online game, frequently banning the accounts of gold sellers and even players who buy from these farmers.

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