Legal Battle Over WoW Gold Making and WoW Leveling Bot
Mar 26th, 2008 by Mark
The BBC has published an article about a bot designer & seller being sued by Blizzard.
Legal Battle Over WoW Gold Making & WoW Leveling Bot
I say, “Go Blizzard!” But as you can probaby tell from my site, it’s really difficult for me to remain impartial on this issue. I’ve seen some discussion in the WoW world where people are actually defending this guy and arguing that at the very least, he isn’t doing anything technically illegal.
Bah! 
While I understand the argument that he isn’t actually changing or using any code created and compiled by Blizzard (is this entirely true if it has to run within the structure of the game?), this isn’t a simple matter of people buying and using this ridiculous bot to make gold faster or level-up faster.
These sorts of tools catalyze a whole industry of people making money through power leveling and gold farming services which ruin the in-game economy and provide hours of frustration for legitimate players dealing with unfairly balanced rivals.
It’s stunning to me how many people are willing to subvert their morality to fulfill a power fantasy. This game is supposed to be a rich, immersive and rewarding way to spend your time. Do you really need to rely on such inherently corrupt tools and services to enjoy your life?
It doesn’t even make sense on a purely reasonable level. Why spend money on a service that only offers gold you’ll eventually spend and need to buy all over again when you can learn the most efficient & fast ways to make gold for yourself and never have to waste your real money trying to keep up with your friends? (For example, read my review of the infamous Derek’s Gold Mastery Guide.)
Why create yourself a cocoon of stress by spending money on controversial tools which could get you banned or will completely stop functioning with Blizzard code changes when you can learn advanced leveling or gold-making skills yourself and never fear the loss of your account or the loss of your ability to succeed?
Stop being so darn lazy, people!!
If you’re reading this thinking, “but I’ve tried to learn and these tools do more for me than any skill I’ve discovered!” Then you just haven’t learned the right skills! Check out these resources for professional lessons on leveling and gold-making. Utilizing the techniques taught in these guides, you’ll out-level power levelers and out-earn gold farmers.
Don’t believe me? All these guides come with a generous 8-week guarantee, if one of them doesn’t work for you, return it hassle-free then come back here and unleash the insults upon me. I’m not concerned because I know you’ll be too busy savoring your time within World of Warcraft more than ever before. 
These guides are all well-established and well-respected. They’re considered standard reading for anyone serious about making the most of their time in World of Warcraft, and in fact, many of the techniques are used by those idiots you may already be paying to do the fun for you.
If you need to level faster…
Brian Kopp’s Alliance Leveling Guide
If you need to earn gold faster…
Derek’s Gold Mastery Guide (Or read my WoW Riches Review of Derek’s Guide first.)
Valkor’s Gold Making Guide (Or read my WoW Riches Review of Valkor’s Guide first.)
I hope this helps and here’s to Blizzard stopping these ridiculous game-ruining bots!!