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WOW guild banned

'Overrated' reportedly booted by Blizzard after it was caught hacking; "we know we deserve it," said one guild member.

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The World of Warcraft guild Overrated has been permanently banned by Blizzard Entertainment after it was caught cheating in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Guild members used an exploit that essentially knocked down walls, according to postings on World of Warcraft-related forums.

The guild had been playing the level of the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, also known as AQ40. In it, the dungeon level map progresses in a circular manner from the first to last bosses. The mod effectively allowed the guild to bypass what it refers to as "C'thun trash," bosses who dropped less lucrative items. Guild members could then move on to the final boss, C'thun, who drops more valuable goodies.

Pantaloons, a member of the Overrated guild, commented on the WOW forums, "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 I know, we had it coming, blah blah whatever, we know we deserve it...I'm sure they'll try and get it rescinded because it's kind of a steep punishment with no recourse or whatever."

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PWN3D!

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I am glad I don't play this game. I mean, come on 15 bucks a month... thats a rip off

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lol WoW

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Only 90% of their guild was banned, not the entire thing. And besides, they can't claim they beat Naxx if they're caught cheating. If they cheated to get to C'Thun, what else did they cheat on?

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This just shows that cheating will get you into trouble. Not surprising this happened.

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Why does every comment thread related to WoW have to include the very old and bored trash talk of "having a life?" Seriously, if you're still wasting time talking about that topic, more than a decade after its birth, you're a noob. Everything you can ever think of about that topic, someone else already did. :P

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WoW!! This only means that World of Warcraft is really OVERRATED. Were all the members in the guild banned? If yes, that's a lot of fifteen dollars each per month less for Blizzard. Go! Go! Go! Blizzard. I mean, who cares! You guys should even get a refund. Eh?

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Piecesof8 said everything about this whole issue that could possibly need saying. Amen.

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"Well atleast they don't have to play WoW anymore. You pay monthly fees to get your little men some nice armour. HAHA! people who are addicted to that worthless piece of crap seriously need to stop. When you get a job they aren't gonna ask "Do yu have any tier 3 armour?". Don't waste your lives on it. I know i did for the year i played. I had a field marshal shadow priest" What? Couldn't get Grand marshal?

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KaranaSkye, thats not true. It's up to the programmers to prevents this sort of stuff. Where the hell is an exploit in a game where you just clear a whole wall away? That doesn't sound like an exploit though, sounds like it was put their on purpose. The easiest thing they could do is moderate, but people shouldn't be banned because programmers are imputent. - I make little programs & projects myself. I would feel retarded [yes me], if I left an exploit that allowed anyone to get access to anything that they shouldn't be. [Most of these are used for pc-to-pc communication]

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A lot of people that play WOW do have lives. Not everybody who plays that type of game totally immerses their whole being into it. Yes, I play WOW. Yes, I have a 60. Yes, I take time for raids, battlegrounds, and instances. Yes, I'll chat at work with co-workers who also play. Yes, I party almost every weekend, spend half my time at my friends instead of my own place, date (though I've been taking a break since my last break-up), shop, drive around, and visit the occasional bar or club. This is news in the same way that every other article on this site is news. It's about a game, a platform, a company, or players and therefore of interest to some of the subscribers to this site. Like myself. Also, to those who say Blizzard should have built their game to prevent people hacking it, is it really all that possible to stop hacking before people try to hack? As far as I'm aware, if someone is a good enough hacker, they can hack into anything. The company can only try to catch them, keep an active lookout for hacks. Which they obviously were doing.

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Hah! Newbs!

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funny, and not the first hack and not the last.. also "Piecesof8" love youre 3 cents

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jaje21 "I don't play WoW but if you don't learn grammar it makes you look like a loser Kempatsu, it should be you're a loser if you play WoW. And Yes WoW is a horrible game that most people think is fantastic for some reason." Oh wow, I couldn't pass this up. Your first two sentences are joined together, when they have nothing in common. Your third sentence begins with "and." You're missing a couple of commas throughout.

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Dualshockin, consoles are for people who can't afford good PCs. Its a true fact.

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They should be congratulated for finding holes which the creators left to be exposed, how that for testing first instead of rushing a product to make some cash. Wait didn't that last comment sound like it was for Blizzard or Overated? It was for Blizzard.

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Meanwhile the rest of us enjoy actually having a life instead of playing WoW.

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....the guild's name is "overrated" much like WoW

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'I know, we had it coming, blah blah whatever...or whatever' this is it - irrefutable proof of Intelligent Design

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>>>This isn't news... Yes, it is.

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Nothing but a tip of the iceberg...

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now that is just silly.

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Peterles, that is EXACTLY what we need.

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While I may not say that everyone who plays WoW is a loser, the phrase "I don't play WoW, I have a Life" isn't as out of context as one would think. I used to play, very glad i'm done.

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Haha. I remember Pantaloons (didn't think it was the same guy at first) when he was in his 40's on Shadow Moon. I spit on him at the Arathi Highlands when I was levelling my warrior. I always figured he was a massive douchebag. What his guild did was pretty pathetic.

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ha ha

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Well atleast they don't have to play WoW anymore. You pay monthly fees to get your little men some nice armour. HAHA! people who are addicted to that worthless piece of crap seriously need to stop. When you get a job they aren't gonna ask "Do yu have any tier 3 armour?". Don't waste your lives on it. I know i did for the year i played. I had a field marshal shadow priest.

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well atleast they dont have to play WoW anymore...

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This isn't news...

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Good for them.

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Haha what n00bs... who would cheat in Wow

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hahaha cheating in a mmo game !!! that is pathetic

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did they ban everyone in the guild or just the guild members using the hack? cause that would suck if someone was playing legit but just happened to be some lvl 12 newb who was invited by a friend to this guild

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I think they thought it was news cause they think everyone plays WoW...

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lol, just like in Halo 2, people cant get to the high level stuff without cheating. Either take the time to do it legit or dont do it at all.

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Ditto what Ziendigo said. That Pantaloons guy and his guild deserve whatever Blizzard wants to hand out for punishment. If they think its too steep maybe they should go back to playing Eve online....................

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HahahaaHAhaha....cheaters. Should have banned their accounts and erased their characters too. How can one look at themselves in the mirror and think themselves as good people when they are cheaters? No honor in that. It may be just a game but it also says a lot about the people who do this. Liars too? Might be. Those who maintain that kind of personality will find Karma a harsh reality.

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As a WoW player I say good. They deserve it. While there are still many hacks and cheats going on in the game, some very obvious, its still good to see people being caught. As far as all you people whining about this news, it IS news. Its a happening in a game and therefor being a video game site, its news. If Mario skinned Yoshi and made himself some snazzy new boots, while you might not care, it is video game news. If you don't wanna hear about it, dont read about it.

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Aww.. Too bad.

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Course they'll prevent stuff like this....... if this continues.... the game economy will be ruined in no time flat...

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Good. All cheaters should be banned.

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Who cares about some crappy guild anyways? .. sigh

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that sucks for them

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Bane em anyways!

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