In our continued efforts to combat cheating in World of Warcraft, more than 105,000 accounts were closed and over 12 million gold was removed from the game economies in Europe, Korea, and the US in the month of November.
For those who don’t know, gold is hard to come by in WoW. There are also probably millions of accounts, so this may only affect between 3% and 8% of all WoW users directly, and quite possibly less than that.
Now sure, this is just a game, or more than just a game to some. Imagine though, a world where all records, accounts, and other information is digital. What happens when there is that shadow government, that many have always claimed exists, and they decide that there are people that are abusing the system? All information about them is gone in the blink of an eye. And what happens if someone who isn’t at fault is swept away in the process? Sure, in the case of WoW, they can argue to get their account back. But if the government did it, what then? “We have no record that the person you’re talking about existed.” What about the economy? Debt could be eliminated or created instantly. Financial hardship could come and go as the wind.
I just wanted to put that out there. Think on it.
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