- Author: Baed
- Date: January 31, 2022
- Updated: January 31, 2022
- Expansion: World of Warcraft
Following recent rumors about a possible ban to boosting communities, the efforts have been confirmed by Kaivax. Blizzard is no longer going to allow large scale, cross server boosting communities to continue operating, even if they are only operating for gold. This doesn’t stop guilds or individuals from selling runs, but is an effort to stop the mass amount of advertising and chat spam that is commonplace in both Retail and Classic. The main intent behind the change seems to be lowering the amount of cross-server spam, but only time will tell how Blizzard plan to enforce the change in policy.
As the conditions change by which various entities operate in World of Warcraft, we are compelled to update our policies to further our goal of making the gameplay experience as fair and welcoming as possible. Since we last updated our policies, we have found that an increasing disturbance of the gameplay experience has been caused by organizations excessively advertising various non-traditional services in-game.
As of today, we will now prohibit organizations who offer boosting, matchmaking, escrow, or other non-traditional services, including those offered for gold. World of Warcraft accounts found to be in violation of this policy are subject to account actions. These actions can include warnings, account suspensions and, if necessary, permanent closure of the disruptive World of Warcraft account(s). Organizations operating across multiple realms and excessively advertising non-traditional in-game sales are contrary to the terms and conditions of the Blizzard End-User License Agreement (EULA).
This policy update does not restrict individuals or guilds from using the provided in-game tools (“trade channel” chat) to buy or sell in-game items or activities for in-game currency. However, “boosting communities”, especially those who operate across multiple realms, are no longer permitted.
We urge all such organizations to cease doing business in World of Warcraft immediately, in order to maintain uninterrupted access to the game.
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