The Gossip ColumnAnother Streamer Gets Banned for Buying Gold in Beta RMT Crackdown
Another broadcaster discovers that accepting bootleg beta coin is the fastest speedrun route to a permanent account closure screen.
The sacred art of leveling up in World of Warcraft apparently has a brand-new speedrun category: the 100% credit-card-to-banhammer route. Broadcast live to stunned viewers on Twitch, content creator Batgasm decided that grinding boars and picking herbs was far too peasant-tier, opting instead to receive mysterious bags of bootleg beta coin—only to be instantly blindsided by Blizzard's red text of doom: "This World of Warcraft account has been closed and is no longer available for use (BLZ51900052)."
Following our recent dispatches on Payo's begging blunders and Supatease's sudden trade tragedy, players over on Reddit r/classicwow had just spent forty-eight hours roasting how brazenly streamers accept illicit payouts. Rather than taking the L in silence, Batgasm pleaded philosophical defense on stream: "At what point is the line drawn? It was only 20g! Can I accept 1g? 20g? A health pot?!"
Primary Sources & Dispatches Cited
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- Streamers Blatantly Receiving Bought Gold Is RampantReddit (r/classicwow)
- Batgasm Live Stream on TwitchTwitch
- Payo Struck by Banhammer as Blizzard Fulfills RMT PromiseThe Gossip Column
- Supatease Struck by Beta Banhammer in Sudden RMT CrackdownThe Gossip Column
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