Yet another scammer owned by Blue
When it comes to the WoW forums, few things make me happier than seeing blue text truly and utterly own the trolls and other unsavory types that hang out there. Especially when it's a case of someone thinking they can lie to the GMs and Customer Service reps and get away with it. We've seen it before, but it is no less entertaining each time.In this particular case, a level 70 Warrior (posting on his level 42 Mage alt) claims that he forgot to loot the Vial of Eternity from his guild's recent Kael'thas kill. He filed a GM ticket, and they refused to grant it to him, stating he should just go kill Kael again for it. Embers, the alt, goes to the forums to ask for this vial instead. EU Game Master and Customer Service Rep Xaldavan joins the show pretty quickly, asking for some necessary information to help him (her?) investigate the situation, even offering to give him the quest item if his claims are accurate.
As you can guess, they weren't accurate at all. In fact, the Warrior left the raid an entire hour before Kael'thas was actually killed. In the middle of a trash pull, too! You would think people would know by now that trying to scam a GM is silly. As Xaldavan said, they can see everything. Some of these people are very, very lucky that Blizzard's GMs tend to be merciful about these sorts of things.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
9-02-2008 @ 4:37PM
guido666 said...
Link to post?
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9-02-2008 @ 6:14PM
Alex Ziebart said...
Both the picture and the Source link go to the forum thread, but I suppose I should have put it in the post proper as well.
9-02-2008 @ 7:49PM
Ed said...
Odd, when I looked at the article earlier I looked for the "Source" link and it didn't appear for me.
9-03-2008 @ 4:47AM
JaneLame said...
I'm quite happy this lad got pwned badly, because he's one of those trolls who reply cynically with "nice rating and gear" to people. As if someone with without t6 cannot post comments on the forum (I have t6 myself, and I'm still glad such epic chasers go down).
9-02-2008 @ 4:37PM
Rihlsul said...
Uh... link to anything?
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9-02-2008 @ 4:37PM
Milkgas said...
Why someone would try to scam a GM for a quest item which is not even required for the attunement anymore, I will never get.
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9-02-2008 @ 5:41PM
Zenboras said...
Hyjal rep ring. Its one of the best rings out there. Role dependant tho, I've heard the tank one is not that good ( this from a druid tank friend, so maybe not good for him.)
9-02-2008 @ 7:44PM
Knucker said...
Yeah, the tanking ring sucks for feral druids. :P
9-02-2008 @ 4:39PM
Tarbh said...
Links or it didn't happen. :P
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9-02-2008 @ 4:41PM
Tarbh said...
You know, I actually find it kinda funny that 4 other things managed to get linked, aside from the thing most relevant to the story. :P
9-02-2008 @ 4:39PM
Formatted said...
Where is the link to the actual post?
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9-02-2008 @ 4:40PM
Cell said...
So, no link to the forum thread?
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9-02-2008 @ 4:40PM
talkingmike said...
Well I've looked all over this post to find a linky to the forums, but I can't. If you discreetly edit your article and place it there, I will gladly look the butthead here later.
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9-02-2008 @ 4:40PM
Formatted said...
It appears you have forgotten to add a link
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9-02-2008 @ 4:45PM
Gavin said...
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=5640205535&sid=1&pageNo=1
9-02-2008 @ 4:47PM
Gavin said...
the link was actually on the panda pic... ;-)
9-02-2008 @ 4:45PM
Drotara said...
What a common occurrence. You don't even have the decency to link to the original thread or source? Just like tons of other WI posts. No credit or link to the original item.
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9-02-2008 @ 4:46PM
Aelinas said...
I think this is the thread in question:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=5640205535&sid=1
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9-02-2008 @ 4:48PM
Killah said...
Link 2 da poast!?
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9-02-2008 @ 4:48PM
SHADOW RENEGADE said...
Click the dam picture of the panda you invalids
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