Blizzard Takes Down Peons4hire

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Blizzard have always had issues with gold farmers in World of Warcraft, farming monsters all throughout the lands of Azeroth and The Outlands to get gold which they then sell to the normal gamers.

Of course, if the normal gamers restrained from buying the cheap gold, the problem would not be there in the first place, but Blizzard are always working on new ways to stop farmers from ruining the game for the honest player.

In a bold new move, Blizzard are pursuing legal action against the gold farming organisation "Peons4hire" which buy and sell World of Warcraft gold. This taken from a thread on the official World of Warcraft forum:

As many of you know, the latest content patch, along with many great new content additions, contains technical counter-measures designed to combat in-game gold spamming. Our efforts to reduce in-game abuse and create a fun, safe environment for everyone are never-ending.

With that said, we felt that it was important to share with the community just how serious we are in our efforts to combat this type of abuse. Blizzard has filed a federal lawsuit against the operators of Peons4hire, a popular gold-selling organization which many of you have no doubt seen advertised. As part of the lawsuit, the operators of Peons4hire have been asked to immediately cease all in-game spamming efforts by all entities and websites under their control.

If this organization refuses to act accordingly, further legal action will be taken. We will be sure to keep you posted on the progress of this topic.