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Ok, I play on the onyxia's server. and I bought a power level to catch up to my firend 37-46. And, the company sent me a email today saying it was banned. Well....i went on my old email and it actully shut down. So, i had to re-activate it. which i had no email. And, i tired getting my account back it says the phone number and all that stuff is wrong. Now, this company went through paypal. So, If anyone could help me kinda get through this situation till monday comes along. I would be greatfull.
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The FAQ wrote:
3. Will your account get banned if caught power leveling?
If, by "power levelling", you mean getting a service to level your toon, the answer is yes. When you give your account information to anyone else (and that includes anyone you pay to level a character), you are comprimising your account. Comprimising your account is against the Terms of use. See #2, above.
If, by "power levelling", you mean getting a service to level your toon, the answer is yes. When you give your account information to anyone else (and that includes anyone you pay to level a character), you are comprimising your account. Comprimising your account is against the Terms of use. See #2, above.
You're pretty much screwed.
Nice to see something like this happens.
I still don't get why someone pays to be able to play game and then pays to someone else to play it for him. Really stupid.
I still don't get why someone pays to be able to play game and then pays to someone else to play it for him. Really stupid.
Your letter serves as a reminder as to why this is a very bad idea. You've made a large error in judgment and are likely to get flamed by other posters so be ready. If it was me I would do the following.
If you sent them a PayPal payment, but no other info like PayPal signon info then at least that should be secure. Still, other threads have reminded us that having bank account information in PayPal is an awful idea (just give them credit card). I would remove any bank account info. If the PayPal account is possibly compromised, I would remove any credit card info also and change the password.
Regarding WOW. You are paying the penalty for your breach of the terms of service. If it is a permaban and you are guilty, there is nothing you can do about getting your old account back (If it's temporary and comes back within a week then learn your lesson). So.... move on. You can buy another copy of the game. Then, go to www.worldofwarcraft.com and follow the links like you were a totally new customer, enter your new key code and create a different userid. I doubt that you would need to reinstall wow, since any account can sign onto a working pc.
Count this as a learning experience. Don't cheat. The fun in WOW really is in the leveling, learning, and interacting, not in simply hitting 60. You and your friends could all reroll a Drainei or Blood Elf in about 10 days and all start off together. I have 2 60's and have multiple friends with 60's also. What are we doing? Leveling lower level mages and warlocks cause it's just plain fun.
If you sent them a PayPal payment, but no other info like PayPal signon info then at least that should be secure. Still, other threads have reminded us that having bank account information in PayPal is an awful idea (just give them credit card). I would remove any bank account info. If the PayPal account is possibly compromised, I would remove any credit card info also and change the password.
Regarding WOW. You are paying the penalty for your breach of the terms of service. If it is a permaban and you are guilty, there is nothing you can do about getting your old account back (If it's temporary and comes back within a week then learn your lesson). So.... move on. You can buy another copy of the game. Then, go to www.worldofwarcraft.com and follow the links like you were a totally new customer, enter your new key code and create a different userid. I doubt that you would need to reinstall wow, since any account can sign onto a working pc.
Count this as a learning experience. Don't cheat. The fun in WOW really is in the leveling, learning, and interacting, not in simply hitting 60. You and your friends could all reroll a Drainei or Blood Elf in about 10 days and all start off together. I have 2 60's and have multiple friends with 60's also. What are we doing? Leveling lower level mages and warlocks cause it's just plain fun.
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Account Sharing/Third-Party Character Advancement ("Power Leveling")
Only two people are EVER allowed to access the account (from the moment the account is created to the end of time). Who are those two people? The first is the person who set up the account in their own name (you aren't allowed to set up an account in any name other than your own legal name). The second is one (1) of the children or trustees (under age 18) of the first person. Not siblings, not parents, not spouses, not friends, not strangers.
WHAT ABOUT COMMUNITY PROPERTY LAWS?
In some States, Countries and regions, a married couple owns all property jointly, so why can't they both use a single World of Warcraft account? The answer lies in what a World of Warcraft Account is and who owns it. Blizzard maintains ownership of all World of Warcraft accounts. The Terms of Use agreement is a license to use the account you establish, as long as you obey all the rules. A World of Warcraft account is like an amusement park ticket. By buying the ticket you, and one of your minor children if you so choose, can enter the amusement park. While you and your spouse may be one legal entity for property considerations, you will each need your own ticket in order to enter the amusement park. Tickets cannot be given away or shared with anyone; they only grant entrance for one specific person and their minor child. Additionally, if you break the rules your ticket may be revoked; allowing other people (including your spouse) to use your ticket instead of acquiring their own is considered a serious infraction and may result in everyone involved being escorted from the amusement park!
CONSEQUENCES:
Any evidence uncovered by Support investigations that the account is being accessed by anyone other than the registered user and/or one (1) of their children or trustees (under age 18) may result in:
PROTECT YOURSELF:
In order to avoid such calamity, do not give out your account name and password to anyone, and make sure your child or trustee (under age 18) whom you've authorized to use the account understands how serious this issue is -- that sharing the account name and password can endanger his or her characters, and yours as well! If you must write your account name and password down, keep them in a secure location where no one else can access them. Run regular computer scans using up-to-date virus and spyware protection, especially after you download any user interface addons that include executable/program files and after visiting any non-Blizzard World of Warcraft and MMORPG websites. For more information on how to protect your account, please review our Account Security article.
EXAMPLES:
Here are a few examples of access that is considered unauthorized. In all examples, George is the registered account user, and Cynthia is his 16-year-old daughter whom he has authorized to use the account (this list is by no means all-inclusive).
Each of these examples could result in George's account being closed, permanently barring both Cynthia and George from accessing it further. In the case of wanting to let friends or relatives try the game, you can provide them with access to a free trial of the game through the Recruit-A-Friend program.
Only two people are EVER allowed to access the account (from the moment the account is created to the end of time). Who are those two people? The first is the person who set up the account in their own name (you aren't allowed to set up an account in any name other than your own legal name). The second is one (1) of the children or trustees (under age 18) of the first person. Not siblings, not parents, not spouses, not friends, not strangers.
WHAT ABOUT COMMUNITY PROPERTY LAWS?
In some States, Countries and regions, a married couple owns all property jointly, so why can't they both use a single World of Warcraft account? The answer lies in what a World of Warcraft Account is and who owns it. Blizzard maintains ownership of all World of Warcraft accounts. The Terms of Use agreement is a license to use the account you establish, as long as you obey all the rules. A World of Warcraft account is like an amusement park ticket. By buying the ticket you, and one of your minor children if you so choose, can enter the amusement park. While you and your spouse may be one legal entity for property considerations, you will each need your own ticket in order to enter the amusement park. Tickets cannot be given away or shared with anyone; they only grant entrance for one specific person and their minor child. Additionally, if you break the rules your ticket may be revoked; allowing other people (including your spouse) to use your ticket instead of acquiring their own is considered a serious infraction and may result in everyone involved being escorted from the amusement park!
CONSEQUENCES:
Any evidence uncovered by Support investigations that the account is being accessed by anyone other than the registered user and/or one (1) of their children or trustees (under age 18) may result in:
- Temporary interruption of account access until our Account Retrieval Process has been completed by the registered user. The account may be unavailable for an extended period of time.
- Deletion of characters, goods, and currency found to have been advanced/gained in whole or in part through the efforts of anyone other than the registered user or their child or trustee (under age 18). Characters will NOT be “rolled back†to the level they were before the unauthorized access. They will be permanently deleted.
- Account penalties up to and including account closure if it is determined that the unauthorized access was due to the registered user or their child or trustee (under age 18) sharing the account name and password with anyone else.
- Account penalties up to and including account closure for the account(s) of the unauthorized individual(s) who accessed the account, even if you gave them permission to do it!
PROTECT YOURSELF:
In order to avoid such calamity, do not give out your account name and password to anyone, and make sure your child or trustee (under age 18) whom you've authorized to use the account understands how serious this issue is -- that sharing the account name and password can endanger his or her characters, and yours as well! If you must write your account name and password down, keep them in a secure location where no one else can access them. Run regular computer scans using up-to-date virus and spyware protection, especially after you download any user interface addons that include executable/program files and after visiting any non-Blizzard World of Warcraft and MMORPG websites. For more information on how to protect your account, please review our Account Security article.
EXAMPLES:
Here are a few examples of access that is considered unauthorized. In all examples, George is the registered account user, and Cynthia is his 16-year-old daughter whom he has authorized to use the account (this list is by no means all-inclusive).
- George wants to let his brother Rick try the game.
- George has to cook dinner and his guest Travis just wants to chat with guildies while George is busy.
- Cynthia doesn't want to level her character up, she just wants to raid, so she pays a power-leveling service to do it for her.
- Cynthia wants to achieve the top PVP rank quickly, so she asks her guildmates to fight in the battlegrounds while she’s at school.
- George is trying to get Exalted with a particular faction, and asks his wife, Janice, to help him by grinding mobs and repeatable quests.
Each of these examples could result in George's account being closed, permanently barring both Cynthia and George from accessing it further. In the case of wanting to let friends or relatives try the game, you can provide them with access to a free trial of the game through the Recruit-A-Friend program.
Edited, Jan 6th 2007 7:32am by ohmikeghod
The Honorable dadanox wrote:
You've made a large error in judgment and are likely to get flamed by other posters so be ready.
I'm respeccing to fire very soon.
The OP better hope I've forgotten about him by then, because I'll be looking for someone to BBQ.
ohmikeghod the Venerable wrote:
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Each of these examples could result in George's account being closed, permanently barring both Cynthia and George from accessing it further. In the case of wanting to let friends or relatives try the game, you can provide them with access to a free trial of the game through the Recruit-A-Friend program.
I just realized that the only proper thing you can do with power levelling services is recruit them with Recruit-A-Friend...
"Hi' I'm your local power-leveller..."
"Wonderful!! Can I recruit you for a free month of play?"
Well, I have been hearing that if my old account still had 3 months on it they will either send me back the 3 months in Paypal pay or let me make naother account with a warning on it.So, next thing I do get's a perma banned. Now, as my paypal account it's safe jsut got a credit card on. And, for everyone flaming me. Oh, well lifs a ***** and **** happens. I only did a PL so i could catch up sence they PL me 24/7 and sence i cant play 24/7 they were the onyl ones they could. Oh, well the PL company gave m back my 40 bucs. so im cool with it.
Would you pay someone else to put your opponent in checkmate?
Would you pay someone to get a touchdown in a game of football with your friends?
Would you pay someone to dribble the ball down the court and make the winning shot in a street ball match?
Would you pay someone roll your dice for you in a game of yahtzee?
Would you pay someone to hold your cards in a game of poker?
Would you pay someone to tell the dealer 'hit me' for you in a game of blackjack?
Would you pay to fly a kite for you?
My point is WoW is a game. Think of it like basketball. Sure if you played more you could play with the pros. But it's also a game that you can still play casually with your friends. You can play less than others and still have fun. You don't have to be in the leagues to play the game. Now let's say you wanted to play in the pros and had a power level service available to do it. Now you're in your first game with pros and you suck mega hard, like a Hoover at the dirt track. You can't make your shots. You can't pass the ball without it getting stolen. You can't dribble, except around your mouth. This really isn't that much different. Sure you'll catch up to your friends, but you'll miss on the finer points of your class and the game.
If you played yourself you'll eventually catch up. You could even talk to your friends and see if they're willing to slow it down or help you catch up before the gap is too high. They could even play alts while you catch up. They may or may not want to but paying someone to play your game is, well it's rather stupid when you step back and really look at what you're doing.
Would you pay someone to get a touchdown in a game of football with your friends?
Would you pay someone to dribble the ball down the court and make the winning shot in a street ball match?
Would you pay someone roll your dice for you in a game of yahtzee?
Would you pay someone to hold your cards in a game of poker?
Would you pay someone to tell the dealer 'hit me' for you in a game of blackjack?
Would you pay to fly a kite for you?
My point is WoW is a game. Think of it like basketball. Sure if you played more you could play with the pros. But it's also a game that you can still play casually with your friends. You can play less than others and still have fun. You don't have to be in the leagues to play the game. Now let's say you wanted to play in the pros and had a power level service available to do it. Now you're in your first game with pros and you suck mega hard, like a Hoover at the dirt track. You can't make your shots. You can't pass the ball without it getting stolen. You can't dribble, except around your mouth. This really isn't that much different. Sure you'll catch up to your friends, but you'll miss on the finer points of your class and the game.
If you played yourself you'll eventually catch up. You could even talk to your friends and see if they're willing to slow it down or help you catch up before the gap is too high. They could even play alts while you catch up. They may or may not want to but paying someone to play your game is, well it's rather stupid when you step back and really look at what you're doing.
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Posted: Jan 06 2007 at 11:47 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Ya, we wanted to hit 60 before BC. I know yuo guys and your forums. Gotta make urselfs look tought to be cool. But, everything you about to say I already have though of. I just wanted to see if I could get help or not. If not then keep ur ego's on the PvP thread. "1 pw/\/z0r y0u!"
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# George wants to let his brother Rick try the game.
# George has to cook dinner and his guest Travis just wants to chat with guildies while George is busy.
# George has to cook dinner and his guest Travis just wants to chat with guildies while George is busy.
Wow, those are pretty messed up. I don't have a problem with the rest, they're bad and should be bannable offenses.
Sorry for getting people to buy your game Bliz, won't do it again.
Most people I know might make it through the sign up portion of Recruit-a-friend, but once they see how much they have to download they'll stop it there... Plus all the cool stuff happens after level 20. Playing with a 60 Rogue for 30 minutes is so much more fun than playing with a 20 Rogue for any amount of time.
I really don't see how giving someone a short demo or letting someone chat adversely affects the game.
Ruyoayo wrote:
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# George wants to let his brother Rick try the game.
# George has to cook dinner and his guest Travis just wants to chat with guildies while George is busy.
# George has to cook dinner and his guest Travis just wants to chat with guildies while George is busy.
Wow, those are pretty messed up. I don't have a problem with the rest, they're bad and should be bannable offenses.
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I really don't see how giving someone a short demo or letting someone chat adversely affects the game.
While that does seem harsh, it is their policy and they have to enforce it. HOWEVER, keep in mind that they keep track of these things and gather evidence by IP address logins. So, in the above example blizzard would NEVER know that it was Travis and not George so long as he didn't come out and say something like "Hi i'm George's houseguest Travis and i'm over 18 so I shouldn't even be on this account." So long as Rick was logged on at George's house blizzard would also have no way of seeing that it was someone different without them saying it in-game. Also, I immagine that blizzard for the most part would ignore logins from different IPs in the same range. The real flags come when someone logs on in say Cali and then 5 minutes logs on in say New York, or China or something. There is NO WAY for the owner of the account to get that far that fast. Now, say you lived in Cali and had to go NY for a day or two... you wouldn't get banned for that because of the time between logins. It may raise a flag, but doubtful. Same for going over to like a friends house, since like I said they probably ignore address in a certain range (read town/city) due to people going to friends houses and dynamic IPs and such.
kingzagar wrote:
Ya, we wanted to hit 60 before BC. I know yuo guys and your forums. Gotta make urselfs look tought to be cool. But, everything you about to say I already have though of. I just wanted to see if I could get help or not. If not then keep ur ego's on the PvP thread. "1 pw/\/z0r y0u!"
You're right, man. We're not cool enough to have someone powerlevel us. Look at us, over here, being all weak and levelling our characters to 60 on our own. Man. I've learned the error of my ways for sure.
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kingzagar wrote:
Ya, we wanted to hit 60 before BC. I know yuo guys and your forums. Gotta make urselfs look tought to be cool. But, everything you about to say I already have though of. I just wanted to see if I could get help or not. If not then keep ur ego's on the PvP thread. "1 pw/\/z0r y0u!"
Ya, we wanted to hit 60 before BC. I know yuo guys and your forums. Gotta make urselfs look tought to be cool. But, everything you about to say I already have though of. I just wanted to see if I could get help or not. If not then keep ur ego's on the PvP thread. "1 pw/\/z0r y0u!"
I must be really sorry, I can spell and I leveled two toons to 60 on my own. Go post your problem on the O boards and see what they have to say.
MentalFrog wrote:
Would you pay someone else to put your opponent in checkmate?
Would you pay someone to get a touchdown in a game of football with your friends?
Would you pay someone to dribble the ball down the court and make the winning shot in a street ball match?
Would you pay someone roll your dice for you in a game of yahtzee?
Would you pay someone to hold your cards in a game of poker?
Would you pay someone to tell the dealer 'hit me' for you in a game of blackjack?
Would you pay someone to get a touchdown in a game of football with your friends?
Would you pay someone to dribble the ball down the court and make the winning shot in a street ball match?
Would you pay someone roll your dice for you in a game of yahtzee?
Would you pay someone to hold your cards in a game of poker?
Would you pay someone to tell the dealer 'hit me' for you in a game of blackjack?
If you can guarantee victory with a third party by paying and win a bet for a larger amount of money, then by all means, yes.
MentalFrog wrote:
Would you pay to fly a kite for you?
Benjamin Franklin did.
Wasn't there a post of a blog where a person hired a powerleveling service
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I don't see why anyone would pay someone to level their account...
Why do the trash players ooze onto this forum to try to get help?
because they are banned from the o-boards.
kingzagar wrote:
I know yuo guys and your forums. Gotta make urselfs look tought to be cool. But, everything you about to say I already have though of.
Somebody give me back the 5 minutes I spent trying to make a courteous and helpful reply.
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Ya, we wanted to hit 60 before BC. I know yuo guys and your forums. Gotta make urselfs look tought to be cool. But, everything you about to say I already have though of. I just wanted to see if I could get help or not. If not then keep ur ego's on the PvP thread. "1 pw/\/z0r y0u!"
Really? Because, to me, it sounds like your the one going on a little bit of an ego trip yourself.
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