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Ashley Bardhan

"These people are just delusional": Blizzard says World of Warcraft players can keep selling services for in-game currency unless their business is "non-traditional," and GDKP raiders are furious

WoW Classic Cataclysm.

World of Warcraft developer Blizzard has issued a moratorium on its Anniversary realms' gig economies. It'll continue to ban GDKP raids, in which players bid gold on loot and split the subsequent pot of gold among each other, and other business ventures it deems "non-traditional." But WoW Classic entrepreneurs are furious. Do you know the cost of a mount these days?

The comments section for a January 27 post on the Blizzard forums is hot with frustration now that community manager Linxy has explained Blizzard's current stance on "in-game advertising, in part to bring our policies regarding non-traditional services (including 'boosting') in Anniversary realms in line with other versions of WoW."

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