Is buying WoW gold illegal?
Nate asked:
World of Warcraft gold is hard for me to get. Im considering buying gold. I would like to know if its illegal, because if so I DONT want to get in trouble.
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World of Warcraft gold is hard for me to get. Im considering buying gold. I would like to know if its illegal, because if so I DONT want to get in trouble.
July 8th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
no id ont think so why
July 9th, 2009 at 6:47 am
You won’t see any legal repercussions but it is against blizzards ToS (Terms of Service) and so if you do buy gold you run the risk of having your account suspended or banned.
July 14th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Not illegal just agianst their ToS and if caught your account will be banned no questions asked. All in All DONT DO IT! Just go earn gold doing professions dailies, or w/e you enjoy doing.
July 15th, 2009 at 2:38 am
why would you waste money on virtual gold?….
July 20th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Probably not, but very stupid.
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:23 am
Yes it is against WoW TOS
Ownership/Selling of the Account or Virtual Items.
Blizzard does not recognize the transfer of WoW Accounts or Blizzard Accounts (each an “Account”). You may not purchase, sell, gift or trade any Account, or offer to purchase, sell, gift or trade any Account, and any such attempt shall be null and void. Blizzard owns, has licensed, or otherwise has rights to all of the content that appears in the Game. You agree that you have no right or title in or to any such content, including without limitation the virtual goods or currency appearing or originating in the Game, or any other attributes associated with the Account or stored on the Service. Blizzard does not recognize any purported transfers of virtual property executed outside of the Game, or the purported sale, gift or trade in the “real world” of anything that appears or originates in the Game. Accordingly, you may not sell in-game items or currency for “real” money, or exchange those items or currency for value outside of the Game.
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:13 pm
No but it is considered digital property and they will cancel your account, and they can try to sue you by claiming digital property, but they probably won’t because that is time consuming.
July 24th, 2009 at 8:56 am
It is not illegal, but I doubt any action at all would be taken if it was. However yes you do risk getting your account banned.
July 25th, 2009 at 2:31 am
Illegal as in against the law, then no. However buying anything from and outside source (Characters, gear, arena teams, and even gold) is against Blizzards terms of use, and you can have your account suspended and possibly banned permanently.
July 25th, 2009 at 6:49 am
yes, it is illegal, and unsafe to do, as some sellers do not often follow through with their own promise. its also quite easy to GET gold in WoW, you just need to know how.
July 26th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
I’m not sure about illegal, but I bet it’s against the contract of adhesion you or your ‘rents signed when he signed up to play the game.
But, if you think about it, the “gold” is proprietary interest of Blizzard. You don’t really own the “gold” or your carachter, but merely have a license to play a game that I’m sure Blizzard can cancel anytime.
Short answer; don;t do it. Plus, why wast real money on a pretend game?
July 28th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Paying real money for WoW gold is not a WoW sanctioned action … it’s not ‘illegal’ per se, but you could get that character or characters suspended if you buy gold from a third party.
If you want to join a guild, you may look for one that lets guild members get gold from their ‘bank accounts’ in exchange for other items that can be passed on to other player characters. This is the best way to get gold if you don’t feel good enough to ‘earn’ it. Another way is to ask where there are good ‘grinding areas’ where you can go to kill monsters that have gold and other treasure you can sell … go on the ‘chat’ line and ask, and you’ll get good answers at least 70% of the time.
July 31st, 2009 at 8:00 pm
its not Illegal. the Police will not arrest you if your found out. it is against world of war crafts terms of service and they can ban you. but if you are careful and don’t preach to the world you bout gold you will not get caught.
August 1st, 2009 at 7:36 am
It is “illegal” in the sense of World of Warcraft rules. Untimely life bans can be acquainted by gold selling. I’m going to urge you not to, as sometimes you can get scammed and that’s not good either. Bans aren’t good too, just putting that in there.
Please, don’t buy it, you’ll probably get in trouble anyway. And just to put it into real life perspective, are you really going to be happy wasting money on virtual gold in a year or two? And what if you keep needing more and more, and eventually you end up wasting tons of money on it?
Think about it buddy. Summary: It’s illegal.
August 3rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Everyone that is answering no, is thinking you mean illegal as in against the law (as in drugs are illegal). That answer is no.
I think you are asking is it illegal by the game company, Blizzard. And that answer is Yes, it is against the ToS (Terms of Service). You risk getting banned if you get caught, but I dont think you will get caught. I did it ONE time a couple of years ago and nothing became of it (except some nice purple items).