Yet another scammer owned by Blue
by Alex Ziebart 
Sep 2nd 2008 at 4:30PM
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.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
guido666 Sep 2nd 2008 4:37PM
Link to post?
Alex Ziebart Sep 2nd 2008 6:14PM
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.
Ed Sep 2nd 2008 7:49PM
Odd, when I looked at the article earlier I looked for the "Source" link and it didn't appear for me.
JaneLame Sep 3rd 2008 4:47AM
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).
Milkgas Sep 2nd 2008 4:37PM
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.
Zenboras Sep 2nd 2008 5:41PM
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.)
Knucker Sep 2nd 2008 7:44PM
Yeah, the tanking ring sucks for feral druids. :P
Rihlsul Sep 2nd 2008 4:37PM
Uh... link to anything?
Cell Sep 2nd 2008 4:40PM
So, no link to the forum thread?
Formatted Sep 2nd 2008 4:39PM
Where is the link to the actual post?
Tarbh Sep 2nd 2008 4:39PM
Links or it didn't happen. :P
Tarbh Sep 2nd 2008 4:41PM
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
talkingmike Sep 2nd 2008 4:40PM
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.
Formatted Sep 2nd 2008 4:40PM
It appears you have forgotten to add a link
Gavin Sep 2nd 2008 4:45PM
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=5640205535&sid=1&pageNo=1
Gavin Sep 2nd 2008 4:47PM
the link was actually on the panda pic... ;-)
Drotara Sep 2nd 2008 4:45PM
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.
Aelinas Sep 2nd 2008 4:46PM
I think this is the thread in question:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=5640205535&sid=1
SHADOW RENEGADE Sep 2nd 2008 4:48PM
Click the dam picture of the panda you invalids
Tarbh Sep 2nd 2008 5:02PM
How counter-fucking-intuitive.
I never realised that wow insider put links behind images and I've been reading for several months now, there is no clear indication from a glance that an image is linked or not, nor is it a constant trait of each article, so I don't think your call of invalids is justified. :P