In Star Wars: The Old Republic, many spammers and gold sellers have been rampant. Developer Bioware has reportedly banned thousands of dubious accounts in a massive counterstrike.
In Star Wars: The Old Republic, the Star Wars MMO from Bioware, numerous spammers and gold sellers felt as comfortable until recently as the fat Jabba in his filthy throne room. But now the rogue idyll is over, as developer Bioware has swung a ban hammer the size of the Death Star and abruptly ended the existence of thousands of spam and selling accounts. Whether the end of these many user accounts has triggered a disturbance in the Force is unknown.
“Concentrate fire on these super spammers!”
As a result, the chat and mailboxes in the game should be usable again in the coming days and weeks and contain less spam. At least until the spammers find new ways to annoy poor players with their noise and dubious offers. But at least the current loopholes have been closed by Bioware according to a statement from community manager Eric Musco in the SWTOR forum.
Furthermore, Musco explained that at Bioware they always wait for the ideal moment to strike against spammers and sellers. This way, they can ensure to catch as many accounts as possible at the same time and really make a difference, rather than catching all the jokers one by one. You can find the original message from the Bioware forum in the sources section.
The free-to-play MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic from Bioware and EA, short SWTOR, offers a great presentation of the story in the world-famous Star Wars set...
