**** you blizzard!

[Signa]

Seriously, this is Bobby Kotick's fault. Somehow.

This may be a stupid question, but who is Bobby Kotick?

In a nutshell, he's a shrewd busninessman trying to capitalize on gaming and gamers. That wouldn't be so bad if he didn't come off as an evil fucknut every time he opens he mouth. It's gotten to the point where I doubt I'll be buying any Activision games while he's still the CEO. You probably should read up on him so that you can keep your friends from buying his games too. Trust me, we don't need our games becoming something of his vision of gaming.

OT:I hate to come off as a douche, but the OP did something stupid. Hackers don't brute-force attack WoW accounts, so they got your password from somewhere. If it was a simple keylogger, you can defeat it with an on-screen keyboard. I know Ruins of Magic did that on the log in screen and I thought that was totally awesome. I'm surprised that WoW has not followed suit.

I guess of all the things to say "fuck you Blizzard" to, your own stupidity shouldn't be one of them. How about slicing a game into 3 parts and charging $140 for all of it, or releasing games at $60 while they are literally making Billions in WoW subscriptions alone. If they used that money to make better games, sure, but it's all going to line the pockets of the current staff without any expectations to produce more or better products.

Seriously, Fuck you Blizzard, but not because I'm stupid, it's because I'm too smart to fall for your traps.

 

[KezzieZ]

Well, thanks. I finally got to not lurking in The Escapist website. XP

 

[leeloodallasmultipass]

There was a time when i cared about when I got hacked in WoW, but that's behind me. Not playing it again. But that really sucks. Blizzard needs to step up authentication WITHOUT making us pay extra.

the Blizzard Authenticator will not save you all they have to do is log the results a few times and they can replicate it does no one remember the so called hack for it?

no matter how many authenticators/ authentication methods you or blizzard place on your account. If you get a key logger on your PC you are fucked anyway. that is how they get your password and authenticator code and password and then they instantly change the password.

Morale of the story is Be security aware. Antivirus/antispyware and all that jazz, and preferably something that is a live scanner. so the second you access the site/virus is downloaded you get warned.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

Well I just found out that somebody hacked my email account and used it for a Battle.net account, only found out when Blizzard contacted me to say they banned my email.

I emailed them back to tell them I played none of their games and never would so therefore they should ban all accounts using that email address, but they wouldn't.

 

[instantbenz]

ahhh... (sighs contentadly) more proof that i shouldn't play wow!

there's the post! ... i always look for what to quote

 

[Jorias]

Yeah there is something not legit here either. You must have done something for your password to be changed, i worked in a server farm for 10 years dealing with all sorts of problems pertaining to passwords, but because our firewalls were rock solid and our AV's and SOP's regarding password security were good noone ever got their accounts hacked via anything they did....it's when these fuckers (the clients i supported) visit porn sites and proxy bypass sites where shit gets wierd...

the point being, you did something you bought gold, you gave your RL friend the PW to your acct...something I played WoW for 6 years with not one hack...not that anyone can even guess my PW's...