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Actions Taken Due to Member Agreement Violations

On February 14, over 800 accounts which repeatedly violated the PlayOnline Member Agreement were permanently banned from PlayOnline. The users of these accounts would form groups to monopolize the hunting spots of notorious monsters (NM). They also repeatedly performed harassment and MPK actions against other players. Grief tactics, including harassment, are listed in the PlayOnline Member Agreement as violations and are not allowed for any reason. Also, interfering other players' game play in order to monopolize monsters which spawn in hunting spots is not allowed. Based on the above, we have taken strict actions against players who have violated the PlayOnline Member Agreement. If you become a victim of harrasment, please make a GM Call and report the issue directly to a Game Master. Your understanding and cooperation will help us provide the best experience possible to our players. Thank you!

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Ha! /em points finger!
# Feb 15 2005 at 12:05 AM Rating: Default
See! SE can do something to fix the "problem"(it wasnt that much of one IMO) Maybe this will stop some of the whining.
That's nice, but...
# Feb 15 2005 at 12:04 AM Rating: Decent
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SE has also said they have at least half a million subscribers for FFXI; 800/500,000 is a very small percentage.

I think it remains to be seen how this will affect things in the long run.
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RE: That's nice, but...
# Feb 15 2005 at 2:34 AM Rating: Decent
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that just shows how small the "gilseller" "problem" was.


This is no where near the total of all the Gilsellers in FFXI. A quick search of my server (Unicorn) and the only known Gilsellers gone were Moodcn and Resegirl. I was camping Mee Deggi at the time trying to get Kote for my monk, and guess what? Puall and his other Drg friend got the pop 20min after the server crash, Motorola and his crew were still in Ordelle's cave at that. To say that there's any doubt puall isnt a gilseller is ludicrous when his bazaar had over 15 Impact Knuckles and Strider Swords up for sale in it.

Something to point out, does anyone else notice that nowhere in the post is there any mention of RMT? These accounts were supposedly banned solely on the basis of MPK, harrasement and "NM hoarding". I can't think of any legal reason SE would have with booting RMT'rs but thats the only reason I can think of why they don't state this.
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# Feb 15 2005 at 12:19 AM Rating: Good
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I know what you mean... but gilsellers are a pretty low percentage of the total players on any server... if they had banned a lot more, then I'd be worried that they were being overzealous, and banning some legitimate players along with the gilsellers.
Banning a few accounts that they know are in violation is a good start, and should serve as a warning to other people who are also violating the rules.
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# Feb 15 2005 at 12:06 AM Rating: Default
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that just shows how small the "gilseller" "problem" was.
RE: That's nice, but...
# Feb 15 2005 at 2:16 AM Rating: Decent
Also shows you how a small group on each server can cause a balance shift in the economics, I hope those who messed with the game are brought to justice and the innocent stay that Innocent
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