In another round of account bannings, Blizzard smote over 300 accounts for using 3rd party programs to slog through levels, crafting and PROBABLY FISHING TOO! Quoting:

Blizzard Entertainment is committed to maintaining an environment of fair play in World of Warcraft. As stated previously, the company has a zero-tolerance policy for cheating or hacking of any kind. Players caught using a bot program to automate any of their characters’ actions will have their characters removed and their account banned. They will not receive a warning. Over 300 accounts have already been banned for offenses of this nature.

If nothing else, regular bannings should clean up server clogs.

Somebody has got to step up to the plate over at Blizzard and give that joint a personality … or a good hard slap.

New contest for World of Warcraft, recreate movie scenes in screenshots with your characters. Not a bad idea, in fact, could be a great idea if players get into it. Not me, of course, but better players could do some creative work with this.

From the contest rules (again, bla bla Blizzard permalinks may not work even two days after posted here), here’s the prize:

A. Grand Prize: . One (1) qualified entrant will have the screen shot that they submitted displayed in association with the Grand Prize Winner’s World of Warcraft character name, on the World of Warcraft website located at www.worldofwarcraft.com and the Sponsor’s official website located at www.blizzard.com.

Christ, I’d hardly call that a “prize”. Why don’t they just say they’ll use it on the front page and leave it at that. The way they outline the “prize” in legalese and other grand language, I’m expecting they’ll warn the winner that he/she may owe taxes on it.