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On July 14th the gavel of the Blizzard vs. MDY (Glider) fell in the 9th circuit court and since then it’s echo has reverberated across the blogosphere. But first a quick background summary:

Glider is a popular bot/macro program for World of Warcraft that essentially runs “glides” or small scripts that play World of Warcraft automatically. They have scripts to automatically level you up or to farm items/gold for you. You can setup a script to run while you sleep and wake up in the morning a few levels higher with backpacks full of items and some gold. It doesn’t perform any cheats or hacks that a normal player could not perform. It simply acts as if a human was playing the game (albeit a human with a low IQ, no job or outside responsibilities, and with a nasty cocaine habit).

Blizzard sued the creators of Glider for aiding in copyright infringement in an ongoing legal battle with the first decision just recently decided.

In the words of the creator of glider (Mercury):

“Well, the judge ruled today and it was not good for us. He found for Blizzard on the copyright and tortious claims. I must admit, I'm rather surprised at the scope of the decision, as it seems copyright holders can now pretty much declare anyone an infringer at the stroke of a pen.

But, hey, things will likely get more focused in the days ahead. For now, here's the judge's order. Be warned that it's pretty heavy on the legalese.”

Think oil prices are high? A massive covert banning by blizzard targeted at gold farmers has crippled their operations causing the price of World of Warcraft gold to skyrocket within the past week...

Every day crude oil seems to hit a new high. It is all over the media. Gas cost over $4/gallon throughout America and is even higher if you live in a major city. As such, this 4th of July weekend any traveling you do will obviously be kept to an economic minimum.

What’s one of the best ways to save gas money, limit your carbon emissions, and rescue the planet? Retreating into virtual reality and playing a healthy dose of World of Warcraft of course! 

However, the mainstream media in its attempt to cover the surging oil prices and the subsequent effects on the “real” world have missed an even greater crisis! The exchange rate of World of Warcraft US gold has doubled from $20 USD per 1,000 gold to $40 USD per 1,000 gold in a mere week! The mainstream media with its reality bias has completely ignored this story and once again it is up to the internet to restore justice to Azeroth.

Although it has taken a year for oil to double from $70 a barrel to $140



It has taken a mere five days for the price of gold to double from $20 per 1,000 gold to $40!