October 22nd 2009 11:47 pm
PRE-HALLOWEEN HORRORS: PREYING ON AION PLAYERS Plus ViVoGame’s Delusions of Perfection (3/3)
I don’t play Aion. I’m curious about it but I just do NOT have the time to check it out.
I don’t even have enough time to level my one billion WoW alts that are currently languishing somewhere between the 40’s and the 60’s.
Hell, I don’t even have time to do the daily heroics on my main.
So yeah, playing Aion is out of the question and I envy those who have the time to indulge in it…like Cletus who just started and is having the time of his life tinkering with the chest size of his character. ("Dude, I just gave my chick toon double D’s!")
So why the hell am I getting Aion-related spam in the mail?
Get this: even my mother who doesn’t play games receives up to 11 spam in one morning, all telling her to claim her free Aion CD, get free cheats, etc….one of them from a site called aionbuddy dot com (DON’T EVEN THINK OF VISITING THAT SITE, KIDS!). "All that massive energy spent on trying to steal — what — game accounts?" she asked, incredulous that something she deems a waste of time is actually worth something.
WoW player and WGF reader Jessie, who is also a new Aion player, shared that she’s thinking of quitting the game because the spam in Aion is "worse than the spam in WoW! It’s enough to drive you insane!" She said she can’t enjoy the exchanges in chat because she sees more spam than regular convos. "I would rather see a million Chuck Norris and Xbox jokes than a hundred Chinese spam!"
(Um, you sure about that?) Jessie, don’t quit. Just fight back. Report them. Ignore them. Remind fellow players not to do business with them. Then maybe one day, they’ll choke on their own spam and lose money from having to constantly buy new CD keys for their spam-a-lot team.
Hmm, I know something else that can drive anyone insane…
ViVoGame.com , AKA the we-got-banned-brigade, finally delivered the missing 700g a week after I last pestered them. I had given up on getting a refund equal to the 700g and finding a competent manager to handle my complaint. Then lo and behold, I got a whisper earlier telling me to get my gold, and after the trade was done, I got this piece of sh*t in the mail:
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Thank you for your purchase and the effort you have made throughout this order. — You bet I put a lot of effort into chasing my gold, you morons.
We will notify you if we have any future Preferential Activities. — No thanks.
As you know, striving towards providing the cheapest and fastest gold is our aim. — Fastest? Are you on drugs?
It is wonderful doing business with you and we look forward to continuing to serve you in the future! — I’d rather undergo periodontal surgery than do business with you again. It’s cheaper and less painful. Now beat it. Scram. I have 700 gold to give away. I don’t need it.
Too many bad memories.
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2 Comments »
Cathryn Wheel on 23 Oct 2009 at 5:48 am #
@ Jessie - don’t let those Chinese lowlives stop you from enjoying the game. Die spam die!
Lestat de Lioncourt on 24 Oct 2009 at 10:52 pm #
SPAM = SCAM, remember that!
LOL @ vivogame letter. Once is enough, bastards.