November 22nd 2010 05:30 am
SHARING A TABLE WITH A FRIGGIN’ SPAMMER: A CAUTIONARY TALE
So I was there sitting by my lonesome self in a Bountiful Table in Goldshire, partaking in the wondrous selection of pies and cranberries, when this lowbie toon sat beside me.
Eagerly, I passed the food in front of me in the kind tradition of Thanksgiving. Then I clicked on the toon to check what food he’s still missing to get the reputation buff. The name said it all: JjyKitl
POTENTIAL SPAMMER!
True enough, just a few seconds after, the pathetic toon started spamming me in whisper.
"Wow golds now saleing $1 for 1k. Get now ready instant cumon! Go ****gold.com."
"Wow golds now saleing $1 for 1k. Get now ready instant cumon! Go ****gold.com."
"Wow golds now saleing $1 for 1k. Get now ready instant cumon! Go ****gold.com."
"Wow golds now saleing $1 for 1k. Get now ready instant cumon! Go ****gold.com."
Reading the wall of bull above literally drained all the Thanksgiving kindness out of me. I reported the spammer, /spit on his face, and moved to the next table where maybe I could have five uninterrupted minutes of face-stuffing.
But when I transferred to the other table, there was ANOTHER incomprehensibly named spammer, probably the partner of the one before. That’s when the expletives came rolling out like that stream of consciousness exercise we used to do in English class.
No effect. The bastards didn’t budge and probably knew that only Blizzard GMs could remove them from the game. So I tried to wait for the actual GMs to do their bit but then it got so late that I decided to just sleep and check up on it tomorrow.
I logged on the morning after and saw that the two Thanksgiving crashers are gone. Hooray! But this serves as a reminder that holiday event locations are prime targets for spammers. Be on guard and armed with the report button!
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