These guys got the right idea...
Here is a quote from Graham Stark of PATV's Check Point, roughly at time 1:56
http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/tera-fied
Developer "En Masse" has hit upon a unique solution to battle gold farming for their up coming MMO "TERA." They will block all IPs from Asia, Africa, Russia and the Middle East from connecting to North American servers. Interested members of that 80% of the worlds population can still connect to the European and South American servers, which will presumably be filled with nothing but gamings bottom feeding scum. But as long as they can quote "Keep the quality of gaming service high for players in North America, then we're fine."
I'm curious to see what would happen if Blizzard tried that for just one month.
http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/tera-fied
Developer "En Masse" has hit upon a unique solution to battle gold farming for their up coming MMO "TERA." They will block all IPs from Asia, Africa, Russia and the Middle East from connecting to North American servers. Interested members of that 80% of the worlds population can still connect to the European and South American servers, which will presumably be filled with nothing but gamings bottom feeding scum. But as long as they can quote "Keep the quality of gaming service high for players in North America, then we're fine."
I'm curious to see what would happen if Blizzard tried that for just one month.
Blizzard wont. Some NA players happen to be at those parts of the world for whatever reason and Blizzard wants their money.
Prepare for a PR nightmare.
typical yank thing to say "filled with nothing but gamings bottom feeding scum" youre not as great as you think and no one likes you
your "greatness" comes from quantity not quality
grats
your "greatness" comes from quantity not quality
grats
