The Fall Of Gallywix Boosting Services Comes As Blizzard Bans For Real Money Trading In World Of Warcraft

Blizzard has announced on August 3 that following a thorough investigation, the Gallywix boosting organization has engaged in WoW real money trading.

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Blizzard has announced on August 3 that following a thorough investigation, the Gallywix boosting organization has engaged in real money trading (RMT) in World of Warcraft. As a serious violation of the End-User License Agreement, the developer is now banning accounts across North America and Europe that were associated with the group. The announcement is a major revelation, though not so surprising for players who see their trade chat channels filled with advertisements for boosting.

What is Gallywix Boosting?

At its core, Gallywix is a community of players who broker in-game deals for content boosting. Want to acquire the Void Talon of the Dark Star, which is among the rarest mounts in the game? Gallywix can make that happen for a mere 600,000 gold. Or perhaps you want to clear all twelve raid bosses on Mythic difficulty? That is no problem if you have 6,500,000 gold to spare.

The organization has been around for years, and players looking for an in-game boost first begin by visiting their discord channel or answering one of the many spammed advertisements seen in the Trade channel of every server. From there, they request a specific boost and provide details about their server, faction, and availability. Gallywix brokers the deal with a guild that is willing to provide the actual service on that server.

Of the gold that is paid by the customer, Gallywix keeps a small portion as a brokerage free, and the rest goes to the guild who will do the legwork, and perhaps some to another party if they were advertising services on a server. On the surface, this has been around for many years as a concept and is allowed according to Blizzard’s terms of service agreements.

On the other hand, some players consider the entire situation to break the spirit of the game, especially since the release of the WoW Token, which means that players can literally by their way into clearing content and acquiring gear, mounts, and titles, all with their credit cards.

Real Money Trading Crosses The Line

While selling in-game boosts is allowed when it is only gold moving between parties, the act of RMT is an entirely different matter that Blizzard has been keen to curb for years. Interestingly, the introduction of the WoW Token was considered by many to be the definitive death stroke to organizations who engage in RMT, because now players can simply buy the gold they need with their credit cards.

Clearly, there is still money to be made in RMT, and on a large enough scale to warrant such a formal announcement from Blizzard.

Gone For Good? Probably Not

Based on Blizzard’s announcement, the Gallywix boosting organization as we know it is likely finished. If it were only a few players, Blizzard would have been more general in their announcement, but instead they singled out the entire organization. This means that the major accounts at the top of the organization are likely being banned, and along with them, some massive amounts of gold that are now literally untouchable, forever lost in a virtual vault thanks to the bans.

Any player who provided a service for boosting that has not been paid is not likely to see a single copper for their efforts. In order for Gallywix to rebound, it would need to reestablish trust with its connection of players on different servers, which will be no easy task given that Blizzard will be keeping a close eye on all gold that comes and goes between parties.

Given how lucrative selling boosts can be in game, and as we are nearing the launch of a new expansion, it would not be a surprise to see a new organization, or perhaps even the same one, appear under the guise of a different name.

On the other hand, the entire practice may soon fall within Blizzard’s sights as well, not only because it encourages RMT, but because at its core the idea of paying players to bypass content in World of Warcraft sends a bad message. Is this a bad thing to pay others to trivialize the challenge of in-game content? Ultimately that is up to each player to decide since Blizzard does not currently prohibit such acts, but time will tell if that changes.

Source: us.forums.blizzard.com

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