“Blizzard Entertainment has been trying really hard to curb
cheating in its Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, World
of Warcraft (WoW). In doing so, they’ve banned thousands of
accounts, to insure that gameplay doesn’t get ruined for millions
of their subscribers. In this frenzy of bans, Blizzard mistakenly
banned a few Linux users who used a legitimate program called
‘Cedega’ to play WoW. Now Blizzard’s trying to make up for it, and
this is how they plan on doing it (according to the mail they sent
to these Linux users):“‘Blizzard Entertainment deeply regrets the error, as we
understand that this brief account closure presented you with an
inconvenient and highly frustrating experience…'”
Tech2.com: WoW Linux Gamers’ Ban Lifted
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