User:Jubolt/Martin Fury

=Blizzards morals=

Karatechop of Vek'nilash acquired the GM item Martin Fury, used it in Ulduar, completed some formidable heroic achievements and was banned perminantly.

What we understand from Karatechop
One of the Officers in his guild had an issue with account hacking, Blizzard failed to act on this within a reasonable amount of time, the Officer recieved Martin Fury in the post from Blizzard on one of his less developed alts, he gave the item to Karatechop, they tested the item in raids, they used the items some more in raids and were later banned by Blizzard.

Karatechop in an interview states he honestly believed that this was some sort of joke sent by Blizzard and never thought he was doing anything wrong by using it.

Supporting Karatechop's innocence

 * Karatechop doesn't have any history of abusing game rules in 4 years of playing.
 * Karatechop has been held responsible for the guild members that were banned as a result of this.
 * Karatechop doesn't have any gear from the raids he completed with Martin Fury.
 * Martin Fury was sent by Blizzard.
 * Karatechop gave in to temptation that is extremely hard to resist, not to mention the curiousity.
 * Karatechop could have exploited the item further, such as in Battlegrounds.

Supporting Blizzard's Reaction

 * Karatechop did not report that he had recieved the item.
 * Karatechop used the item serveral times

The Bottom Line
World of Warcraft is a game. If this is an example by Blizzard to show gamers that they have a no tolerance policy for exploitation then they have certainly lost alot of respect. First of all, Blizzard responce team is always late, if you were going to report this and wait patiently then, you are probably the type of person who never stealths while using a rogue because you think it is unfair. Second, this is the smallest form of cheating, the guy used the item for some laughs with friends and to test that it really worked, his friend passed it to him probably because it is plate and he is the Guild Leader warrior tank. Third, this could have been much worse, this item could have been used in PvP situations. Fourth, banning the entire guild including members who were'nt even involved is total exagerration, Blizzard have lost a good number of customers. Fifth, what happened to "the customer is always right", yes Blizzard have their regulations but they hardly investigated the situation, they just fired the ban button. Last, this is totally Blizzard's fault, their delay in customer service caused the attitude that led the players to believe that Martin Fury was either some sort of compensation or a joke.

In the end, the most likely thing is that some players gave into temptation but not totally, there are much worse crimes active in WoW that are ignored, a GM must have accidently pressed num lock while typing the item code, they failed to realise this, while everything was just coming out they must have realised what they had done and wiped a whole guild's accounts to save there own.