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** Dear lord, the Pet Pit. Another problem they had in 2011 was gold sellers, and were cracking down on it. Then they released Guardian Cubs, collectible Battle Pets which you could buy with actual money and then sell in-game for inflated prices. This was seen as hypocrisy. Which it was. They even admitted that this is what it was for, admitting, "we're okay with it, if some players choose to use the Guardian Cub as a safe and secure way to acquire a little extra in-game gold without turning to third-party gold-selling services. However, please keep in mind that there's never any guarantee that someone will purchase what you put up for sale at the auction house." (That's a direct quote, by the way.) This was removed from the game quickly, due to the controversy, but the pets are still available (as Soulbound, meaning unsellable in-game).

** The Real ID forum was a case of [[Didn't Think This Through]]. During 2011 (seeing a trend here?) they had a policy that said you could only post if you used your real name, address, and email, making that info public. [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer|Yeah, uh-huh.]] They assumed [[Even Evil Has Standards|trolls would be hesitant]] to insult someone they knew was a 12-year-old. Well, they underestimated how vile some of them were, and to say it didn't work was a ''very'' big understatement.

** As controversial as the BlizzCon lesbian was, Corpse Grinder George, a guest of Blizzard at again, 2011. The original interview (edited when released, thank goodness) was seven solid minutes of homophobic hate speech and endorsement of violence with ample use [[Cluster F Bomb|of the F-word]] directed at Alliance players. Why they promoted George in the first place (rather than kicked him out on his rear) caused outcry unlike Blizzard had ''ever'' seen before or since, causing them to make a public apology.

** As controversial as the BlizzCon lesbian was, Corpse Grinder George, a guest of Blizzard at again, 2011. The original interview (edited when released, thank goodness) was seven solid minutes of homophobic hate speech and endorsement of violence with ample use [[Cluster F-Bomb|of the F-word]] directed at Alliance players. Why they promoted George in the first place (rather than kicked him out on his rear) caused outcry unlike Blizzard had ''ever'' seen before or since, causing them to make a public apology.

* [[Older Than They Think]]:

** Lor'themar actually wasn't invented for WoW and first showed up in a Korean-drawn comic.