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Is account lending the same as account sharing?

Posted May 30, 2007 at 07:58AM by Enrico S. Listed in: Opinions & Analysis Tags: Blizzard, Ommra

It's a known fact on World of Warcraft that if you share your account, you'll be banned. It seems though that for some, there are some loopholes with this policy by Blizzard. For one, is account sharing the same as account lending?

Yes and No. You see, like most things in life there are gray areas on this matter. For example, giving out your user name and password for someone to level your character is grounds for deletion; however, letting your child use your account to play WoW is not. This specific topic has sparked a lot of talk between people in the forums. Blizzard Poster/Forum Moderator Ommra gave a few words of wisdom on the topic.

The only person who should have the account details is YOU. No one else. No cats, siblings, brothers, sisters. Maybe parents, so they can use the parental control. The reason for this is safety. Your account just isn't safe if you go share the details with people. It is your responsibility to keep your account safe.

Not meaning to sound harsh, just wanted to make it clear once and for all :)

That's well and good, but it doesn't really clear up the topic. What constitutes a banning from lending? If I let my friend play on my account because he wanted to try the game out on higher levels, is this reason for Blizzard to ban me? Do they simply wash their hands in case I check my account one morning to find my Shaman stripped of all its equips? What do you guys think?

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by Gamerz22 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-30

» Yes, it is.

If yo ulet someone else use your account, it is sharing. Lendin gin itself needs sharing ot occur. You can't lend someone your car if you aren't gonna share it.

In general, lending is sharing. People like to use lending ot make it mroe of a "borrow", and not a sharing as if they were giving a fraction of the item to the person(s). However, both are still considered sharing.

by dragonsbait (Unregistered) - 2007-05-30

» part of the problem

They can restore your items, sans enchants

They can restore a deleted character, sans enchants

I think this heavy handed attitude is because of a site that leases WoW accounts, and uses them for Gold Farming. I know of at least 3 sites that do this.

leasewow.com (I think) was the one which started this in the first place.

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