Blizzard Bans 5000 Starcraft 2 Accounts for Cheating  | read this item

When it comes to Account Administration, Blizzard does things in bulk.  This is certainly reflected when they announced that 5000 Starcraft 2 accounts were banned for using cheats and hacks.  The announcement came down about three weeks after they sent out a warning concerning the use of hacks and cheats.  Pretty much everyone got the warning about incoming bans in plenty of time to stop.  It seems that at least 5000 players didn’t heed the message.

This action comes after weeks of player complaints concerning the state of cheating within Starcraft 2.  The Battlenet forums usually have a post or two a day concerning a player that is aggravated about playing against a cheater or a hacker.  Now, it seems, there are 5000 fewer players to worry about.  This shouldn’t effect the vast majority of the player base as there are over three million Starcraft 2 players worldwide already.  Still good news from Blizzard concerning this hot topic.

From Blizzard:

We recently took action, including suspensions and bans, on over 5,000 StarCraft II players who were in violation of the Battle.net Terms of Use for cheating and/or using hack programs while playing. In addition to undermining the spirit of fair competition that’s essential to play on Battle.net, cheating and hacking can lead to stability and performance issues with the service. Maintaining a stable, safe, and secure online-gaming experience for legitimate players is a top priority for us, and we’ll be continuing to keep watch on Battle.net and take action as needed.

Source: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/882508