Gold duping and overall spamming have laid waste to the in-game economy of Zenimax's MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online, and the developer is taking it personally, asking players for their help.
A post over at the Elder Scrolls forums is asking players to identify any player believed to be a gold spammer: "We request that anyone who has received a private message they believe to be from a gold spammer to post the sender's username as a comment in this thread. As we have disabled PMs, you will not be able to access your inbox on the forums, but if you received an e-mail notification to alert you to the PM you received, the sender's username should be in that e-mail."
Zenimax acknowledges that their request on behalf of players is a violation of the game's Community Code of Conduct with regard to naming and shaming, but the team feels that this is an exception to the rule, in order to "expedite the process of identifying and banning the spammers' accounts."
jshdjshdjsa, fgfdgdgfr, rerereree, werdsfedfwe, gfbhdgsdf, demonxzj, sdjhdsjhsj, trretretertre, and a number of other players who looked like they chose their avatar names by bashing their palms against a keyboard have all been named so far, quite a few of which have been listed multiple times, showing that certain spammers had been pretty dedicated, but also that the spammers are not as numerous as initially feared. Evidently, the process is working fairly well so far, as a number of players first reported were quick to be banned.
Zenimax is determined not to have process break down into a blame game, writing that they'll "investigate each alleged spammer account individually to avoid false reports." If you've received any such offers to get gold in-game, head over to the forum's thread and drop a dime, should you feel the need.
