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Blizzard Banning StarCraft II Single-Player Cheaters?

By pete_gallagher

A story on the Cheat Happens website alleges that Blizzard is banning users who cheat in StarCraft 2 while playing the title's single-player element.

The website hosts a variety of 'trainers' for the Blizzard game, which can grant unlimited ammo and/or other special powers and attributes to players trying to advance through the title's single player campaign. The site claims that some banned users had their Battle.net accounts suspended, while others saw their CD keys disabled.

One Cheat Happens user named gm0ney received a 14-day suspension for using an 'unauthorized cheat program.' While he admitted he was 'prepared for it,' gm0ney added, 'I'm surprised they took such a blind step without doing some research into the games played.'
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on October 11, 2010 (boomark / email).