Guild Wars 2 Starter Guide (Social) and Problems

IGN has written a Guild Wars 2 starter guide for players with an emphasis on grouping, including information about overflow maps, whether you can a friend can play together regardless of race, drawing on the map, etc. Some tips are useful whether you play GW2 solo or with friends.
http://www.ign.com/wikis/guild-wars-2/Starter_Guide

Note that GW2 is having major problems.  Their servers are so full that they have temporarily suspended digital sales.  It does look like those who pre-purchased the game can still download it and play, however.  Here's a listing of the problem areas which include security issues.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/z3qqm/guild_wars_2_status_thursday_august_30/

Around 3,000 players have been permanently banned for buying mis-priced high level karma weapons in huge numbers and creating even higher level items from them.  GW2's developers are going to allow the permanently banned a second chance if they promise to get rid of these items.  They will be allowed back after a 72 hour ban but if you have the items in your inventory still, it's permanent ban time again.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/31/3000-guild-wars-2-players-permanently-banned-for-karma-exploit/

Here's more about account hacking.
http://www.videogamer.com/pc/guild_wars_2/news/guild_wars_2_accounts_hacked_as_ncsoft_warns_players_to_be_vigilant_3.html

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Blizzard Prepares to Ban Starcraft 2 Cheaters UPDATED WITH SECOND BAN

Blizzard is threatening to ban Starcraft 2 cheaters (Sept. 2010).
http://www.1up.com/news/blizzard-ban-starcraft-2-cheaters

UPDATE:  More banning of cheaters (Dec. 2010).
http://kotaku.com/5702863/starcraft-2-developers-initiate-ban-rush

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PvP Terrain Exploits

How do terrain exploits differ from regular PvP moves?  Cynwise talks about Blizzard's rule against exploits, how this applies to PvP and the problems inherent in figuring out just what is bannable and what isn't in the PvP world.
http://cynwise.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/the-walls-of-wintergrasp-and-terrain-exploits/

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Dreaming of a Fancy Ban Hammer

Keredrei talks about a study that finds gamers remember and control their dreams better than non-gamers.
http://keredria.blogspot.com/2010/05/gaming-and-dreaming.html

Matticus has dreams of his own:  he'd like WOW to have a public ban event for misbehavior just like Guild Wars does.  There's a video of a player being removed from the game to give you an idea of how banning happens in Guild Wars.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/05/26/how-about-a-more-graphical-and-public-ban/


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Contracts and Banning Players (A Legal Look)

The WOW Insider legal column takes a look at the issues around banning players, mostly the contract between Blizzard and WOW players.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/15/the-lawbringer--contracts-and-player-bans/

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