Xfire and Gold Sellers

some guy

some guy

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

SPAWN CAMPING YOUR HOUSE

We Speed Clear H O H [ HsC]

Not sure this belongs here, but I think this is the closest thread to post this in.

Some of you people know Xfire, it's a big IM for gamers, and it's really popular.

I really like the program until now.... Now gold sellers are harassing the entire GW community, and the bad thing is there are so many of them! It's impossible to block them all.

Since Xfire is not doing any thing about it, I suggest you turn off Xfire.

A little information from the poop.

Edit: I actually posted this in the wrong forum, can some one move it to riverside please?

Riken Chrono

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

around the corner and up the block

Hero

how is xfire supposed to do anything about it...it does and never said it helps gold sellers did it? unless they harass you on xfire. in that case dont make your name public.

some guy

some guy

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

SPAWN CAMPING YOUR HOUSE

We Speed Clear H O H [ HsC]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Riken Chrono
how is xfire supposed to do anything about it...it does and never said it helps gold sellers did it? unless they harass you on xfire. in that case dont make your name public.
I've never revealed my name and I rarely post on forums, but for some reason, these gold sellers keep on messaging me and my friends.

stuntharley

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Critical Chop [cC]

W/

You shouldn't of bought off of them. They wouldn't have you xfire then.

//RogueNine

//RogueNine

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Rogue Squadron

E/Me

Ive never got messaged ever. Maybe turn off the ability for friends of friends to message you. Or only allow people on your friends list to message you.

Arcane De Farad

Arcane De Farad

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

Alea Iacta Est

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by some guy
I've never revealed my name and I rarely post on forums, but for some reason, these gold sellers keep on messaging me and my friends.
I dont belive in that. Why ? Its to hard to find one person in millions of gamers... . Another thing, you need to authorise person in Xfire so... well its your problem.

p.s Dont like ebay goldies ppl ~~.

Clord

Clord

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Finland

Victory Via Valour

Stop people talking against OP when you don't know nothing about matter. It is real and happen to me too. When you get huge friend list they will find your account and message to everyone in those friend lists. They possibly even check based to hours played that game if player is maybe wanting that somebody sell gold.

Arcane De Farad

Arcane De Farad

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

Alea Iacta Est

R/

Can you explain me something ? Do you talk about in game friend list or xfire ? If you are talking about Xfire i doesnt see any details about my ingame nick. So how they know about your "friends" nickname ?

Westofeden

Westofeden

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

TN

Naga Stole Mah Bike [OhNo]

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by //RogueNine
I've never got messaged ever.
Same here. . . . . .

Lonesamurai

Lonesamurai

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Cheltenham, Glos, UK

Wolf Pack Samurai [WPS]

R/A

Ok, it's not xfire, or msn, its the people that use it...

grow up, move on and stop blaming your stupidity on others, use the Block button


Oh, and english classes might help

Amity and Truth

Amity and Truth

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

W/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lonesamurai
grow up, move on and stop blaming your stupidity on others, use the Block button
You have yet to heed your own advice there. Grow up. Constantly insulting people over the internet isn't exactly mature. Hammering onto grammar or mistakes is neither. So... grow up, move on and stop flaming. The Block Button does absolutely nothing, they just take another one of their thousand adresses to spam you. Happy clicking. Now hush, grow up, move on.Thank you.

IMs have indeed a certain weakness to this method, same as with E-Mail Spam. It takes one jackass to completely ruin it. Once you're in one of those lists you'll never ever get out of it again.
And those jackasses are quite easy to come along. Did you publically post your X-Fire Account somewhere? Did you use the signature feature?

Lonesamurai

Lonesamurai

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Cheltenham, Glos, UK

Wolf Pack Samurai [WPS]

R/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by Amity and Truth
You have yet to heed your own advice there. Grow up. Constantly insulting people over the internet isn't exactly mature. Hammering onto grammar or mistakes is neither. So... grow up, move on and stop flaming. Thank you.

IMs have indeed a certain weakness to this method, same as with E-Mail Spam. It takes one jackass to completely ruin it. Once you're in one of those lists you'll never ever get out of it again.
And those jackasses are quite easy to come along. Did you publically post your X-Fire Account somewhere? Did you use the signature feature?
I agree email is a pain in the arse, but IM's from MSN and Xfire (for examples) are easy to sort with use of the Block button...

Its not something to get completely het up about as these guys are, just use that wonderful block button and move on

Although if i sounded harshe before its because posts like these are quite idiotic, and as has been said in this thread before, how did they get the account details? Sig, email addy? but it doesn't matter, just block them and be done with it

It is not upto the companies themselves (again i mean Xfire or MSN) to stop this as they can't stop so many, just as ANet can't stop so many things happening in game all the time! It comes down to individuals being careful

lyra_song

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

I would imagine spamming is against Xfire's TOS. Is there a report button?

SPIRIT OF THE SEA

SPIRIT OF THE SEA

Banned

Join Date: May 2006

I happen to have X-fire and the problem has accured to me All you need to do is quickly minimize the gw window and go to Block User and they'll be gone. And for when they go onto anthor account just simply block again. Or if they seem to have a lot of accounts log off xfire for while and when stop playing turn it on, They cant contact you if you not playing (unless they are friends and not friends of friends)

Free Runner

Free Runner

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

GW2G

Knights Of The Sacred Light [KSL]

This problem is worse than the WoW guys that pm you telling you "GW sucks noob" and then logging off

onerabbit

onerabbit

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Thanks to all the guru [mods]

i use x fire all the time, never had this problem...but i do get random peeople adding me :S

nbajammer

nbajammer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Iowa

Blade And Rose [BaR]

Mo/

They also send it via Private Message - presumably via the forums, so that you are forced to go there and see their spam.

Clord

Clord

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Finland

Victory Via Valour

take care of the swindler www.edited_out.com zaqxsw123 22 Jan 2007 02:18
hi,Perfect GOLD(code74720) julietmtx925 17 Jan 2007 12:59
hi,cheap gold julietmtx925 12 Jan 2007 12:30
hi,cheap gold julietmtx 10 Jan 2007 07:11
hi,cheap gold julietmtx 09 Jan 2007 05:36
hi,cheap gold julietmtx 09 Jan 2007 05:36
hi,cheap gold julietmtx 09 Jan 2007 05:35
hi,cheap gold julietmtx925 09 Jan 2007 03:59
hello josia8888 29 Nov 2006 12:30 <- another gold seller.

As you can see. They come time to time and I just block them.

Yanman.be

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

A/

I got pm'ed once. I even started chatting with the guy.

Tagon

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

C O T P

R/Mo

There is an easy fix to this turn off the ablity of friends of friends to message you. The simple fact is a friend of your friend has the gold seller on the friend list. DOn't blame xfire blame your friend that bought gold. Or better yet just change the settings. Xfire already has a fix in place

Thermoblaze

Thermoblaze

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

Croatia

New Dragons[NDR]

Mo/

yeah i am aslo getting messages

MMSDome

MMSDome

Raged Out

Join Date: Sep 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by stuntharley
You shouldn't of bought off of them. They wouldn't have you xfire then.
they look under people that play Guild Wars.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Free Runner
This problem is worse than the WoW guys that pm you telling you "GW sucks noob" and then logging off
the sad thing is that those are the fat pimply nerdy kids that feel tough over the internet saying that

My Passion

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

Mo/

ive never gotten any messages regarding gold, and i doubt i will because i just hide what type of game im playing. which if your the type of person that doesnt like people bugging you this the best way to deal with it, imo.

Coloneh

Coloneh

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2006

D/W

iv never had this problem, but you really should stop complaining, stop giving out your Xfire name, and use the block button.

nbajammer

nbajammer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Iowa

Blade And Rose [BaR]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tagon
There is an easy fix to this turn off the ablity of friends of friends to message you. The simple fact is a friend of your friend has the gold seller on the friend list. DOn't blame xfire blame your friend that bought gold. Or better yet just change the settings. Xfire already has a fix in place
The spam I keep getting from a gold seller is happening even with this feature turned off. They use the web interface somehow to send the private message via Xfire's forums since they cant spam you the normal way. But then I haven't gotten any gold selling spam of late. Hopefully the person got banned.

icedragon981

icedragon981

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

At my computer

Teh Nine [lll]

N/

I admit it is annoying but the only two people that ever messaged me over Xfire wanting me to buy gold were removed from my friend's list and never bothered me again...

Str0b0

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Carolina

N/Me

What's the codebase for Xfire? I'm sure a simple mod could be made to fix this. I know I had a mod for my Yahoo that set up an automated response that forced anyone that messaged me to enter a verification word to start the session. Once the verification word was entered it would connect to me, put a stop to bots completely. Unless Xfire is being real tight fisted with their code it probably will only be a matter of time before someone mods it.