GGG's stance on ToS violations

GGG could consider making a short PR video given recent events.

"Hi, We here at GGG do not tolerate players violating ToS"

Video of vendoring irreplicable items and a new item "Ear of [Accountname]" from known banned accounts.

Would the video have a point other than "breaking the rules is against the rules" ?

point of permanence when clear violators are attempting to appeal.



nothing is more permanent to any poe player, than seeing an item vendored

I'm not really sure what kind of win such a "PR video" would confer upon GGG if it is broadly understood to just be an effort to humiliate someone who has already commented on their mental health deteriorating. It's hardly the professional path for them to take.

This approach would be a waste of time for the company, which is why they don’t do it. They already take action by issuing bans, and depending on the individual affected, the message tends to spread on its own. Whether or not it actually discourages others from similar behavior is debatable, but the message has already been sent.

Even without any kind of video, which realistically they are not going to spend time producing just to showcase random items being removed, GGG is effectively “vendoring” those items. By issuing a permanent ban, those items are removed from circulation and locked away on inaccessible accounts.

Turning this into a video or public display would likely come across as unprofessional. It risks feeling more like a spectacle, bordering on cult-like or even humiliating, rather than reflecting the conduct of a serious, credible business.

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VoidWhisperer42#5989 wrote:

This approach would be a waste of time for the company, which is why they don’t do it. They already take action by issuing bans, and depending on the individual affected, the message tends to spread on its own. Whether or not it actually discourages others from similar behavior is debatable, but the message has already been sent.

Even without any kind of video, which realistically they are not going to spend time producing just to showcase random items being removed, GGG is effectively “vendoring” those items. By issuing a permanent ban, those items are removed from circulation and locked away on inaccessible accounts.

Turning this into a video or public display would likely come across as unprofessional. It risks feeling more like a spectacle, bordering on cult-like or even humiliating, rather than reflecting the conduct of a serious, credible business.

Violators rarely realise reality of how permanent a permanent ban is. Rather than letting the violator's team spend the rest of their lives rallying their fanbase to appeal and annoy support in mass for decades, show there is nothing to return.


Hope can be held for forever get back what once was. I see this as a mercy. Free them from such a future, even if they definitely wont see it that way in the short term.





I want to see an item worth more than 100 times my account's networth being vendored.

Perhaps the suffering of my fellow exiles will finally stir something. - Sirus

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LaserVonRekyu#4613 wrote:

Violators rarely realise reality of how permanent a permanent ban is. Rather than letting the violator's team spend the rest of their lives rallying their fanbase to appeal and annoy support in mass for decades, show there is nothing to return.

Obviously individuals getting banned know they screwed up, and they’ll realize the full weight of it once a ban appeal is flatly refused. Sure, they might try to make a new account in a pitiful attempt to bypass the ban, but they won’t get anything back from the old account. Mission accomplished, the ban achieved exactly what it was meant to do. And all the fanboy emails flooding support certainly won’t reverse GGG’s final decision.

This isn’t about theatrics or entertainment. You might see flashy item deletions on private servers of other games, but not with a serious company. A look at their profiles shows the truth, all the items are effectively pushed into the void, completely gone, inaccessible, and removed from the game economy. GGG is the only party with access, but to them, the items are just data on a server, they couldn’t care less. From the player’s perspective, they no longer exist in any meaningful sense.

Even if GGG staged a public “item deletion” video, it wouldn’t stop fanboys from spamming support to reverse decisions, something no company can realistically prevent. The permanent ban and the refused appeal already speak louder than any performative showcase. The account is gone, the items are gone, and the punishment is final.

We’re not in an era of public humiliation or theatrical punishments. A permanent ban carries weight all on its own, it really doesn’t need dramatics to prove it.