World of Warcraft Duping Bug Found 537

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @12:11PM from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

Over the course of this morning several people have sent me tidbits talking about an exploit on WoW that allows duping of items. Apparently forum posts are being removed on official channels, but there are a few places where you can learn about the exploit and see screenshot evidence. In equally exciting news, my Rogue on Azjol-nerub is probably 2 hours away from 60 and since Blizzard will undoubtedly fix this bug soon, I'll have to finance my epic mount the old fashioned way!

World of Warcraft Duping Bug Found

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Noone posting? (Score:5, Funny)

by KDR_11k ( 778916 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @12:47PM (#13104477)

Let me guess... Too busy duping items?

In Other News (Score:5, Funny)

by superpulpsicle ( 533373 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @12:47PM (#13104480)

China's unemployment rate raised 50% this morning due to this bug.

Hmm (Score:1, Funny)

by ucahg ( 898110 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @12:48PM (#13104484)

Is this similar to the slashdot duping stories bug?

Maybe I'll find out in a couple days when this story hits again.

dealing with the culprit (Score:4, Funny)

by pr0nbot ( 313417 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @12:51PM (#13104510)

Hmm... judging by the screenshots...

DELETE FROM user WHERE username LIKE "Gu%en";

Too Late (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @12:51PM (#13104513)

Somebody should have told Leeroy Jenkins about this one.

Doubt it.. (Score:5, Funny)

by ShaniaTwain ( 197446 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @12:52PM (#13104526) Homepage

I suspect they are working on putting together a lawsuit.. Doesn't slashdot hold the patent on duping?

Re:dealing with the culprit (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @12:52PM (#13104534)

Ozzie Guillen is a duper? No wonder the white sox are doing so well.

See whatcha get? (Score:1, Funny)

by hcob$ ( 766699 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @12:54PM (#13104551)

Wow, lovely little bug there. Hopefully my stuff on auction will go up alot since people will have a boat load of gold now. Noooo... we couldn't just earn the gold..... Of course if I wasn't working a real job in real life, I'd have my happy a$$ down there duping as well. Hey, maybe someone can dupe me a bunch of sour grapes for my return to Windrunner!

DUPE! (Score:4, Funny)

by Spy der Mann ( 805235 ) writes: <`moc.liamg' `ta' `todhsals.nnamredyps'> on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @12:55PM (#13104557) Homepage Journal

This story was already posted earlier [slashdot.org]. Oh wait...

Taco...can't you afford to just buy your gold? (Score:3, Funny)

by sgant ( 178166 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @12:56PM (#13104568) Homepage Journal

I mean, go to IGE or simular and just buy all your gold if you really want to buy your epic mount. You're a fricken millionaire right?

I mean, if you're just going to do an exploit to get your gold what's the difference? Hell, just buy an account with a couple of level 60 characters.

Cheat or Exploit (Score:2, Funny)

by Jeet81 ( 613099 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @12:59PM (#13104594)

Are you sure it's a exploit? Maybe it could be a cheat intentionally put in by the developers.
Like press the following in a sequence X Y A B 4 3 5 3 2 8 7 and then press all these together (probably with the help of your friend) Alt+Ctrl+Esc+Insert+Delete+F5

Then you will see you have unlocked all your levels but have crashed windows.

Re:Noone posting? (Score:5, Funny)

by anaesthetica ( 596507 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @01:01PM (#13104608) Homepage Journal

I hear the editors have been exploiting this bug for years on Slashdot...

Re:DUPE! (Score:5, Funny)

by justforaday ( 560408 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @01:01PM (#13104616)

Holy shit! And look at how many karma whores there are posting the exact same comments again!

Re:Am I the only one who thought of... (Score:1, Funny)

by Arctic Fox ( 105204 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @01:02PM (#13104630) Homepage Journal

No..

New jargon word (Score:3, Funny)

by b1t r0t ( 216468 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @01:03PM (#13104643)

When the servers come up in the morning the instance server takes about 10 min longer than everything else for some dumb ass reason; So player 1 hands player 2 a stack of gold; Player one goes into instance and about a min later of trying to load gets rubberbanned back to the entrace and has the gold back on him as well as player 2; you keep doing that over and over; You can do it for about 10 minutes!
I know the guy meant "rubberbanded", but it's still a great word.

rubberbanned v. To be repeatedly banned from and attempt to return to a server or IRC channel.

Re:dealing with the culprit (Score:3, Funny)

by Frank T. Lofaro Jr. ( 142215 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @01:04PM (#13104646) Homepage

"user" is a reserved word in SQL.

It would have to be something like this:

DELETE FROM usertable WHERE username LIKE "Gu%en";

Re:If this dupefix is anything like in Shadowbane. (Score:2, Funny)

by daemones ( 188271 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @01:04PM (#13104651) Homepage

Make sure to say hi to the other 5 Shadowbane players for me, thanks.

Re:dealing with the culprit (Score:5, Funny)

by SeanTobin ( 138474 ) * writes: <byrdhuntr AT hotmail DOT com> on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @01:26PM (#13104859)

W00T!

My sig is actually usefull for once :)

Thanks guys, WoW servers are now /.'ed (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @01:32PM (#13104923)

Now what am I gonna do at work?

Re:Am I the only one who thought of... (Score:3, Funny)

by RoceKiller ( 699407 ) * writes: <slashdot&rocekiller,dk> on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @01:58PM (#13105227)

Actually, when I viewed the front page, this story was duped. Two completely identical stories, one only viewable for subscribers. After a refresh, it was gone.

I wonder if it was a glitch in the database, a humorous admin, or just the usual dupe getting caught.

Re:What happened to the old Blizzard (Score:3, Funny)

by flibuste ( 523578 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @02:20PM (#13105439)

I'd be interested in your numerous publications about how to "program proper code" and/or make a MMORPG bug-free from day one. Actually, a book on how to make a bug-free software, whatever the software would do. But I doubt anyone would risk writing one.

Re:Explanation of bug: Ah, a race condition issue. (Score:2, Funny)

by nherm ( 889807 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @02:29PM (#13105551) Journal

OMG you have just explained this [metmuseum.org]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re:Addiction is right. (Score:5, Funny)

by JakusMinimus ( 49854 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @02:50PM (#13105829) Homepage Journal

1. I'm an adult. My serious computer game playing days should be behind me.

grow the fuck up

Re:Noone posting? (Score:3, Funny)

by shotfeel ( 235240 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @02:55PM (#13105895)

No, you're all wrong.

Nobody's posting because BoingBoing ran a bit about a WoW nude mod.

This should reeally test the servers.

Duping "bug", eh? (Score:3, Funny)

by dmccarty ( 152630 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @03:20PM (#13106115)

If only we could find the duping bug on Slashdot.

Re:Noone posting? (Score:5, Funny)

by Barromind ( 783894 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @04:31PM (#13106958)

I hear the editors have been exploiting this bug for years on Slashdot....

Re:Noone posting? (Score:2, Funny)

by Chrispy1000000 the 2 ( 624021 ) writes: on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @08:10PM (#13109163)

I hear the editors have be...

No, I can't do this. I can't. I'm off to kill myself now.

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Noone posting? (Score:5, Funny)

In Other News (Score:5, Funny)

Hmm (Score:1, Funny)

dealing with the culprit (Score:4, Funny)

Too Late (Score:3, Funny)

Doubt it.. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:dealing with the culprit (Score:1, Funny)

See whatcha get? (Score:1, Funny)

DUPE! (Score:4, Funny)

Taco...can't you afford to just buy your gold? (Score:3, Funny)

Cheat or Exploit (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Noone posting? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:DUPE! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Am I the only one who thought of... (Score:1, Funny)

New jargon word (Score:3, Funny)

Re:dealing with the culprit (Score:3, Funny)

Re:If this dupefix is anything like in Shadowbane. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:dealing with the culprit (Score:5, Funny)

Thanks guys, WoW servers are now /.'ed (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Am I the only one who thought of... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:What happened to the old Blizzard (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Explanation of bug: Ah, a race condition issue. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Addiction is right. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Noone posting? (Score:3, Funny)

Duping "bug", eh? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Noone posting? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Noone posting? (Score:2, Funny)

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