Blizz unbans Cedega users
by Spencer Callaghan 
Nov 22nd 2006 at 4:10PM
Good news for users of Cedega who were banned by Blizzard a week ago for using what was reported as a hack. Cedaga is a program that allows Linux users to run World of Warcraft on their machines.Linux Lookup is reporting that Blizzard has apparently lifted the ban on these players saying they were inadvertently caught up in the mass expulsion.
After working with TransGaming (the makers of Cedega) Blizzard was able to resolve the situation and restore the accounts.
Players who had their accounts suspended will receive a two week credit for their trouble.
Filed under: Cheats, Blizzard, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
FrozenHeart Nov 22nd 2006 5:54PM
Good to see this was taken care for Linux Users.
vectorelement Nov 22nd 2006 7:43PM
With the PS3 able to run Linux, and this ban lifted, theoretically, do you think it would be possible to install and run WoW on a PS3??
thurin Nov 22nd 2006 7:47PM
theoretically, you can run WoW on a PS2 already! lol
there's a linux kit for PS2 (sponsored by sony!). I have no idea if it's still available though.
Abe Nov 22nd 2006 8:34PM
sure, if you want to play at 3fps
rage Nov 23rd 2006 8:02AM
am sure every banned player will claim he/she was a cedega user.... so how can they tell the difference ^^
Pinqvin Nov 24th 2006 4:50AM
Well I can run WoW on linux pretty nicely on my current setup (Intel C2D E6600, 7900GT) on opengl mode with about 50fps normally. Ofcourse it's higher on windows but it's still something. Too bad wine won't run on PS3. Ever. Its PPC arcitechture (AFAIK) and Wine/Cedega (same core, different developers and you have to pay for Cedega) only support X86 processors. So too bad for ps3 users wanting to play WoW on their PS3 :P
MisterG Nov 25th 2006 6:25PM
Blizzard needs to see that there are a good number of people playing their WoW on Linux, and they need to support those people by putting a client out for them. People in the F/OSS world need to step up and do everything they can do to support Blizzards efforts to create a Linux client, because getting a big name, long-lasting game onto Linux will get more people into using Linux than creating 100,000 more break-out and tetris clones. And, once you have a bigger desktop market, then you have more people using and buying your other Linux applications (or more jobs in the workplace).
Getting Unreal and Doom on Linux was good in showing top-of-the-line graphics and gaming could be accomplished on desktop systems. Now there needs to be a MMORPG. The first major producer who puts one out will score big. Sadly, they are all making WoW-clones that will only run head-to-head with Blizzard on Windows.
Linux MMORPG gaming is a wide open market.