Quote Originally Posted by Carin-Eri View Post
Genuine question, rather than a statement - but can they actually do that?

I mean, most MMOs have some sort of 'policy' (for lack of a better term) against naming and shaming. And whilst I guess they could possibly just issue a "XXX number of accounts banned due to illegal Gil purchases" type broadcast, would that have the same impact?
it might, especially since word of mouth also gets around. I doubt people would talk about it in game, but message boards and stuff, yeah, it would start getting around that SE was taking a firmer stance against buying. I mean, you do see some posts places from people saying they were banned. so, it happens, but not at the frequency it should be.