$34,000 debt – player begs Blizzard for forgiveness

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A Diablo Immortal player owes Blizzard $34,000 after a crackdown on third-party purchases. Now he wants forgiveness.

Irvine, California – Diablo Immortal is having a tough time right now for those who illegally purchased Eternal Orbs from third-party platforms. Blizzard has removed all Orbs that were not acquired in Diablo Immortal as it allows players to gain unfair advantages. In short: they cheat. The player and Twitch streamer Silkypico now has almost 2.5 million Eternal Orbs in the red. Calculated on the value of the real money behind it, that’s $34,000. Now the player wants his old character back and begs Blizzard for forgiveness.

game namet Diablo Immortal
release June 2, 2022
series Diablo
developer Blizzard Entertainment, NetEase
platforms Android, iOS, PC
Publishers Activision Blizzard
genre Action RPG, Hack and Slash

Diablo Immortal: Player Has $34,000 In Debt – Here’s How He Did It

What happened? In Diablo Immortal, all Eternal Orbs, a type of currency purchased from third-party services, have been removed. With this, Blizzard wants to take action against the unfair advantages that players get through spheres at lower prices. The player Silkypico diligently bought Eternal Orbs from such third parties and now owes the Irvine-based developer $34,000. The only way to get rid of the total of -2,436,988 Eternal Orbs is to purchase the same amount in Diablo Immortal’s internal shop.

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Diablo Immortal: $34,000 in debt – player begs Blizzard for forgiveness © Blizzard (Montage)

how did he do that? Silkypico reveals that between August 1st and August 8th he used a loophole to buy bulk amounts of the in-game currency from an Asian service that offers Eternal Orbs. On Twitch, he’s open to spending such sums on games: “I’m old and have access to adult money, it’s time to whale“, by “whalen” the streamer means spending large sums of money in video games and claims a “enabler” to be: “I’m going to tell you why you should spend your kids’ college fund on pixels“.

Diablo Immortal: Player wants his old character back – the main thing is not to pay off the debt

This is what Silkypico requires: In a two-hour (!!!) YouTube video, Silkypico explains the situation and how it came about that he was able to accumulate so much debt in Diablo Immortal. There, the debtor also has a great idea that puts him right off the hook. Blizzard is only supposed to reset its character to how it was before the third-party purchases – so all items and levels would be lost, but Silkypico would not have to pay anything back. However, it is questionable how much punishment is actually behind it. We have included the whole video for you here.

Fans mock the request: On the Diablo Immortal subreddit, players are busy discussing Silkypico and its $34,000 debt. They are pretty much in agreement that he received a just punishment. If he wants a new character, fans say he should create a new character. Some even go so far as to suggest that Silkypico should be banned. When asked if the punishment for cheating would be adjusted, Blizzard made the following statement.

“We want to make sure Diablo Immortal has a fair playing field for. Part of this effort includes taking action when we see players engaged in fraudulent purchases. While investigating community concerns surrounding suspicious Eternal Orb purchases, we have found accounts that have violated the Blizzard User End Agreement. We have conducted extensive investigations to verify the accounts that have participated in such activities and have taken action. We will continue to monitor this and make corrections as needed.”

It is very unlikely that Silkypico will be able to waive its debts. A two-hour video with the confession of his deeds will hardly convince Blizzard – especially if the community continues to put pressure on it. Blizzard doesn’t care much about the Diablo Immortal criticism, so one could even imagine that the developer from Irvine prefers the Whales.

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