45 Billion Gil Removed From Play

The official site for Final Fantasy XI reports that they have again banned or suspended thousands of account that were using third party tools and/or cheats. Hooray for the banstick!

We would like to report the termination today of multiple accounts held by players involved in the usage of third-party tools or cheats, or engaged in RMT (Real Money Trading) activities.

In relation to the severity of the violation, over 2,500 accounts were temporarily suspended, while over 9,000 accounts were permanently banned.
Details of the violations are as follows:

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