Madskillz the bothunter got death threats irl

[Yale-soulseeker]

@Rykkudo-gehennas

This isnt about a difference in opinion though. He is actively messing with their profit margin. I suppose the criminal scum does not take kindly to that.

All because he did blizzards, and to some extend, your job for ya. Shame on yall.

It isn’t a criminal offence to use a BOT programme to farm gold in a video game - it breaches ToS and it would be up to the game owner to ban you.

Running around an online multiplayer game killing accounts is not the job of players and will clearly cause issues for those people using a different game play mode on accounts they pay money for.

So being a vigilante is going to cause support from some or abuse from others

Reality check here though - none of those bot accounts has harassed an individual player in the game other than competing for nodes / tags on mobs

So I have definite issues with the whole discussion as a whole

If the bots prevent me from playing the game - of course I would complain - but they don’t - they compete for farming spots - but if they were not there another player would be

You guys have got to question exactly what you are getting upset about - ITS A GAME

[Yale-soulseeker]

@Corîana-pyrewood-village

Such utter nonsense. We both can agree that we advocate for the bots to be banned because they are ruining the economy, right? but unlike you, I’ve brought forth a few points that simply cannot be ignored, especially since all of us here are so passionate about getting rid the bots.

1. If bots get banned, should all the gold buyers get banned too?

2. If no, then why not? and if yes, then have you even paused for a second to consider the vast amount of players that would be banned because of this? It’s worth noting that the botters have been an issue in WoW since 2005, and they haven’t been around this long because it’s a simple hobby for them, but rather because of the revenue they have made and continue to make to this day, thanks to all the gold buyers. The gold buyers are equally as guilty as the botters are for ruining the economy of each server. A point you simply refused to address when I asked you earlier in the thread, so maybe this time you will?

3. The damage has already done to each server, thanks to the players themselves, and you haven’t put forth a single solution that could resolve the damage that has already been caused by gold buyers and the inflation that every server now suffers because of this. Retroactively removing said gold and anything bought using said gold by innocent players would be a complete disaster.

It’s easy to shout simple solutions when you ignore any and all potential consequences. Banning all the bots now, will not automatically resolve the damage that has already been caused, and you seem to think (out of what I imagine to be frustration and anger) that I somehow advocate for no action to be taken at all, because I bring forth points that are worth considering. It’s a strawman argument for I’ve never stated that no action should be taken, nor have I said that it is a hopeless cause.

It is a hopeless cause

More importantly it is a meaningless discussion

Folk using Bots and Buying Gold has no impact whatsoever on my enjoyment of a game I have played for 20 years

They are just there doing their thing - and I am doing mine.

They don’t impact my gameplay - and I don’t care what they are doing.

I have responded to a number of threads relating to this today - why do people care so much - its nonsense

[Credulon-thrall]

@Yale-soulseeker

Folk using Bots and Buying Gold has no impact whatsoever on my enjoyment of a game I have played for 20 years

Actually, the farmbots themselves do, and it´s hilariousy something all the “ban them all” crowd will never admit because it undermines their argument…

They help keep AH prices at a semi-reasonable level in a world where everyone is too lazy to farm things themselves